Wild vs. Avalanche | NHL Playoff Highlights | Game 2 | May 5, 2026

0:00 A take away.

0:01 Good work nearly by the Avalanche as now at the end of a long shift.

0:05 Logan O' Conor heads off for a change.

0:08 Malinsky after the rebound bounces it off the end wall.

0:11 Kulak plays it and a little one-touch passing play through center of speed.

0:15 Here comes McKinn racing down the right wing side.

0:17 Drops to Nas in the slot.

0:19 Backhander score.

0:21 McKinnon drops.

0:22 Nes carries roofs it on the back end.

0:28 One nothing.

0:30 You can't let McKinnon get gets loose.

0:32 This is exactly what happens.

0:34 You try and pinch and stay above him.

0:36 Nope.

0:37 What happens?

0:37 A dish to Nas.

0:39 But watch the pitch on the initial play.

0:41 Zukarelloo.

0:42 He can't dive in there.

0:43 You have to stay out.

0:45 You don't have support.

0:46 Hartman's late.

0:47 Nes finds the middle right on the back end.

0:49 Tucker the goalie coming all the way to his right.

0:52 They just cuts across.

0:53 gets a one- nothing lead for a breakaway

0:56 off the goal and ready answer by Minnesota.

1:00 Capri off got loose.

1:02 A defensive breakdown for Colorado.

1:05 6 seconds after the nature's goal.

1:08 Carill the thrill is able to tie it.

1:11 It feels like game one again.

1:13 And the one guy they needed in this series the most.

1:16 Carill Capri off right off the face off.

1:18 He gets loose and he beats Wedgewood with a BB over the glove.

1:23 Capri off the all-time leader in franchise history

1:25 in goals in the playoffs adds to his tally.

1:28 Evens this up at one in Denver.

1:30 But right there, Macar gets caught coming over and Capri off gets loose.

1:34 It's a heck of a play.

1:36 Jeff Patri draws in for the second

1:39 time in the postseason paired with Damon Hunt.

1:42 Eurov tries to go short over the shoulder of Wedgewood and with a sick lift.

1:50 Arasenko plays the puck.

1:52 They jousted for it.

1:53 And now it looks like we have our first penalty call and for the Dallas Stars,

1:57 their power play was really the only thing that kept them

2:00 in the series for six games against Minnesota in round number one.

2:04 Here is Bquard to quarterback.

2:06 Nes with room down to the goal line in front.

2:11 Score.

2:12 Oh, what a pass by the captain.

2:17 The finish makes it 2-1 as it goes all the way up and around

2:23 Cadri to Mar and then down to the goal line from nature to McKinnon.

2:27 It's the one touch that is the key to the play.

2:31 McKinnon knows where Landisk is.

2:32 Landiskog's a lefty.

2:33 So he's got the one-time.

2:35 He finds the middle ice and Middleton has to take the pass away.

2:39 is Nick Fina protecting it from the for check of Drury.

2:43 Out of the reach of Faber 50/50 puck and thrown towards the net

2:47 by Parker Kelly and there's the first official save with the stick by Gusson.

2:52 Another try now with the left pad.

2:54 He stops Koulap Landosk and he has to recover up top.

2:58 Mar a little shimmy shake by Macar back to his forehand.

3:01 Fires one saves made covering with the glove is Gustoson with traffic in front.

3:06 Was Taves feeds it up top to Mar.

3:08 High slot now.

3:09 Nouses long wrist shot blocked before it got through.

3:12 Another try in overstating the rebound was Nes.

3:14 T had a great look.

3:16 They don't have him from injury.

3:18 So look for them to maybe look around the backside.

3:21 Hughes with the setup.

3:22 A one-time gobbled up by Wwood.

3:25 A look for Capri off.

3:27 Now Quinn Hughes spins it back.

3:29 Capri off handles off to Baldi in the slot.

3:32 Wrist shot deflected in front.

3:34 Never got through to Wedwood.

3:35 Kept on side with the glove.

3:37 Brown on net again by Baldi digging for it.

3:41 Hartman doing the splits as Wedwood.

3:44 He comes downhill.

3:45 Moving screen by Hartman.

3:47 The box out by Colorado.

3:50 And another chance.

3:52 Boom.

3:52 It's sitting right between the pads of Wedgewood.

3:57 And that's so tough for a goalie.

3:59 Bob on the deflection.

4:00 When you think it's going high, it comes low.

4:03 Wedgewood stands his ground.

4:04 But a really good sequence by the Wild.

4:06 two or three really good at the half wall

4:08 and now the goal line swung back up by Zukarella.

4:10 It's across to Hughes.

4:12 Holdy left point.

4:12 Long wrist shot stopped by Wedgewood with the glove.

4:15 Burns able to control and said we got to have way more quantity to the net.

4:20 They're not looking for the perfect play.

4:23 They're putting it there and getting there.

4:25 That's two or three great chances in the crease.

4:28 And then Johansson feeds Hughes on side.

4:31 Back to Johansson down to the goal line.

4:34 Capri off filters one into the crease.

4:36 Belly flop by Wedgewood.

4:37 The puck loose under your rink wide handled by Faber.

4:42 Favor out there now with Middleton into the glove of Wedgewood.

4:47 You had Anaheim, didn't you?

4:49 I did.

4:50 One of the few.

4:51 I I did.

4:52 It's your only right pick of the entire playoffs.

4:54 I had Tampa in the Stanley Cup final.

4:56 How am I doing?

4:57 Oh, you done?

4:58 Yep.

4:58 I'm done.

