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Shutouts, rallies, nail-biters the Wild used almost every method possible to keep winning at home, a reign that has lifted it into the playoff-bound side of the West Division.
But when the team finally had a chance to show off that prowess in front of its largest live audience of the season, the announced crowd of 3,000 witnessed the Wild s first loss at Xcel Energy Center in more than two months.
And like the victories that came before it, this result was dictated by the Wild. We just had a brain fart, Ryan Hartman said.
The Wild fell apart in the second period despite starting and finishing in control encouraging bookends that couldn t salvage a 5-4 letdown to the Avalanche on Monday night that extended Colorado s point streak to an NHL-best 15 games (13-0-2) while nixing the Wild s franchise-record home win streak at 11.
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Shutouts, rallies, nail-biters the Wild used almost every method possible to keep winning at home, a reign that has lifted it into the playoff-bound side of the West Division.
But when the team finally had a chance to show off that prowess in front of its largest live audience of the season, the announced crowd of 3,000 witnessed the Wild s first loss at Xcel Energy Center in more than two months.
And like the victories that came before it, this result was dictated by the Wild. We just had a brain fart, Ryan Hartman said.
The Wild fell apart in the second period despite starting and finishing in control encouraging bookends that couldn t salvage a 5-4 letdown to the Avalanche on Monday night that extended Colorado s point streak to an NHL-best 15 games (13-0-2) while nixing the Wild s franchise-record home win streak at 11.
Avs beat Wild, extend point streak to 15
Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky, Brandon Saad and J.T. Compher scored in a four-goal second period, and the Colorado Avalanche held off the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Monday night to extend their league-best points streak to 15 games (13-0-2).
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ST. PAUL, Minn. Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky, Brandon Saad and J.T. Compher scored in a four-goal second period, and the Colorado Avalanche held off the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Monday night to extend their league-best points streak to 15 games (13-0-2).
The franchise record is 16 outings with a point from Dec. 27, 2000-Jan. 30, 2001, when the Avalanche went 12-0-3-1 during their Stanley Cup-winning season.
Badly played second period sinks Wild in loss to Avalanche The Wild gave up four goals in the second period en route to a 5-4 loss Monday night to the Avalanche. April 6, 2021 7:27am Text size Copy shortlink:
Take away the second period and the Wild not only outscored the Avalanche but the team outplayed its rivals, too.
But the full picture – not fragments – was what dealt the Wild a 5-4 loss Monday night in front of 3,000 at Xcel Energy Center, and that s the reality the Wild focused on after having its franchise-record 11-game win streak at home come to an end.