Avalanche 5–1 Wild — Final Score & Stats (Dec 21, 2025)

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

Cale Makar

1 G, 2 A

7 shots · 23:25 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Brock Nelson

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 17:57 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Nathan MacKinnon

2 G

4 shots · 22:33 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Martin Necas Go-ahead 1st · 18:28

Assists: Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Jesper Wallstedt

1–0

2nd period

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon PP 2nd · 13:37

Assists: Brock Nelson, Cale Makar · beat Jesper Wallstedt

2–0

🏔️ Cale Makar PP 2nd · 18:33

Assists: Brock Nelson, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Jesper Wallstedt

3–0

3rd period

🌲 Ryan Hartman 3rd · 05:15

Assists: Jonas Brodin, Kirill Kaprizov · beat Mackenzie Blackwood

3–1

🏔️ Brock Nelson 3rd · 15:52

Assists: Samuel Girard, Valeri Nichushkin · beat Jesper Wallstedt

4–1

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Empty net 3rd · 17:35

Assists: Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin

5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Necas 20:52

L2 Lehkonen · Nelson · Nichushkin 17:57

L3 Olofsson · Drury · Kelly 10:35

L4 Kiviranta · Colton · Brindley 10:03

D1 Makar · Toews 22:54

D2 Burns · Manson 18:58

D3 Malinski · Girard 15:04

🌲Wild

L1 Boldy · Kaprizov · Eriksson Ek 21:29

L2 Johansson · Zuccarello · Hartman 18:09

L3 Trenin · Sturm · Tarasenko 11:41

L4 Foligno · Hinostroza · Yurov 8:50

D1 Hughes · Faber 24:54

D2 Brodin · Spurgeon 22:04

D3 Middleton · Jiricek 10:10

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL MIN🌲

42 Shots on goal 29

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

17 Hits 13

8 Blocked shots 25

6 Takeaways 2

20 Giveaways 11

6 Penalty minutes 8

COL shooting 11.9% (5/42) MIN shooting 3.4% (1/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Mackenzie Blackwood

28/29

.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌲Wild

Jesper Wallstedt

37/41

.902 SV% · 4 GA · 58:45 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

COL MIN

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

Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-0-2 (83% win rate, 12 games)

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 3–0

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Wild

Wild — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Nov 282025 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 SO Mar 112025 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 1–2 SO Feb 282025 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 2–5 Jan 202025 🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL 3–1 Jan 92025 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 6–1

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Who won Avalanche vs Wild on December 21, 2025?

Avalanche won 5–1. The final score was Avalanche 5, Wild 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Nathan MacKinnon (2), Brock Nelson, Cale Makar, Martin Necas.

Who scored for Wild?

Ryan Hartman.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Jesper Wallstedt made 37 saves on 41 shots (.902 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 19 ✈️WPG @ 🏔️COL 2–3 AfterDec 23 🦣UTA @ 🏔️COL 0–1

🌲 Wild

BeforeDec 20 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 2–5 AfterDec 23 🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN 3–2

Also on December 21

🦅WSH 2–3 🐙DET 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 🐧PIT 🗽NYR 1–2 🐯NSH 🍁TOR 1–5 ⭐DAL 🏛️OTT 6–2 🐻BOS ⚔️BUF 3–1 😈NJD ✈️WPG 3–4 🦣UTA 🎰VGK 3–4 🛢️EDM

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