Postgame: Avalanche Handle Minnesota Wild Again, Take 2-0 Series Lead
May 5, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) goes after the puck defended by Minnesota Wild right wing Mats Zuccarello (36) during the second period in game two of the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Minnesota Wild’s goalie change didn’t help all that much. For the second consecutive game, the Colorado Avalanche scored a flurry of goals early, this time defeating the Wild 5-2 on Tuesday with Filip Gustavsson between the pipes.
Colorado leads the second-round series 2-0 and is a perfect 6-0 in the postseason. “Much better tonight,” head coach Jared Bednar said, “Still made a couple mistakes for sure, things we can continue to clean up to tighten things up. But I thought the commitment was there, the details were much better in all situations.
” Martin Necas, Gabe Landeskog, Nic Roy, and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche, the first three coming in the first 21:24 of play. Valeri Nichushkin later added an empty-netter. The Avs put 22 shots on Gustavsson, who gave up three goals on the first eight he faced before settling in.
Colorado kept riding with Scott Wedgewood, and he made 29 saves to recover from the six goals he gave up in Game 1. Wedgewood surrendered just one goal on 29 shots in the final 57 minutes of action. “I thought there wasn’t a guy on our roster that wasn’t better tonight than the other night,” Bednar said.
“And he certainly was. We started from the goaltender out. ” MacKinnon also had two assists, while Necas and Landeskog had one, each to also finish with multiple points.
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