{"id":668339,"date":"2026-05-14T06:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668339\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:19:12","slug":"kulak-scores-ot-winner-avalanche-advance-to-nhls-west-final-with-4-3-win-over-wild-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668339\/","title":{"rendered":"Kulak scores OT winner, Avalanche advance to NHL\u2019s West final with 4-3 win over Wild | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Minnesota Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt, centre, misses a goal shot by Colorado Avalanche defenceman Brett Kulak as Minnesota right wing Mats Zuccarello, left, and defenceman Jared Spurgeon cover in overtime of Game 5 of an NHL Stanley Cup hockey second-round playoff series Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/p>\n

By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tMay 13, 2026 | 8:34 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

DENVER (AP) \u2014 Brett Kulak scored 3:52 into overtime after Nathan MacKinnon tied it late in regulation and the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> advanced to the Western Conference final with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Kulak capped a wild comeback for the Avalanche, who trailed 3-0 midway through the second period. Colorado moves on to the conference final for an eighth time since relocating to Denver in 1995-96.<\/p>\n

The Avalanche will face the winner between the Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks. Vegas leads that series 3-2.<\/p>\n

With Minnesota up 3-1, Jack Drury scored with 3:33 remaining. which set the stage for MacKinnon\u2019s goal scored with 1:23 left and Colorado\u2019s goal empty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt, centre, misses a goal shot by Colorado Avalanche defenceman Brett Kulak as Minnesota…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,448,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-668339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}