Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche — February 26, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Minnesota Wild defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on February 26, 2026. Despite the result, the Colorado Avalanche held the edge in expected goals (9.13 to 5.72) at 5-on-5, indicating the Minnesota Wild received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Colorado Avalanche created 10 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Minnesota Wild at 5-on-5. Martin Necas scored 2 goals. Joel Eriksson Ek scored 2 goals. Matt Boldy scored 2 goals. Nathan MacKinnon was the most dangerous skater with 1.72 individual expected goals on 6 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Minnesota Wild 47-36 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche progressed on Feb 26, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MIN5 - 2COL

Feb 26, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
COL	P1	26	19	57.8	21	16	56.8	13	10	56.5	18	12	60.0	4	2	66.7	4.18	3.16	56.9	0	0	—
	P2	23	33	41.1	17	26	39.5	14	17	45.2	14	22	38.9	3	5	37.5	1.98	4.87	28.9	1	2	33.3
	P3	33	12	73.3	29	10	74.4	20	9	69.0	24	5	82.8	4	3	57.1	5.07	2.27	69.1	1	3	25.0
	Total	82	64	56.2	67	52	56.3	47	36	56.6	56	39	58.9	11	10	52.4	11.23	10.30	52.1	2	5	28.6
MIN	P1	19	26	42.2	16	21	43.2	10	13	43.5	12	18	40.0	2	4	33.3	3.16	4.18	43.1	0	0	—
	P2	33	23	58.9	26	17	60.5	17	14	54.8	22	14	61.1	5	3	62.5	4.87	1.98	71.1	2	1	66.7
	P3	12	33	26.7	10	29	25.6	9	20	31.0	5	24	17.2	3	4	42.9	2.27	5.07	30.9	3	1	75.0
	Total	64	82	43.8	52	67	43.7	36	47	43.4	39	56	41.1	10	11	47.6	10.30	11.23	47.9	5	2	71.4

Win Probability

COL Favored

MIN Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

COL

MIN

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

MIN Attempts

COL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

MIN ShootCOL Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (COL) performed against every skater on the away team (MIN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = COL players, Columns = MIN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the COL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

COL ↓ / MIN →	Eriksson Ek	Trenin	Sturm	Hinostroza	Kaprizov	Boldy	Johansson	Foligno	Zuccarello	Hartman	Tarasenko	Yurov	Hughes	Faber	Middleton	Spurgeon	Bogosian	Hunt
MacKinnon	54	77	90	100	40	57	68	90	33	53	69	75	67	72	56	71	62	57
Necas	50	75	90	100	47	47	65	90	50	59	67	73	63	82	58	62	64	57
Nelson	21	100	82	86	32	19	50	83	36	53	75	100	47	64	54	56	40	50
Kelly	18	75	33	33	0	18	33	33	0	20	50	75	11	30	57	43	75	100
Drury	43	86	50	0	50	43	44	50	60	50	64	86	29	44	80	50	100	83
Colton	50	86	50	0	86	50	50	50	83	80	80	86	67	67	0	60	100	86
Brindley	0	83	33	33	0	0	0	33	—	0	80	83	29	43	100	100	50	100
Landeskog	47	67	88	100	18	44	58	89	40	47	57	63	58	74	50	50	50	57
Lehkonen	38	100	86	86	42	38	38	86	50	45	0	100	63	57	50	67	40	33
Olofsson	50	83	50	0	100	50	50	50	100	100	80	83	25	40	75	33	100	86
Kiviranta	—	50	33	33	100	—	—	33	100	100	50	50	40	50	—	—	50	100
Nichushkin	45	100	89	89	63	45	50	86	62	67	0	100	65	75	100	67	50	33
Toews	38	82	100	100	35	40	67	100	30	63	64	80	48	78	65	68	70	60
Makar	35	78	90	100	29	39	65	90	13	62	69	75	42	82	62	72	67	50
Manson	28	60	63	57	25	25	44	63	39	45	50	50	33	47	56	36	57	50
Burns	29	50	70	70	27	26	31	70	43	33	40	50	41	53	50	25	60	33
Malinski	50	89	75	75	55	50	33	75	58	47	62	89	73	50	43	43	80	89
Kulak	10	88	50	0	30	10	25	50	33	43	64	88	31	45	29	50	70	80