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Thu, Feb 26, 2026·Ball Arena, Denver

Minnesota Wild 5, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 78% of the time.

COL winsMIN wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

COL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MIN's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Johansson–Eriksson Ek–BoldyZuccarello–Hartman–KaprizovTarasenko–Trenin–YurovFoligno–Hinostroza–SturmJohansson–Tarasenko–HartmanTrenin–Kaprizov–YurovZuccarello–Kaprizov–YurovHughes–FaberSpurgeon–MiddletonBogosian–HuntBogosian–MiddletonSpurgeon–HuntBogosian–FaberMiddleton–FaberBogosian–Hughes
Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas3:370.22–0.402:240.02–0.112:430.19–0.241:130.14–0.001:230.06–0.004:480.41–0.325:040.15–0.181:290.10–0.021:160.14–0.24
Nelson–Lehkonen–Nichushkin1:500.16–0.052:250.16–0.081:150.25–0.063:100.38–0.051:190.03–0.001:090.16–0.130:330.00–0.00
Olofsson–Colton–Drury0:540.01–0.001:430.14–0.010:400.00–0.001:200.01–0.011:200.14–0.000:430.00–0.00
Kelly–Kiviranta–Brindley1:170.00–0.000:570.00–0.00
Colton–Kelly–Drury0:480.10–0.090:370.00–0.000:410.00–0.000:390.10–0.09
Lehkonen–Kelly–Brindley0:430.00–0.000:350.00–0.06
Toews–Makar4:560.18–0.402:350.02–0.112:120.40–0.241:290.14–0.091:050.08–0.000:330.11–0.005:340.30–0.325:050.16–0.181:070.00–0.111:190.14–0.241:030.01–0.000:350.08–0.00
Kulak–Malinski0:310.01–0.002:580.15–0.503:460.22–0.011:200.13–0.060:580.00–0.003:100.03–0.061:390.08–0.004:500.40–0.060:350.00–0.00
Burns–Manson3:470.17–0.141:520.03–0.001:360.06–0.012:210.16–0.005:500.37–0.112:170.03–0.150:300.00–0.000:400.00–0.000:320.00–0.01
Kulak–Toews0:380.00–0.000:310.00–0.000:310.00–0.000:420.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndNelson FNichushkin FLehkonen FMacKinnon FNecas FLandeskog FDrury FOlofsson FColton FKelly FBrindley FKiviranta FManson DBurns DToews DMakar DKulak DMalinski DBlackwood GBoldy FEriksson Ek FJohansson FHartman FKaprizov FZuccarello FTrenin FYurov FTarasenko FFoligno FHinostroza FSturm FFaber DHughes DSpurgeon DMiddleton DBogosian DHunt DGustavsson GWallstedt G
COLMINFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Cale MakarCOL2626:451:023:36114
Quinn HughesMIN2126:121:153:2243
Brock FaberMIN2625:440:591:4907
Devon ToewsCOL2625:230:591:3393
Martin NecasCOL2424:211:012:11112
Nathan MacKinnonCOL2423:210:582:0894
Matt BoldyMIN2122:421:052:3435
Gabriel LandeskogCOL2221:440:592:03111
Brock NelsonCOL2621:200:492:0556
Joel Eriksson EkMIN2021:121:044:1226
Kirill KaprizovMIN2021:041:033:2243
Jake MiddletonMIN2418:580:471:2615
Mats ZuccarelloMIN1718:321:053:2261
Jared SpurgeonMIN2518:170:441:2501
Brett KulakCOL2116:330:471:3022
Josh MansonCOL2315:550:422:0326
Marcus JohanssonMIN2015:530:481:1103
Valeri NichushkinCOL2515:310:370:5935
Zach BogosianMIN2115:140:441:3112
Artturi LehkonenCOL2515:060:361:1440
Ryan HartmanMIN1715:020:531:0802
Brent BurnsCOL2214:390:402:0324
Sam MalinskiCOL2014:310:441:3131
Danila YurovMIN1913:510:441:1422
Yakov TreninMIN1613:450:521:2312
Parker KellyCOL2013:240:402:0334
Vladimir TarasenkoMIN1613:150:502:0701
Jack DruryCOL1813:080:441:0440
Ross ColtonCOL1510:500:431:0111
Marcus FolignoMIN159:550:401:1614
Daemon HuntMIN179:070:321:0202
Nico SturmMIN149:040:391:1613
Victor OlofssonCOL118:050:440:5930
Gavin BrindleyCOL86:520:522:0302
Vinnie HinostrozaMIN106:200:380:5511
Joel KivirantaCOL75:120:451:0411