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Wild-Avalanche game recap

The Wild defeated the Avalanche 3-2 Saturday in a rematch from its season-opener.

By Sarah McLellan

October 28, 2018 at 4:20AM

Star Tribune's Three Stars

1. Mikael Granlund, Wild: The winger scored a goal and set up another.

2. Jonas Brodin, Wild: The defenseman played 17:36, mostly against the Avalanche's top line, and chipped in a goal.

3. Eric Staal, Wild: The center had a goal and an assist.

By The Numbers

2 Points for Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen.

5 Goals and nine points for Granlund during a seven-game point streak.

6 Penalty kills for the Wild in six tries.

Colorado Avalanche's Sven Andrighetto (10), of Switzerland, takes the puck from Minnesota Wild's J.T. Brown (23) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien) (Mike Nelson — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

about the writer

Sarah McLellan

Minnesota Wild and NHL

Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.