Colorado sits fifth in the league with 3.36 goals per game in 2024-25.
Instead, the Avs operated with the urgency of Eeyore. And the crowd wasn’t exactly buzzing either. For long stretches, the only sound was sticks clicking the ice. Close your eyes and it was hard to tell if this was Ball Arena or a Family Sports Center practice.
Some of the issues that looked fixed two days ago in a decisive win against the Dallas Stars were again troubling for the Colorado Avalanche in a loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Gophers forward Jimmy Snuggerud was named the conference’s first star of the week after a three-goal weekend in a home split with Notre Dame. Snuggerud, who is from Chaska, Minn., and was a first-round pick of the St. Louis Blues in 2022, leads Minnesota in goals, assists and points.
And if the Minnesota Wild can be accused of bringing Minnesota weather to town, they can also take credit for their winning brand of road hockey making the trip to the Front Range as well. On Monday afternoon,
Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored goals 1:35 apart early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in Denver on Monday.
The Colorado Avalanche put up a short performance against division rival Minnesota Wild in their fourth of a five-game homestand. Nathan MacKinnon scores Colorado's lone goal in the 3-1 loss.
With a little over a minute left in the second period, Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon made the Wild look silly when he deked Trenin and tied the game with his 18th goal of the season. It came on just the Avalanche's 11th shot on goal in two periods.
Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday.
After a bad loss to Nashville on Saturday, the Wild bounced back with a smart, structured game plan against the rival Avalanche.
then held off a late avalanche of offense by the home team, beating Colorado 3-1 to snap a three-game losing skid. Marc-Andre Fleury had 26 saves and a notable amount of assistance from a Wild ...
and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist, Brock Faber also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for Minnesota. The game was ...