Leading the Way
\nNate the Great<\/p>\n
MacKinnon is tied for fifth in the NHL in goals (6) and points (12).\u00a0<\/p>\n
All Hail Cale<\/p>\n
Cale Makar is tied for first among NHL defensemen in goals (4).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Toewser\u00a0Laser<\/p>\n
Among NHL blueliners,\u00a0Devon Toews is tied for fifth in points (7)\u00a0while\u00a0ranking tied for seventh in goals (2) and tied for eighth in assists (5).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History<\/p>\n
The Avalanche and Wild have met in the playoffs on three\u00a0previous\u00a0occasions, all in the Round One, with Minnesota winning in 2003 and 2014 in seven games while Colorado was victorious in six contests in 2008.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making Plays Against Minnesota<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted 18 points (6g\/12a) in 11 playoff games against the Wild, in addition to 70 points in 55 regular-season\u00a0contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Necas has recorded seven points (1g\/6a) in four playoff contests against Minnesota, along with nine points (5g\/4a) in 15 regular-season games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colton has registered three points (1g\/2a) in four playoff games against the Wild, in addition to eight points (4g\/4a) in 16 regular-season contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scoring in St. Paul<\/p>\n
Matt Boldy leads the Wild in goals (7) while ranking third in points (11) and tied for fifth in assists (4).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quinn Hughes and Kirill Kaprizov are tied for the Minnesota lead in points (14) and assists (10) while ranking tied for second in goals (4).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brock Faber is tied for second on the Wild in goals (4) while ranking fourth in points (10) and assists (6).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game
\n10<\/p>\n
Among the remaining playoff teams, the Avalanche\u2019s 10 five-on-five\u00a0goals against\u00a0are the second fewest in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
+10<\/p>\n
Colorado has posted an NHL-best +10 third-period goal differential in the playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
18<\/p>\n
The Avalanche\u2019s 18 goals at home in the playoffs are tied for the second most in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quotes That Left a Mark<\/p>\n
“Even when they tied it up, there was a sense of belief that we were just\u00a0gonna\u00a0keep rolling and we were\u00a0gonna\u00a0get rewarded eventually. [We] trusted our forecheck, kept turning pucks over that way and sustained some pressure and those guys (Colton and Kelly) with great shots.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Gabriel Landeskog on the Avalanche\u2019s third period in Game Four\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s a high-pressure game for both teams. We feel as though our game plan last night (Monday) and how we played is super repeatable. And especially when you come home [and have]\u00a0the ability to feed off our fans who’ve been amazing all year for us [and] have the last change. Quick reset here with the day off today, and then just try and get back after it tomorrow. But I think the main message is the urgency, the competitiveness, the game plan [and] the structure is all repeatable for our group.”<\/p>\n
— Logan O’Connor on Game Five<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading the Way Nate the Great MacKinnon is tied for fifth in the NHL in goals (6) and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-668221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}