🌲 Away Wild 22-16-3
2–7
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 21-16-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 1102
🏔️ COL 2237

Wild at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Wild 7–2 at Ball Arena on January 6, 2018.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2017-18 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Nathan MacKinnon
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · 16:54 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Mikko Rantanen
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 16:13 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Jonathan Bernier
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Gabriel Bourque Go-ahead 1st · 07:38
Assists: Colin Wilson, Tyson Jost · beat Devan Dubnyk
0–1
🏔️ Patrik Nemeth 1st · 18:16
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · beat Devan Dubnyk
0–2
🌲 Eric Staal 1st · 19:27
Assists: Jonas Brodin, Jason Zucker · beat Jonathan Bernier
1–2
2nd period
🏔️ Carl Soderberg PP 2nd · 08:03
Assists: Alexander Kerfoot · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–3
🏔️ Mikko Rantanen 2nd · 16:19
Assists: Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–4
🌲 Eric Staal PP 2nd · 19:22
Assists: Jason Zucker, Ryan Suter · beat Jonathan Bernier
2–4
3rd period
🏔️ Carl Soderberg PP 3rd · 05:13
Assists: Nail Yakupov, Alexander Kerfoot · beat Devan Dubnyk
2–5
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon PP 3rd · 07:17
Assists: Samuel Girard, Mikko Rantanen · beat Devan Dubnyk
2–6
🏔️ Tyson Jost 3rd · 17:46
Assists: Colin Wilson, Gabriel Bourque · beat Alex Stalock
2–7

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Granlund · Koivu · Niederreiter 17:33
L2 Zucker · Parise · Staal 15:28
L3 Winnik · Coyle · Ennis 13:38
L4 Foligno · Eriksson Ek · Cullen 12:03
D1 Suter · Spurgeon 22:51
D2 Dumba · Brodin 21:48
D3 Olofsson · Prosser 15:03
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Comeau · Landeskog · Soderberg 19:29
L2 Nieto · MacKinnon · Rantanen 16:17
L3 Bourque · Jost · Wilson 13:28
L4 Greer · Kerfoot · Yakupov 10:27
D1 Johnson · Nemeth 25:32
D2 Zadorov · Barberio 19:16
D3 Girard · Lindholm 14:04

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
36 Shots on goal 38
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4
13 Hits 28
6 Blocked shots 17
8 Takeaways 9
0 Giveaways 5
16 Penalty minutes 16
MIN shooting 5.6% (2/36) COL shooting 18.4% (7/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Devan Dubnyk
26/32
.812 SV% · 6 GA · 47:17 TOI
Alex Stalock
5/6
.833 SV% · 1 GA · 12:43 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Jonathan Bernier
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Gabriel Bourque · 1st 07:38 · 0–1 Patrik Nemeth · 1st 18:16 · 0–2 Eric Staal · 1st 19:27 · 1–2 Carl Soderberg · 2nd 08:03 · 1–3 Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 16:19 · 1–4 Eric Staal · 2nd 19:22 · 2–4 Carl Soderberg · 3rd 05:13 · 2–5 Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 07:17 · 2–6 Tyson Jost · 3rd 17:46 · 2–7
MIN COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Wild
Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-5-1 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Wild
Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Nov 242017 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Apr 62017 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 4–3 Apr 22017 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–5 Dec 202016 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 0–2 Nov 192016 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–2
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❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on January 6, 2018?

Avalanche won 7–2. The final score was Wild 2, Avalanche 7.

Who scored for Wild?

Eric Staal (2).

Who scored for Avalanche?

Carl Soderberg (2), Gabriel Bourque, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Patrik Nemeth, Tyson Jost.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves on 32 shots (.812 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jonathan Bernier made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Wild vs Avalanche season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeJan 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 2–6 AfterJan 9 🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN 3–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeJan 4 🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL 0–2 AfterJan 13 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 4–1
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