5
Final/Sun Dec 21, 2025/Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
1225
0011

02/Scoring summary

6 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCOLMIN
18:28COLMartin Necas (16)Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog10

2nd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCOLMIN
13:37COLNathan MacKinnon (29)Brock Nelson, Cale Makar20
18:33COLCale Makar (11)Brock Nelson, Gabriel Landeskog30

3rd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCOLMIN
05:15MINRyan Hartman (9)Jonas Brodin, Kirill Kaprizov31
15:52COLBrock Nelson (14)Samuel Girard, Valeri Nichushkin41
17:35COLNathan MacKinnon (30)Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin51

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
COL
Away / Home
MIN
5
Goals
1
42
Shots on goal
29
20
Missed shots
21
8
Blocked shots
25
89
Shot attempts
62
17
Hits
13
42
Faceoffs won of 76
34
55.3%
Faceoff win %
44.7%
20
Giveaways
11
6
Takeaways
2
3
Penalties
4
6
Penalty minutes
8
4
Power plays
3

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Colorado Avalanche

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Cale MakarD123+2071023:25
Brock NelsonC123+102104-1017:57
Nathan MacKinnonC202+2042112-1122:33
Gabriel LandeskogL022+224419-220:52
Valeri NichushkinR022+2031119:27
Devon ToewsD011+2040222:23
Martin NecasC101+1032019:40
Samuel GirardD0110010114:24
Brent BurnsD0000030120:28
Josh MansonD0000210117:27
Artturi LehkonenL000+102100-117:07
Sam MalinskiD0000011015:43
Jack DruryC0000200010-211:50
Parker KellyC000-100301-010:35
Victor OlofssonL0000030010:12
Joel KivirantaL0000001010:09
Ross ColtonC000-102004-610:03
Gavin BrindleyC000-102002-29:45
Skaters51015642178

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood29281.96660:00
Scott Wedgewood

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Minnesota Wild

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Jonas BrodinD0110010422:35
Kirill KaprizovL011-1232021:29
Ryan HartmanR101+1031312-718:09
Quinn HughesD000-1040226:41
Brock FaberD000-1010323:07
Jared SpurgeonD000-1012521:34
Matt BoldyL000-105001-121:34
Joel Eriksson EkC000-1031113-1720:24
NHL 8475692000-1010019:56
Marcus JohanssonL0000030015:30
Vladimir TarasenkoR000-2211113:57
Jake MiddletonD0000011213:20
Yakov TreninC000-100322-111:41
Nico SturmC000000013-510:41
Danila YurovR000-201012-1010:03
Marcus FolignoL000040208:50
Vinnie HinostrozaC000001001-18:29
David JiricekD000000006:59
Skaters1238291325

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jesper Wallstedt41374.90258:45
Filip Gustavsson

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st04:56COLJosh MansonInterference2Kirill Kaprizov
1st09:03MINKirill KaprizovHooking2Cale Makar
2nd10:03COLJack DruryHigh-sticking2Ryan Hartman
2nd12:47MINVladimir TarasenkoInterference2Nathan MacKinnon
2nd15:07MINMarcus FolignoInterference2Gavin Brindley
2nd15:07MINMarcus FolignoCross-checking2Gavin Brindley
3rd09:30COLGabriel LandeskogHolding2Jonas Brodin

07/Game

Date
Sun Dec 21, 2025
Venue
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020563

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 1 player is not in the player index and appears by NHL id rather than under an invented name.