Colorado tops #mnwild 3-2 at @XcelEnergyCtr. Minnesota hosts the Devils on Tuesday. #COLvsMIN pic.twitter.com/BFBSV5Z1wG
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 9, 2015
The Colorado Avalanche spoiled the Wild’s five-game winning streak with a 3-2 win at the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday. Colorado is on a roll of its own with three straight wins.
This was the Avalanche’s first win against Minnesota in their five matchups this season, according to the Wild’s newsroom.
Jordyn Leopold made the Let's Play Hockey call before the #mnwild game with @PAontheMic. WATCH: http://t.co/WSA0IcjKUF
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 8, 2015
Colorado puts its three goals on the board first, finding the net once each period.
The Wild tried to rally. With just under six minutes left Chris Stewart scored his first goal for the Wild.
Thomas Vanek scored the second goal with 19.4 seconds left on the clock, but the Wild couldn’t find the net once more to tie it up.
Goalie Devan Dubnyk had 18 saves.
The Wild did manage to outshoot the Avalanche 34-21, the Star Tribune reports.
With 2 assists, @brodin25 earned his 3rd career multi-point game. He has 2-12=14 points this season and leads #mnwild with +20 rating.
— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) March 9, 2015
Scoring Summary
1st period: COL – 18:05 – Cody McLeod (6) – Assists: Jarome Iginla (24) and Zach Redmond (10)
2nd period: COL – 18:09 – Zach Redmond (5) – Assists: Gabriel Landeskog (27) and Jan Hejda (10)
3rd period: COL – 01:19 – PPG – Gabriel Landeskog (19)- Assists – Ryan O’Reilly (29), Jarome Iginla (25)
3rd period: 14:04 – MINN – Chris Stewart (12) – Assist: Jonas Brodin (11)
3rd period: 19:41 -MINN – Thomas Vanek (14) – Assists: Nino Niederreiter (11) and Jonas Brodin (12)
Next up, the Wild travel to take on the New Jersey Devils Tuesday.
