Avalanche 6, Wild 1

Colorado 2 1 3 — 6 Minnesota 1 0 0 — 1

First Period: 1, Colorado, O’Connor 5 (Manson), 3:46. 2, Colorado, Colton 13, 16:52. 3, Minnesota, Bogosian 4 (Gaudreau, Trenin), 18:27. Penalties: Merrill, MIN (Slashing), 14:19.

Second Period: 4, Colorado, Rantanen 25 (MacKinnon, Drouin), 13:00. Penalties: Middleton, MIN (High Sticking), 3:41. Parssinen, COL (Interference), 13:55.

Third Period: 5, Colorado, Kelly 4 (Kiviranta, O’Connor), 4:23. 6, Colorado, Lehkonen 15 (Manson), 7:42 (sh). 7, Colorado, MacKinnon 15 (Drouin, Rantanen), 8:48. Penalties: Trenin, MIN (Slashing), 0:40. Mittelstadt, COL (Cross Checking), 6:04. Makar, COL (Tripping), 15:37.

Shots on goal: Colorado 8-11-8: 27. Minnesota 4-8-13: 25.

Power-play opportunities: Colorado 0 of 3. Minnesota 0 of 3.

Goalies: Colorado, Blackwood 13-10-4 (25 shots-24 saves). Minnesota, Gustavsson 18-6-3 (27-21).

A: 0 (18,064). T: 2:25.

Referees: Cody Beach, Chris Lee; Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Kilian McNamara.