The avalanche vs wild series shifts to St. Paul with Colorado up 2-0 and one win from the Western Conference Final. Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena gives the Avalanche a chance to push Minnesota to the edge of elimination on home ice.
Grand Casino Arena Start
Colorado has controlled the first two games by scoring twelve goals, with eleven different skaters getting on the board. Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon are the only Avalanche players with more than one goal in the series, while MacKinnon also leads all postseason skaters with 10 points.
Scott Wedgewood is expected to start in goal for Colorado and is seeking his seventh consecutive playoff win. He stopped 29 of 31 shots in Game 2, a night that ended with Marcus Johansson cutting Minnesota's deficit late in the third period before the Avalanche finished the job.
Bednar On Manson
Jared Bednar said Jack Ahcan would not travel to St. Paul and added of Josh Manson, "We feel good about it. That’s why Jack’s not here." The extra two days of rest before Game 3 could matter if Manson is available, but Colorado already has the series margin it wanted after holding serve in Denver.
That margin leaves Minnesota in a tighter spot than it faced after Game 1. Colorado can turn a 2-0 lead into a 3-0 series lead tonight, and that would put the Avalanche one victory away from the Western Conference Final.
Broadcast For Fans
The game is available on HBO Max, TNT, truTV, CBC, SN, SN1, SN+, TVAS, and TVAS+, with Altitude Sports Radio KKSE-FM 92.5 FM carrying the radio call. For a series that has already tilted hard Colorado's way, the next shift is simple: score first, and the pressure on Minnesota rises immediately.
