Mn wild vs colorado avalanche

The Minnesota Wild wanted to make their presence known against the defending Cup champions and brought up Mason Shaw from Iowa to take the place of Marco Rossi on the fourth line. Early in the first felt like deja vu. Three and half minutes into the period, Ben Meyers — a Minnesota native — tipped a puck up and over Gustavsson to put the Colorado Avalanche up Once again, the Wild start the game down early.

After a pretty good start, the energy seemed to leave the building. Fortunately for the Wild faithful, Calen Addison put a nice move on the defender, who fed Kirill Kaprizov in the slot. Game tied The young defender, who looked shaky in the first two games, needed that. Hopefully, he realizes he has the skill to play in the NHL and can build on that going forward.

The crowd got back in the game, desperately hoping for a win. Despite an unreal team effort and a few straight minutes of offensive zone time, Filip Gustavsson let in another soft goal to let the Avalanche back up The Avs have won five of the last seven meetings and five of the last eight at the Pepsi Center. The last contest featured perhaps the most critical regular-season game for both teams in , one that would shift momentum in the playoff chase.

The Wild was the ninth seed, one point ahead of Colorado and one point out of a postseason position. With the game tied at , Tyson Jost converted on a breakaway in the second period to give Colorado a lead. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer took it from there, contorting and redirecting as necessary to deny every Wild scoring chance in the final frame.

The Avs won the game in what was part of a run to close out the season and secure the eighth seed in the West. The Wild, meanwhile, was left waiting for , a season promising five more meetings with their most familiar opponent.

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Still, it's a bad omen with such a potent opposing offense coming to town. Filip Gustavsson came in to relieve Fleury in each of the first two games and would draw the start if Fleury sits this one out. Alexander Georgiev is in his first season with the Avalanche after serving as Igor Shesterkin's backup goaltender for the New York Rangers. Georgiev got a win in his only start, allowing two goals on 17 shots. Both of these teams have had weak goaltending and they both feature Top offenses.

The Wild have found twine nine times in two games and the Avalanche have eight in their two contests. In the game, they finished 3 out of the 25 shots they put on goal. Get all of our NHL Parlay Picks In regard to their scoring capabilities, the Colorado Avalanche have accounted for 8 goals 17th in pro hockey this year and have given up 7.

Colorado has accounted for 10 power play chances and they have tallied 5 goals out of those attempts, giving them a rate of While playing at even strength, the Avalanche have surrendered 3 goals while getting 3 themselves. Colorado has taken 60 shots and has a shot percentage of The Avalanche thus far have had 44 shots taken against them and have earned a save percentage of.

Colorado Avalanche opponents have totaled 8 power play tries 22nd in the league and have a total of 4 goals in those chances. The player in the crease for this game is Alexandar Georgiev. Opponents have scored goals versus Georgiev in his NHL career and his goals against average per contest is 2. Georgiev has played in contests over the course of his hockey career. His save percentage currently is at. He has amassed an overall mark of and he started in games. In his professional hockey career, Georgiev is sitting with 59 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is.

Georgiev has seen 3, shots taken against him and has recorded 3, total saves. In their last game, Minnesota squared up with the Kings in a game where the Wild took the loss by a final score of They had 6 power play opportunities in this contest and converted 3 out of those chances. The Wild recorded 6 goals of the 35 shots on goal they attempted. Minnesota has tried 71 shots 17th in the league and has accumulated a shooting percentage of They have recorded a penalty kill rate of They have earned 10 opportunities on the power play and they have earned a power play percentage of