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)
 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...){kind=link}