Wild vs. Avalanche | NHL Playoff Highlights | Game 1 | May 3, 2026

0:00 Yes.

0:01 False wasn't the primary starter during the regular season,

0:03 but the 23-y old rookie has been fantastic here.

0:06 He played all six games in round one, a win against the Dallas Star.

0:11 Competitive player.

0:12 He's got a good edge to his game, especially without Josh Mansion.

0:15 Two different defenseman.

0:16 Obviously, he doesn't know he's not big.

0:21 Here's Vious across from Molinsky.

0:24 He scores.

0:25 Sam Bolinski filling in for the injured Kale Mar on this shift.

0:30 Gets the first goal in game one.

0:32 The talent on that right side.

0:35 Entry into the zone from our AT&T Connected Cam.

0:39 And Nate just waits and waits and waits and he finds his late man.

0:44 And this was an absolute bullet high over

0:46 the glove and under the bar on the short side.

0:49 There was not much room right there.

0:51 What a shot that is by Molinsky.

0:53 And look who's in front.

0:55 McKinnon lechin.

0:56 They're drawing back the defenders.

0:58 That's right.

0:58 Von Taves gets the secondary assist on that Molinsky goal.

1:02 He's now has points in four straight games.

1:04 Nothing in game one of that series against LA.

1:08 Finish strong.

1:09 A goal in game four.

1:12 Sweet.

1:13 It's a steal and a chance.

1:17 They score.

1:18 Jack Trey.

1:19 Two goals in less than a minute for Colorado.

1:24 And with that turnover, let's take a look here.

1:26 He's a left hand shot he's got.

1:28 Oh, he fanned on it.

1:29 He whiffed on the flipper.

1:30 That's what happened.

1:31 Tough luck there from Middleton.

1:32 And the ABS take advantage of that.

1:34 And this fourth line from Colorado wanted to have

1:36 more of an impact in this second round.

1:39 Good pressure, good opportunity.

1:40 They take advantage of it.

1:42 Colorado's power play was their undoing in last year's playoff series,

1:47 a sevename loss to Dallas.

1:49 They went three for 22.

1:51 It cost Ray Bennett his job.

1:53 Trying to get something going here.

1:56 This is going on.

1:57 Nick McKinnon got his own rebound.

2:00 Score.

2:00 McKinnon makes the play.

2:02 Lean it gets the goal.

2:04 It's three goals in the first period for the Avalanche.

2:09 So, one of the fastest players in the world, but this second effort banger.

2:14 Oh, unreal that he attempts are 259 here in the first period in Avalanche favor.

2:24 Crowd tries to get on the 23-y old rookie goalender Yesper Voltec.

2:27 Here's a chance.

2:28 They score.

2:29 Puck popped onto the stick of Marcus

2:33 Johansson and Minnesota bites into that three-goal lead.

2:37 Planks it right off the bar and down low pressure.

2:40 A little twoon two right here.

2:42 And you can see the third man highest Johansson.

2:45 Not real high right there, but he ends up coming back.

2:48 A goal for the Wild who desperately needed

2:51 it after surrendering three goals to start this game.

2:55 Quinn Hughes trying to create and he found Hartman.

2:58 He scores.

2:59 What a pass from Quinn Hughes.

3:02 Banged home by Ryan Hartman.

3:04 And the goals just keep on coming.

3:07 I I mean there was a good chance against the goalender.

3:12 Could have been a 4-1 lead.

3:14 He makes the save.

3:15 settled things down and now the Minnesota Wild got a couple of goals here.

3:19 Tricky play there obviously by Quinn Hughes.

3:21 And look at what Hartman does right away.

3:23 The spinama by Hughes.

3:24 He plays it on the back end, finds his man.

3:26 Amazing.

3:26 He's got eyes in the back of his head to find him on the doorstep.

3:30 And Hartman points right at him here, Jody, after this goal was scored.

3:33 Giving him all the credit in the world.

3:36 And why wouldn't he?

3:37 Well, it's not a zone defense like Dallas.

3:41 Well, he was a wrecking ball in game six against Dallas.

3:43 He drives to the net on the backhand wrap around able to seal it off.

3:53 Here comes Matsuskin driving his buck and B scores

4:02 it high over the glove after this perfect plat pass.

4:07 He is familiar with Spurgeon though.

4:10 They have played quite a bit together in the past,

4:12 but right now he's got to simplify and do a little bit quicker.

4:16 I agree.

4:17 Here comes a chance for Terraenko.

4:21 What a move and he scores.

4:24 Terra Senko.

4:25 Allah Peter Forsber.

4:27 Braden Smith back within one.

4:30 Scored on his first two NHL shots and one

4:33 of them was like that at Madison Square Garden.

4:36 I remember going one way, one hand the other way.

4:38 Wedgewood bites, sliding to the right, the extension of the stick.

4:41 A marvelous move.

4:42 Uses his right skate to get it to the stick and then

4:46 barely getting this pass before Burns can help the goalender out.

4:51 That is just a brilliant move by Terraenko.

