Avalanche Crash Out of Playoffs with Thumping Loss to Wild The Colorado Avalanche's playoff hopes took a devastating blow last night as they fell to the Minnesota Wild 5-1 at the Grand Casino Arena. Despite a late power-play goal from Nathan MacKinnon, the Avalanche were unable to mount a serious challenge against the Wild's high-powered offense. Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov led the charge with a four-point night, including two goals and two assists, while Quinn Hughes and Mats Zuccarello also chipped in with multi-point efforts. The loss marks a disappointing end to the Avalanche's season, which was expected to be a deep playoff run. The Wild, meanwhile, advance to the next round of the playoffs, where they will look to continue their momentum against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.
Playoff Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche @ Minnesota Wild May 09 2026 9:00 PM EDT NHL.com Gamecenter Grand Casino Arena TNT truTV HBO MAX CBC SN SN1 TVAS Time Clock Final Teams 1st 2nd 3rd Total COL 0 1 0 1 MIN 2 2 1 5 Team Shots Faceoff % Blocked Shots Hits COL 35 61.5% 8 25 MIN 26 38.5% 15 39 Scoring summary Period Time Team Strength Description Edge Goal Visualizer 1 15:11 MIN Even Kirill Kaprizov (4) Wrist, Assists: Brock Faber (4) Quinn Hughes (9) Link 1 16:44 MIN PP Quinn Hughes (4) Wrist, Assists: Mats Zuccarello (6) Kirill Kaprizov (9) Link 2 04:23 MIN PP Ryan Hartman (3) Bat, Assists: Mats Zuccarello (7) Kirill Kaprizov (10) Link 2 13:11 COL PP Nathan MacKinnon (5) Backhand, Assists: Gabriel Landeskog (5) Nazem Kadri (4) Link 2 13:31 MIN Even Brock Faber (4) Deflected, Assists: Vladimir Tarasenko (2) Michael McCarron (2) Link 3 19:56 MIN Even, EN Matt Boldy (7) Wrist, Assists: Brock Faber (5) Link Penalties Period Time Team Type Min Description 1 12:09 MIN MIN 2 Brock Faber high sticking against Nathan MacKinnon 1 14:54 COL MIN 2 Parker Kelly roughing against Ryan Hartman 1 14:54 MIN MIN 2 Ryan Hartman roughing against Parker Kelly 1 15:52 COL MIN 2 Devon Toews hooking against Matt Boldy 1 17:42 MIN MIN 2 Quinn Hughes cross checking against Ross Colton 2 03:39 COL MIN 2 Parker Kelly holding against Quinn Hughes 2 12:16 MIN MIN 2 Marcus Foligno interference against Nathan MacKinnon 2 19:33 COL MIN 2 Nathan MacKinnon cross checking against Kirill Kaprizov This was created by a bot. For issues or suggestions please message nhl_gdt_bot. Last updated: 2026-05-09_23:59:31.010562-04:00 submitted by /u/nhl_gdt_bot [link] [comments]
