NHL Playoff Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 05/11/2026 | Inside The Rink
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Minnesota Wild (5-3-1) at Colorado Avalanche (6-1-0)
Venue: Grand Casino Arena
Date: Monday, May 11
Time: 8:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN
Radio:Â Altitude Sports Radio 950 AM/104.5 ESPN Radio
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Colorado Avalanche News and Notes:
The Avalanche suffered the first loss of the playoffs on Saturday night in a 5-1 defeat. They’re averaging four goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game in the playoffs. They’re averaging five goals per game in the series against Minnesota.
Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Wild can even the series before it shifts to Colorado and force another game back in Minnesota. They’re averaging four goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game. In this series, they’re averaging 4.3 goals per game.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:
Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Landeskog-Nelson-Nichushkin
Colton-Kadri-Roy
Kelly-Drury-O’Connor
Toews-Makar
Kulak-Malinski
Burns-Blankenburg
Wedgewood
Blackwood
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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Kaprizov-Hartman-Zuccarello
Johansson-Yurov-Boldy
Trenin-McCarron-Tarasenko
M.Foligno-Sturm-N.Foligno
Hughes-Faber
Middleton-Bogosian
Hunt-Spurgeon
Wallstedt
Gustavsson
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Players To Watch:
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon scored the lone goal in Saturday’s loss. He has ten points in the last four games and he has 12 points in the playoffs on five goals and six assists.
Minnesota Wild
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists in Saturday’s win. He has a goal in back-to-back games and a point in all three games of the series. He has 14 points in the playoffs on four goals and ten assists.
Injury Report:
Colorado Avalanche:
D Josh Manson – DTD
F Joel Kiviranta – DTD
Minnesota Wild
D Jonas Brodin – Out
F Joel Eriksson Ek – Out
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