Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs · Second Round
Colorado Avalanche
Higher seed · Western Conference
2 – 0
Best of 7 · Game 3 next
Minnesota Wild
Lower seed · Western Conference
Next game: Saturday, May 9
Series Prediction
Updated after Game 2 · methodologyCOL 83%17% MIN
Most likely outcome: COL in 5 (28% of simulations)
Pre-series: COL 55% · MIN 45% → Now: COL 83% · MIN 17% (+28 for COL)
COL leads 2-0. Teams up 2-0 historically win the series 84% of the time.
How we calculated this
Elo rating1580 vs 1518 (+62)+2.5% COL
Goaltending (season starter)GSAx/60: 0.93 vs 0.88neutral
Power play (season)PP xGF/GP: 1.59 vs 1.81+1.8% MIN
Penalty kill (season)PK GA/GP: 0.46 vs 0.59 (lower better)+0.7% COL
Home iceMIN hosts+4.0% MIN
Win probability is computed via Monte Carlo simulation (10,000 runs) over the remaining games, using per-game win probabilities that combine these factors with home-ice advantage.
Game-by-Game Results
Series Stats at 5-on-5
Goaltender Stats
About this Second Round Series
The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild meet in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round. The Colorado Avalanche enter as the higher seed and host Games 1, 2, 5, and 7 (if necessary). First team to 4 wins advances.
Through 2 games, the series stands at COL 2, MIN 0. All stats on this page aggregate across every game played in the series so far.