4:54 And this line for Minnesota, they want to get their four checkpoint going.

4:57 Looks like they're doing it right here.

4:59 Quinn Hughes on the cut back.

5:02 Hughes got a little space and he scores.

5:05 win Hughes and Minnesota has erased what was a three-goal lead for Colorado.

5:12 And that fourth line of the Minnesota Wild, they needed that one as well.

5:16 Lankenberg out of the way and the goalender cannot see this at all.

5:20 Dallas had a good power play all year.

5:22 If we could do what they doing, we would be doing it all year.

5:24 Oh, look out here.

5:26 This is a short-handed break and it's Marcus Felo in on the loop and he scores.

5:33 Marcus Felo short-handed and Minnesota has taken the lead.

5:38 But the drop pass there, drop pass there.

5:42 And no one else except for Marcus.

5:45 And what a move he puts on.

5:48 Forehand backhand and thanks for coming.

5:50 What a deep that is.

5:51 I think he said sorry brother for looking you off but I I got this one.

5:56 And Humble McKinnon there he stumbled at the blue

5:58 line and there was no chance of getting back here.

6:01 What a look at that goal coming around.

6:04 Molitzky able to hold it in.

6:06 Brock Faber set to return.

6:10 Machuskin settles it down.

6:12 Takes the look.

6:15 Moves to Taz shot.

6:17 Scores with the tip and it's tied again.

6:31 But take a look at the shot from the point after Nituskin plays it.

6:35 Settles it down.

6:36 He sends it back to the middle of the ice.

6:40 That's what the head coach is talking about with their bottom six.

6:44 How different they are.

6:47 Here's Mar scores.

6:50 M the face of Colorado back ahead.

7:00 the studio.

7:01 We're talking about details on faceoffs.

7:04 It's a set play there as Lannis wins that to McKinnon

7:08 and McKinnon's going to come across that right-handed shot.

7:12 He waits and then the car does it from there.

7:14 What a shot.

7:15 Yeah, it goes off the numbers too of the goalender.

7:17 He might have been drifting a little far to his left and obviously the shooter.

7:22 Is that all?

7:24 That is it.

7:26 That's the whole list.

7:28 Wow.

7:28 Shot blocked.

7:30 Colton look out.

7:33 Now it's a head for Naz Cry on a break.

7:42 Cry scores.

7:44 Another quick burst from Colorado.

7:46 Two goals in 2 minutes and 22 seconds.

7:49 He was obviously going to shoot this puck.

7:52 So after the punch up play by Colton,

7:54 the goalender's got to come out a little bit more right here.

7:58 Great leader and he's got something to say to face off win.

8:03 Capri off all along in front.

8:05 Harden denied by Wetwood scrambling back into possession.

8:09 A penalty on the playoff here at the commercial break

8:12 and was drawing it off on this faceoff set play.

8:15 A wonderful setup.

8:17 Caprioff goes right to Hartman.

8:19 Hartman might have had a chance to stop it and then make a play,

8:21 but he tries to chip it, use the wedge, go over the shoulder.

8:24 A great effort there by Wedgewood to not only make the first one,

8:29 I think he got his glove on the second one as well.

8:34 Hughes into the zone for Matt Baldi.

8:37 Watched by Macar floated to the front.

8:40 They score.

8:41 My goodness, that went in.

8:43 Zucello driving and popped up over the shoulder of Wedgewood

8:47 and it is back to a one-goal game with four minutes remaining.

8:51 Credit for the goal.

8:53 He goes first.

8:54 Quick little pass up.

8:55 Just a flip out on the backhand by Baldi.

8:58 A bouncing puck.

8:59 Oh, this just bounces off the leg.

9:01 Zukarella might have even got his stick on it afterwards right here.

9:05 One hopper, two skate.

9:06 No, that's not a redirected play by the skate at all.

9:10 That's a good goal by Zukarella.

9:13 Great.

9:14 Seventh goal was Nazum Cadger for Colorado.

9:17 That's the difference right now.

9:19 Marty Nes trying to step around Zucarella.

9:22 Zucella got a stick on the puck.

9:26 Caves over.

9:28 Mar with it.

9:30 Kale Mar shot.

9:33 Scores.

9:34 Kale Mar the answer.

9:40 Just like that, they just buy some time.

9:42 D to D and a little razledazzle shake and bake here.

9:46 And this shot gets around Baldi.

9:48 Three Wild players park in front of the net.

9:50 It's Hughes for Faber.

9:51 Had to come to it.

9:53 Hughes all the way across.

9:56 Broken.

9:57 McKinnon.

9:58 Got it.

10:00 Make it nine for Colorado.

10:09 But the Wild D.

10:11 You got to get this puck because the clock's not

10:13 on your side and claiming to be outside their young goender.

10:17 They got a good veteran in Gustoson behind him.

10:21 But what a game this was.

10:24 Holy jumping.

10:26 I didn't see this one coming.

10:28 I'll tell you that.

10:30 Colorado wins an epic game