Wild 1–2 Avalanche — Final Score & Stats (Mar 8, 2024)

The game

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

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Three stars

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1st star 🏔️ COL

Nathan MacKinnon

2 A

6 shots · 25:11 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Artturi Lehkonen

1 G

3 shots · 22:32 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Valeri Nichushkin

1 G

2 shots · 17:48 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Artturi Lehkonen Go-ahead 1st · 00:42

Assists: Nathan MacKinnon · beat Filip Gustavsson

0–1

2nd period

🌲 Brock Faber Tying 2nd · 10:44

Assists: Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek · beat Alexandar Georgiev

1–1

Overtime

🏔️ Valeri Nichushkin PP Go-ahead OT · 02:32

Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Filip Gustavsson

1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Kaprizov · Eriksson Ek · Zuccarello 21:23

L2 Boldy · Rossi · Hartman 19:09

L3 Foligno · Gaudreau · Lucchini 12:54

L4 Beckman · Lettieri · Shaw 8:49

D1 Faber · Brodin 26:10

D2 Bogosian · Chisholm 20:34

D3 Mermis · Merrill 11:46

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Lehkonen · MacKinnon · Rantanen 24:30

L2 Drouin · Trenin · Nichushkin 15:57

L3 Wood · Mittelstadt · Colton 13:43

L4 Kiviranta · Cogliano · Duhaime 7:11

D1 Makar · Toews 23:09

D2 Girard · Walker 19:42

D3 Manson · Johnson 16:02

Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN COL🏔️

30 Shots on goal 40

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

18 Hits 27

24 Blocked shots 13

6 Takeaways 5

1 Giveaways 5

8 Penalty minutes 8

MIN shooting 3.3% (1/30) COL shooting 5.0% (2/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Filip Gustavsson

38/40

.950 SV% · 2 GA · 62:32 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Alexandar Georgiev

29/30

.967 SV% · 1 GA · 62:32 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located

MIN COL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-11-3 (18% win rate, 17 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 14-2-3 (74% win rate, 19 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Wild

Wild — tied after 2nd: 8-5-3 (50% win rate, 16 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 7-4-2 (54% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 2–0

Nov 242023 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Mar 292023 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 4–2 Feb 152023 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Oct 172022 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 6–3 Apr 292022 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 1–4

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Who won Wild vs Avalanche on March 8, 2024?

Avalanche won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Wild 1, Avalanche 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Brock Faber.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Filip Gustavsson made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🌲 Wild

BeforeMar 7 🌲MIN @ 🌵ARI 5–2 AfterMar 10 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 3–4

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeMar 6 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 2–7 AfterMar 12 🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY 6–2

Also on March 8

🐙DET 0–4 🌵ARI ✈️WPG 3–0 🦑SEA ⭐DAL 6–2 🦆ANA

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