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2020-21 regular season

Avalanche at Wild

🗓 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 5–3

Wild beat Avalanche 8–3 at Xcel Energy Center on April 7, 2021.

COL – MIN
32–19
Shots on goal
2/7–4/5
Power play
10–16
Hits
11–20
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Kevin Fiala
3 G, 1 A
8 shots · 15:09 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Kirill Kaprizov
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:38 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Jared Spurgeon
3 A
1 shots · 23:32 TOI

Scoring

11 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Kirill Kaprizov PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:00
Assists: Victor Rask, Jared Spurgeon · beat Philipp Grubauer
0–1
🌲 Luke Johnson 1st · 13:15
Assists: Kyle Rau, Carson Soucy · beat Philipp Grubauer
0–2
🌲 Kevin Fiala PP 1st · 18:38
Assists: Jared Spurgeon, Victor Rask · beat Philipp Grubauer
0–3
2nd period
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon PP 2nd · 00:34
Assists: Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen · beat Cam Talbot
1–3
🌲 Ryan Hartman 2nd · 04:37
Unassisted · beat Philipp Grubauer
1–4
🏔️ Andre Burakovsky 2nd · 05:17
Assists: Jacob MacDonald, Kyle Burroughs · beat Cam Talbot
2–4
🏔️ Mikko Rantanen PP 2nd · 09:42
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · beat Cam Talbot
3–4
🌲 Kirill Kaprizov PP 2nd · 13:38
Assists: Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon · beat Philipp Grubauer
3–5
3rd period
🌲 Kevin Fiala 3rd · 04:24
Assists: Nick Bonino · beat Philipp Grubauer
3–6
🌲 Joel Eriksson Ek 3rd · 07:18
Assists: Zach Parise, Jordan Greenway · beat Philipp Grubauer
3–7
🌲 Kevin Fiala PP 3rd · 07:56
Assists: Kirill Kaprizov, Victor Rask · beat Jonas Johansson
3–8

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Rantanen 20:47
L2 Saad · Kadri · Donskoi 15:51
L3 Compher · Burakovsky · Jost 13:30
L4 Bellemare · O'Brien · Nichushkin 11:10
D1 Makar · Toews 23:14
D2 Girard · Graves 18:04
D3 MacDonald · Burroughs 14:18
🌲Wild
L1 Johansson · Kaprizov · Bonino 17:33
L2 Fiala · Greenway · Eriksson Ek 15:09
L3 Rask · Zuccarello · Hartman 13:47
L4 Parise · Rau · Johnson 9:29
D1 Spurgeon · Brodin 22:29
D2 Suter · Dumba 18:56
D3 Cole · Soucy 16:41

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
32 Shots on goal 19
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 4/5
10 Hits 16
11 Blocked shots 20
1 Takeaways 6
3 Giveaways 2
24 Penalty minutes 28
COL shooting 9.4% (3/32) MIN shooting 42.1% (8/19)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Philipp Grubauer
11/18
.611 SV% · 7 GA · 47:14 TOI
Jonas Johansson
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 12:42 TOI
🌲Wild
Cam Talbot
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:48 TOI

Where the goals came from

11 of 11 goals located
Kirill Kaprizov · 1st 04:00 · 0–1 Luke Johnson · 1st 13:15 · 0–2 Kevin Fiala · 1st 18:38 · 0–3 Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 00:34 · 1–3 Ryan Hartman · 2nd 04:37 · 1–4 Andre Burakovsky · 2nd 05:17 · 2–4 Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 09:42 · 3–4 Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 13:38 · 3–5 Kevin Fiala · 3rd 04:24 · 3–6 Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 07:18 · 3–7 Kevin Fiala · 3rd 07:56 · 3–8
COL MIN
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 3–5
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Wild
Wild — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

All →
Avalanche lead the season series 5–3
Apr 52021 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 5–4 Mar 202021 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 0–6 Mar 182021 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–5 Feb 242021 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 6–2 Feb 22021 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 1–2
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Who won Avalanche vs Wild on April 7, 2021?

Wild won 8–3. The final score was Avalanche 3, Wild 8.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon.

Who scored for Wild?

Kevin Fiala (3), Kirill Kaprizov (2), Joel Eriksson Ek, Luke Johnson, Ryan Hartman.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 11 saves on 18 shots (.611 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Cam Talbot made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Wild season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 5–3 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeApr 5 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 5–4 AfterApr 9 🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA 2–0
🌲 Wild
BeforeApr 5 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 5–4 AfterApr 9 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 1–9
Also on April 7
🛢️EDM 4–2 🏛️OTT 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 🍁TOR 🎰VGK 1–3 🎵STL 🌵ARI 3–4 👑LAK
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