How to Watch Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time – 4-9-2024

The Colorado Avalanche (48-24-6) take on the Minnesota Wild (37-30-10) at Ball Arena on Tuesday, April 9 at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN. The Avalanche lost to the Dallas Stars 7-4 in their most recent outing, while the Wild are coming off a 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Avalanche vs. Wild Game TV Channel & Live Stream

• Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
• Time: 9:30 PM ET
• TV: ESPN
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Avalanche and Wild Stats, Key Players, and Injuries

Avalanche Insights

• The Avalanche lead the league with 289 total goals (3.7 per game).
• Defensively, the Avalanche are allowing 238 total goals (3.0 per game) to rank 16th in league play.
• They have the league’s seventh-best goal differential at +51.
• The 66 power-play goals the Avalanche have scored this season are second-best in the NHL (on 268 power-play chances).
• The Avalanche’s 24.63% power-play conversion rate is sixth-best in the league.
• The Avalanche have scored seven shorthanded goals this season (ninth among NHL teams).
• The Avalanche’s 81.67% penalty-kill success rate is eighth-best in the league.
• The Avalanche win 48% of their faceoffs (23rd in the NHL)
• The Avalanche connect on 11.1% of their shots (fifth in the league).
• The Avalanche have shut out opponents four times this season. As a team, they are averaging 17.5 hits and 14.8 blocked shots per game.

Avalanche Key Players

• A productive offensive player this season for Colorado, Nathan MacKinnon has recorded 133 points.
• Mikko Rantanen has 40 goals and 62 assists for Colorado to compile 102 total points (1.3 per game).
• Through 73 games, Cale Makar has proven himself as a scoring option for Colorado. He has 84 points (19 goals and 65 assists).
• Alexandar Georgiev (37-17-4) has a 3.0 goals against average and a save percentage of .899 for Colorado.

Avalanche Injuries

Pavel Francouz: Groin (Out For Season), Logan O’Connor: Hip (Out For Season), Gabriel Landeskog: Knee (Out For Season)

Wild Insights

• The Wild’s 232 goals on the season (3.0 per game) rank them 20th in the NHL.
• The Wild have conceded 241 total goals this season (3.1 per game), 18th in the league.
• Their -9 goal differential is 18th in the league.
• The Wild have 55 power-play goals (10th-most in NHL) on 256 chances.
• The Wild’s power-play percentage (21.48) ranks them 15th in the league.
• This season, the Wild have three shorthanded goals (27th in NHL).
• At 74.29, the Wild have the 30th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• At 47.2%, the Wild have the NHL’s 26th-ranked faceoff win rate.
• The 9.9% shooting percentage of the Wild is 17th in the league.
• The Wild have held their opponents scoreless six times.

Wild Key Players

• Kirill Kaprizov’s 41 goals and 48 assists in 70 games for Minnesota add up to 89 total points on the season.
• Joel Eriksson Ek is a key piece of the offense for Minnesota with 62 total points this season. He has scored 31 goals and added 31 assists in 72 games.
• Matthew Boldy has netted 26 goals on the season, chipping in 35 assists.
• Filip Gustavsson is 19-16-5 this season, amassing 1103 saves and giving up 123 goals (3.1 goals against average) with a .900 save percentage (41st in the league).

Wild Injuries

Sam Hentges: Undisclosed (Out), Jared Spurgeon: Hip/Back (Out For Season), Marcus Foligno: Undisclosed (Out For Season)