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The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild are set to play the first elimination game of their second-round series tonight at Ball Arena in Downtown Denver, CO. Colorado holds a 3-1 series lead and can clinch the series tonight by eliminating a team and advancing on home ice for the first time in this new championship […]
Well, the stage was set for the Colorado Avalanche to seal the series in front of fans on home ice tonight against the Minnesota Wild. Doing so would mark the first time they’ve achieved that since 2008. It seems the Wild had other plans as they scored 3o seconds into the game, cashed in on […]
The Colorado Avalanche rallied from an early deficit before eliminating the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 at Ball Arena by a 4-3 count when Brett Kulak belted Martin Necas’ crossing pass by Jesper Wallstadt 3:52 into overtime. Down three after the first period, Colorado brought Scott Wedgewood into the game and got on the board on Parker Kelly’s deflection goal. Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon struck 2:10 apart late in third to send the game to overtime. Marcus Johansson opened the scoring and the ...
Parker Kelly’s first career Stanley Cup Playoff goal at 11:32 of the third period was the game-winner as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2 at Grand Casino Arena on Monday. Nazem Kadri, Ross Colton, Nathan MacKinnon and Brock Nelson, also lit the lamp, Martin Necas had two assists, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves in his first start this postseason for Colorado, who opened up a three games to one series lead heading back to Denver’s Ball Arena for Game 5...
The Minnesota Wild found themselves in a 0-2 hole in the series because they couldn't stick to the script in Denver. Minnesota had to follow an underdog playbook against a juggernaut Colorado Avalanche team. There's a tried-and-true way to pull off an upset in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Win the game...
Things are getting chippy between the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche. The Avs took Game 4 on Monday night in what was a very testy affair. It included Avalanche defenceman Josh Manson butt-ending Wild forward Michael McCarron, and needless to say McCarron didn't hold back or mince his words. Manson and McCarron got tangled up along the half boards in the first period of Game 4, and Manson delivered one of the dirty butt-ends you'll ever see. He was assessed a four-minute double minor on...
The Minnesota Wild needed a response in Game 3 against the Colorado Avalanche, and they got it emphatically. Behind a composed, confident performance from Jesper Wallstedt, the Wild snapped Colorado’s perfect postseason run with a 5-1 win at Grand Casino Arena, cutting the series deficit to 2-1 and...
After a long week off the Colorado Avalanche began the away portion of their second round series in Minnesota. The Wild were energized in their home building and with some help on special teams built a lead and never looked back to take this game 5-1 and cut Colorado’s lead in the series to 2-1. […]
In any fair world, Jesper Wallstedt would have left the ice to a serenade of "WAL-LY!" chants. The Great Wall of St. Paul played perhaps the best game of his career in Game 3, and was trending toward repeating the feat in Game 4. The Minnesota Wild put the entire game on the 23-year-old...
It wouldn’t be dramatic to rank the last few weeks among the most consequential in Minnesota Wild franchise history. Minnesota seems to have found a franchise goaltender in Jesper Wallstedt, Matt Boldy is developing into a superstar, and the team celebrated a playoff-round win for the first time sin...
Well, there you have it. The Minnesota Wild finally put their formula into practice. They have their blueprint! They won Game 3 on special teams, held their own 5-on-5, and Jesper Wallstedt regained his form. Do that three more times, and they can dig out of a 2-0 hole and upset the Colorado Avalanc...
The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs got off to a bang, as Colorado Avalanche held serve against the Minnesota Wild to stake a 2-0 series lead. A victory today can give them a commanding three game series lead and leave them just one victory away from returning to the Western Conference Final. Colorado […]
The Minnesota Wild have an opportunity to even the series against the Colorado Avalanche and it would be massive. Going down 2-0, not many people outside of Minnesota were thinking the Wild had a chance to make it a competitive series, but after Saturday's big 5-1 win for Game 3, now they certainly...
The good vibes surrounding the Minnesota Wild’s first-round triumph over the Dallas Stars have largely dissipated after dropping the first two games to the Colorado Avalanche in Round 2. A Minnesota team that seemed to have broken onto the scene as a true contender is now left asking questions about...
The Minnesota Wild left Denver in a tough spot after dropping Game 2 to the Colorado Avalanche. They’ve fallen behind 2-0 in the series and are facing a steep climb back. Colorado’s speed and depth have been a problem through the first two games, but Minnesota’s biggest issues are more specific than...
The Dallas Stars are navigating the offseason after a disappointing loss to the Minnesota Wild in Round 1. Priority number one for general manager Jim Nill is finding a way to tackle the contract situation of Jason Robertson. “So my plan is to reach out to his agent in the next week or so,” Nill…
The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs got off to a bang, as Colorado Avalanche held serve against the Minnesota Wild to stake a 2-0 series lead. A victory today can give them a commanding three game series lead and leave them just one victory away from returning to the Western Conference Final. Colorado […]
The Rally Towel. Fans at Grand Casino Arena are greeted with a gratis prop that they can wave throughout the game. It's a storied tradition in many sports, as recounted on a Wikipedia page I'm not going to summarize. Just know, if you go to a playoff game, you're gonna get a towel, and it's gonna ha...
That's Wild The Avalanche have a distinct advantage over the Wild in one, extremely specific area. Basically, it's their defensive depth. The Wild are hurting with the absence of Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon's age starting to show -- and their need to lean on Zach Bogosian and Jake Middle...
When the Minnesota Wild clinched their first-round series with the Dallas Stars, it was an emotional moment. Fans responded to the 5-2 victory by shedding tears of joy. Stars general manager Jim Nill went into Bill Guerin’s suite and congratulated his counterpart on doing something the Wild hadn’t d...
The best teams in the NHL tend to win games in multiple ways. You can't choose who you match up against in the playoffs. Maybe you're going up against a fast team like the Edmonton Oilers. You might wind up grinding out a series with a physical (or dirty!) team like the Florida Panthers. Withstandin...
Quinn Hughes scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, and had an assist, and the Minnesota Wild eliminated the Dallas Stars with a rousing 5-2 victory in Game 6 at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul. It was Minnesota’s first postseason series win since 2015. Former Florida Panther Vladimir Tarasenko and Matt Boldy also scored for the Wild, who got 21 saves from goaltender Jesper Wallstadt. Minnesota will take on the Colorado Avalanche next. Leo Carlsson, Chris Kreider an...
A dark cloud has been hovering over this Minnesota Wild team for a while now. They have suffered nine straight first-round exits. The last time they were able to win a playoff round was back in 2015, and then they promptly got swept by the Chicago Blackhawks as the reward for it. Whether it was batt...
Kirill Kaprizov registered a goal and two assists to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 5 at American Airlines Center. Kaprizov had a hand in goals by Mats Zuccarello and Matt Boldy, and found the empty net to clinch it with two minutes remaining in regulation. Jesper Wallstadt made 20 saves, and Michael McCarron had the game-winning goal for the Wild, who took a 3-2 lead in the series. David Pastrnak scored on a partial breakway at 9:14 of o...
The Detroit Red Wings dumped Vladimir Tarasenko on the Minnesota Wild this offseason, trading him for precisely nothing. And as far as breakups go, it wasn't Detroit, it was Vladimir. Injuries and age had turned Tarasenko from one of the league's great goal scorers into a defensive liability w...