4:59 Kulak rink wide.

5:00 Teed up off the outside of the post.

5:03 Bob Wash and Leah Hexall is with us as well.

5:07 Second period underway and both teams with their top five on the ice

5:11 to begin the second as Capri off sails one around the glass.

5:15 Leans in on Chushka who does well to ride him to the glass.

5:19 The setup though for the long wrist into the glove

5:22 of Wedgewood from Spurgeon with a big hit in front.

5:25 Looked for Baldi and now it's settled down by Spurgeon.

5:29 Harris Spurgeon now number one all time in playoff games

5:33 played in Minnesota Wild history with the injury to Rod Dean.

5:39 That shot by Wall back hand to forehand.

5:44 The quick release by Smith.

5:48 Talk about no freebies.

5:49 This puck has to get in.

5:50 You cannot direct it into the middle.

5:52 You have to chip it down the wall.

5:54 Colorado goes the other way and it's a bang shot

5:58 right off the backhand to the forehand by Nick Law.

6:01 It's the release that catches Gustoson off guard but you

6:04 can't turn the puck over in the middle of the ice.

6:07 Drury moves in.

6:07 Shimmy shake wrist shot block to the corner.

6:10 Taken back by Okconor to the backand save.

6:14 Gustoson Lankenberg misses the high glove side.

6:17 The puck goes off the heel of his stick.

6:20 Petri activates supported by Eurov.

6:22 Some pressure here for Minnesota.

6:23 Punt wrist shot save made with traffic in front.

6:26 Pivots on Terasa.

6:28 Does another dipsy do putting on a show.

6:31 This one into the gut of Gustoson and he swallows it.

6:36 Looks ahead right now at the end of the ship for that Colorado group.

6:41 That wrist off the mask of Wedgewood

6:43 from Johansson into the netting and out of play.

6:47 Wedgewood on the draw.

6:48 helps back to Hughes at the point that one timer flutters it

6:54 off the stick of Wedgewood for traffic in front offense or your goalie.

6:59 Sure, you're going to line up some games and both are going to be awesome,

7:02 but at some point you need your goalie to steal

7:04 you a game and you're going to need both goalies, too, as we talked about.

7:09 McCarron centering pass save made by Wedgewood.

7:13 There's a timely save.

7:15 It's the stretch pass by Spurgeon to Trenton and it's a broken play.

7:18 McCarron makes a heck of a pass to Terasenko on the back end.

7:22 But the key, no rebound from Wedgewood.

7:24 If there's a rebound there, McCarron's flying in.

7:27 Tren's flying in to get that second or third look.

7:29 But this is more what Minnesota needs.

7:31 They stretch the ice.

7:32 They have caught the shoulder of Wedgewood.

7:34 Hartman the retrieval right back to Zukarella on the flank.

7:37 Brings the top of the circle down to the goal line.

7:40 Back door stopped by the B of Wedgewood.

7:42 He as faithful in ball arena.

7:44 But watch the goal line or towards the top of your screen.

7:48 The goalie is responsible for the shot.

7:50 It comes all the way across.

7:52 He has trust that Lechin is there to deny Capri off.

7:55 It's a perfect pass from Hartman.

7:57 Macar has to block that.

7:59 Lechan's late.

8:00 What a save by Wedgwood.

8:03 I don't know if that holds.

8:06 It's Marri on the flank.

8:08 Down to the goal line once again.

8:10 Landis got see if he heads back to the bumper.

8:13 There's the one-time McKinnon on the power play.

8:21 The Avalanche strike again and extend their lead.

8:29 Pick the play they want to run.

8:31 It's Cadri all the way through the scene.

8:33 McKinnon gets a rolling puck.

8:35 I think that might have hit Trenton on the way in.

8:38 Gustoson doesn't see it.

8:39 And it's a deflected puck, but McKinnon gets lost.

8:42 He goes from middle to the left side of your screen.

8:46 Johansson protection.

8:47 Punt is met by Okconor.

8:50 It's in behind the net.

8:53 You're off center.

8:54 Score.

8:55 They throw it out in front.

8:58 And in perfect position, Marcus Johansson is able to beat Wedgewood.

9:04 527 to go.

9:05 It's now a twogoal game again.

9:07 They get a little bit of life.

9:09 And it's from the top of the zone down to the bottom.

9:13 The little play, the shoulder check by Euronog.

9:15 He just throws it there.

9:17 Colorado's done an unbelievable job of shutting down the middle of the ice.

9:21 Kelly gets puck focused.

9:23 The puck goes right under his blade to Joe

9:27 Hansen who gets his third of the playoffs.

9:30 All right, SVP, thanks very much.

9:32 Back to the power play.

9:34 Back door save made by Gustoson to keep the game alive.

9:37 Baldi waiting for it at the half wall.

9:40 Down to the goal line.

9:42 Faber back to Baldi.

9:44 Baldi eyes the net.

9:46 Faber with room.

9:47 Wrist shot off the post.

9:49 Wedwood never saw it.

9:51 Zucarella has the puck down at the goal line.

9:54 A good stick by Burns.

9:56 Swats.

9:56 It's played to the corner.

9:58 10 seconds to go.

10:01 Kushkin will rob it out.

10:04 It heads towards the empty net.

10:07 Scores.

10:12 Colorado has a masterclass performance tonight and Nushka puts

10:16 the dagger in the coffin and and they might have reinforcements.

10:21 Joel Erikson may be back.

10:23 Bodin may be back but it's a huge win

10:27 by Colorado to take a two nothing series lead.