Round 2 Game 3 Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche @ Minnesota Wild (7:00 P.M.)

May 5, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Minnesota Wild right wing Ryan Hartman (38) and Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen (62) fight during the third period in game two of the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs got off to a bang, as Colorado Avalanche held serve against the Minnesota Wild to stake a 2-0 series lead. A victory today can give them a commanding three game series lead and leave them just one victory away from returning to the Western Conference Final.

Colorado Avalanche (6-0) The Opponent : Minnesota Wild (4-4) Time : 7:00 P. M. MDT/9:00 P.

M. EDT Watch : HBO Max, TNT, truTV (US National Broadcast), CBC, SN, SN1, SN+, TVAS, TVAS+ (Canadian National Broadcast) Listen : Altitude Sports Radio KKSE-FM 92. 5 FM Colorado Avalanche While the scoring output was akin to a slow-dripping faucet through the first two games against Los Angeles, that faucet turned into a fire hose in the first two games against Minnesota.

The Avalanche scored a combined twelve goals against both Jesper Wallstedt and Filip Gustavsson (along with two empty net tallies). Eleven different skaters recorded goals across both games, while both Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon were the only skaters for Colorado to score more than once against Minnesota thus far. Unlike Game One, which wasn’t Scott Wedgewood’s best performance (and, to be fair, the Avs didn’t have the best defensive performance in front of him), he rebounded nicely in Game Two, stopping twenty-nine of thirty-one shots.