The Colorado Avalanche will play the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Avalanche Preview
The Colorado Avalanche are 28-19-5 this season after they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in a shootout by a score of 4-3 in their last game. Colorado out shot Tampa Bay by a total of 46-35 and went 0-2 on the power play in the loss. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.00 goals per game, 2.77 goals against per game, 23.8% on the power play, and 76.7% on the penalty kill. Mikko Rantanen has led the Avalanche with 34 goals, 29 assists, and 196 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Colorado is Jonas Johansson, who is making his first start of the year for Colorado.
Wild Preview
The Minnesota Wild are 28-20-5 this season after they lost to the Florida Panthers in a shootout by a score of 2-1 in their last game. Minnesota was out shot by a total of 34-28 and went 0-5 on the power play in the loss. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.91 goals per game, 2.85 goals against per game, 23.5% on the power play, and 81% on the penalty kill. Kirill Kaprizov has led the Wild this season with 30 goals, 33 assists, and 199 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Minnesota is Marc-Andre Fleury, who is 16-12-3 this season with a 2.98 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.
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