Overview
- Nathan MacKinnon posted a goal and two assists Tuesday in Denver as Colorado beat Minnesota 5-2 to go up 2-0, with Scott Wedgewood stopping 29 shots.
- Filip Gustavsson started for the Wild after Jesper Wallstedt’s rough Game 1 and gave up goals on Colorado’s first two shots and the first shot of the second before finishing with 18 saves.
- Game 2 opened with two goals six seconds apart — Martin Necas for Colorado and Kirill Kaprizov for Minnesota — before the Avalanche regained control.
- Colorado is 6-0 to start the postseason and has an NHL record 12 different goal scorers through the first two games of the series, including power-play strikes from Gabriel Landeskog and MacKinnon.
- The series shifts to St. Paul for Game 3 on Saturday at Grand Casino Arena, where the Wild look for answers while tracking injuries to Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin.