The Presidents\u2019 Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche continue their second-round series against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:10 pm MT and will be broadcast nationally on TNT.<\/p>\n
Please consider donating to the Colorado Hockey Now Playoff Travel Fund\u00a0to help our beat writer provide coverage from road games in Minnesota:\u00a0PAYPAL<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0VENMO<\/a><\/p>\n Key Stories to Watch<\/p>\n The Avalanche can take a commanding three-game series lead against the Wild with a win on the road. While it wouldn\u2019t technically end the series, it could be the game that defines the series. The pressure is definiely on Minnesota to find a way to bounce back from two bad losses.<\/p>\n Josh Manson was on the ice for morning skate, but head coach Jared Bednar did not confirm if he\u2019ll play. Nick Blankenburg also skated and came off before Manson.<\/p>\n For Minnesota, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin remain out with lower-body injuries. Eriksson Ek had been skating with the team, albeit without taking part in drills. He did not take the ice on Saturday morning. Brodin has not yet begun to skate.<\/p>\n Scott Wedgewood will likely make his third consecutive start in the series and seventh in a row in the postseason. The Wild are turning back to Jesper Wallstedt, who played every game before getting sat for Game 2 in Colorado. Wallstedt gave up eight goals in the opening game of the series.<\/p>\n Projected Avalanche Lines (subject to change)<\/p>\n Artturi Lehkonen \u2014 Nathan MacKinnon \u2014 Martin Necas Devon Toews \u2014 Cale Makar Scott Wedgewood Projected Wild Lines (subject to change)<\/p>\n Kirill Kaprizov \u2014 Ryan Hartman \u2014 Mats Zuccarello Quinn Hughes \u2014 Brock Faber Jesper Wallstedt Projected Starters (subject to change)<\/p>\n Expected: Scott Wedgewood (COL)<\/p>\n Confirmed: Jesper Wallstedt (MIN)<\/p>\n Avalanche Injuries<\/p>\n Josh Manson (upper body, day to day)<\/p>\n Joel Kiviranta (TBD, day to day)<\/p>\n Wild Injuries<\/p>\n Jonas Brodin (lower body, day to day)<\/p>\n Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body, day to day)<\/p>\n How to Watch<\/p>\n Playoff Series Head-to-Head<\/p>\n Game 1 vs Minnesota Wild (W, 9-6 \u2014 COL leads series 1-0)<\/p>\n Game 2 vs Minnesota Wild (W, 5-2 \u2014 COL leads series 2-0)<\/p>\n Game 3 at Minnesota Wild (May 9 at 7 pm MT)<\/p>\n Game 4 at Minnesota Wild (May 11 at TBD)<\/p>\n Game 5 vs Minnesota Wild (May 13 if necessary)<\/p>\n Game 6 at Minnesota Wild (May 15 if necessary)<\/p>\n Game 7 vs Minnesota Wild (May 17 if necessary)<\/p>\n Regular Season Head-to-Head<\/p>\n Nov. 28 at Minnesota Wild (L, 3-2 SO)<\/p>\n Dec. 21 at Minnesota Wild (W, 5-1)<\/p>\n Feb. 26 vs Minnesota Wild (L, 5-2)<\/p>\n March 8 vs Minnesota Wild (W, 3-2 SO)<\/p>\n Overall Playoff Results<\/p>\n R1, G1 vs Los Angeles Kings (W, 2-1)<\/p>\n R1, G2 vs Los Angeles Kings (W, 2-1 OT)<\/p>\n R1, G3 at Los Angeles Kings (W, 4-2)<\/p>\n R1, G4 at Los Angeles Kings (W, 5-1)<\/p>\n R2, G1 vs Minnesota Wild (W, 9-6)<\/p>\n R2, G2 vs Minnesota Wild (W, 5-2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Presidents\u2019 Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche continue their second-round series against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. Puck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1223,385,99],"class_list":["post-633455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ross Colton \u2014 Brock Nelson \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin
Gabriel Landeskog \u2014 Nazem Kadri \u2014 Nicolas Roy
Parker Kelly \u2014 Jack Drury \u2014 Logan O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n
Brett Kulak \u2014 Sam Malinski
Nick Blankenburg \u2014 Brent Burns<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Blackwood<\/p>\n
Marcus Johansson \u2014 Danila Yurov \u2014 Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin \u2014Michael McCarron \u2014 Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno \u2014 Nico Sturm \u2014 Nick Foligno<\/p>\n
Jake Middleton \u2014 Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt \u2014 Zach Bogosian<\/p>\n
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