Minnesota Wild

West 2nd Round · Game 5 · Best of 7

Ugh, no.

Minnesota Wild lost to the Colorado Avalanche

46-24-12, 104 PTS 3 – 4

55-16-11, 121 PTS

Final/OT · Wed, May 13

Series: COL wins 4-1

Game Details

Ball Arena (Denver) · 18,159 fans · TNT, truTV, HBO Max View tournament bracket →

Recap

Brett Kulak scores 3:52 into OT, Avs advance to West final with 4-3 win over Wild

Brett Kulak’s first goal since January will certainly be one to remember, for him, of course, and a building packed with fans who witnessed, in dramatic fashion, the Avalanche end a series at home for the first time in 18 years.

Recap via ESPN

Ball Arena · Denver

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	3	0	0	0	3
COL	0	1	2	1	4

Game Leaders

Minnesota Wild

Nick Foligno · 2Goals
Nico Sturm · 2Assists
Nick Foligno · 2Points

Colorado Avalanche

Parker Kelly · 1Goals
Brent Burns · 2Assists
Brett Kulak · 2Points

2026-27 Central Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
Colorado	2	0	0	4
Minnesota	2	0	0	4
Utah	2	1	0	4
Winnipeg	1	0	1	3
Nashville	1	1	0	2
St. Louis	1	1	0	2
Dallas	0	2	0	0
Chicago	0	3	0	0

Scoring

1st OT 3:52

Brett Kulak Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Martin Necas (10), Parker Kelly (1)3–4

3rd 18:37

Nathan MacKinnon Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (9), Brent Burns (3)3–3

3rd 16:27

Jack Drury Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Devon Toews (6), Nicolas Roy (3)3–2

2nd 11:00

Parker Kelly Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Brent Burns (2), Brett Kulak (4)3–1

1st 15:56

Nick Foligno Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Nico Sturm (4), Matt Boldy (6)3–0

1st 11:03

Nick Foligno Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Nico Sturm (3), Kirill Kaprizov (11)2–0

1st 0:34

Marcus Johansson Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (5), Quinn Hughes (11)1–0

Team Stats

Minnesota WildColorado Avalanche

Shots & Puck

20 Shots on Goal 34

23 Blocked Shots 11

31 Hits 32

52.2 Faceoff % 47.8

4 Takeaways 8

12 Giveaways 11

Special Teams

0/1 Power Play 0/1

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

2 Penalty Minutes 2

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
M. Boldy	0	2	-1	5	22:55	0	3	0	0	1:05	1:16	20:34	27	4	4	0	100.0	1	0
N. Foligno	2	0	0	3	12:45	0	3	1	0	0:00	0:35	12:10	17	0	2	3	40.0	0	0
M. Foligno	0	0	-1	0	11:59	0	5	2	0	0:00	0:00	11:59	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
R. Hartman	0	0	-1	3	18:34	0	1	0	1	1:08	0:00	17:26	23	1	5	10	33.3	1	0
M. Johansson	1	0	0	1	16:15	0	0	1	0	0:55	0:00	15:20	22	1	0	1	0.0	1	0
K. Kaprizov	0	1	1	0	22:36	0	1	2	0	1:07	0:00	21:29	27	2	0	0	0.0	3	0
M. McCarron	0	0	0	0	17:31	0	1	1	1	0:16	1:25	15:50	23	1	15	9	62.5	1	0
N. Sturm	0	2	1	2	12:54	0	2	1	0	0:00	0:44	12:10	21	0	9	5	64.3	1	0
V. Tarasenko	0	0	0	1	11:03	0	2	1	0	0:52	0:00	10:11	16	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
Y. Trenin	0	0	-1	1	12:34	0	4	0	0	0:00	0:00	12:34	17	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
D. Yurov	0	0	0	1	13:08	2	0	0	0	0:37	0:00	12:31	20	0	1	5	16.7	0	1
M. Zuccarello	0	0	-1	0	18:57	0	1	2	1	1:12	0:00	17:45	22	1	0	0	0.0	1	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV
B. Faber	0	0	0	32:06	0	2	1	0:54	0:57	30:15	34	1	0
Q. Hughes	1	1	2	30:35	1	2	0	1:06	0:00	29:29	31	0	0
D. Hunt	0	0	0	10:13	1	1	0	0:00	1:03	9:10	15	0	0
J. Middleton	0	-2	0	21:55	3	3	0	0:00	1:07	20:48	31	0	1
J. Petry	0	0	0	9:03	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	9:03	15	0	0
J. Spurgeon	0	-1	1	22:48	2	4	0	0:48	0:53	21:07	32	0	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
J. Wallstedt	30	34	4	.882	63:21	27	3	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
R. Colton	0	0	-1	3	13:05	0	5	0	0	0:00	0:00	13:05	18	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Drury	1	0	3	4	12:02	0	2	0	1	0:00	1:10	10:52	17	0	11	8	57.9	0	0
N. Kadri	0	0	0	1	16:30	0	0	0	0	2:00	0:00	14:30	19	2	3	4	42.9	0	0
P. Kelly	1	1	1	1	11:09	0	6	1	0	0:00	1:10	9:59	18	2	0	1	0.0	0	0
J. Kiviranta	0	0	1	1	9:42	0	2	1	0	0:00	0:00	9:42	13	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
G. Landeskog	0	0	0	4	24:44	2	4	1	1	2:00	0:00	22:44	25	4	4	4	50.0	1	1
N. MacKinnon	1	0	0	9	23:01	0	0	0	1	2:00	0:00	21:01	25	4	10	7	58.8	0	0
M. Necas	0	2	2	3	23:17	0	1	1	1	2:00	0:00	21:17	25	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
B. Nelson	0	0	0	0	16:17	0	2	1	0	0:00	0:50	15:27	23	3	4	9	30.8	0	0
V. Nichushkin	0	0	1	2	15:32	0	3	0	0	0:00	0:50	14:42	23	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
L. O'Connor	0	0	-2	0	12:56	0	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	12:56	18	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
N. Roy	0	1	0	1	14:33	0	2	2	0	0:00	0:00	14:33	20	0	1	3	25.0	0	0

Defense

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV
J. Ahcan	0	0	-1	0	3:35	1	2	0	0:00	0:00	3:35	5	0	0
B. Burns	0	2	2	3	19:47	2	0	1	0:00	0:58	18:49	35	6	2
B. Kulak	1	1	0	1	26:54	0	1	0	0:00	0:32	26:22	33	1	1
C. Makar	0	0	0	0	25:50	0	1	1	2:00	0:30	23:20	29	0	0
J. Manson	0	0	0	1	19:19	2	0	0	0:00	0:32	18:47	31	1	3
D. Toews	0	1	0	0	29:45	0	0	2	0:00	1:28	28:17	34	1	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
M. Blackwood	10	13	3	.769	20:00	6	4	0	0
S. Wedgewood	7	7	0	1.000	43:14	7	0	0	0

Injury Report

Colorado Avalanche

Zachary L'Heureux LWInjured Reserve
Logan O'Connor RWInjured Reserve
Trent Miner GInjured Reserve
Georgii Merkulov CInjured Reserve

Minnesota Wild

Brock Faber DInjured Reserve
Filip Gustavsson GInjured Reserve

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2026-27 Central Division Standings

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