POSTGAME NOTES WILD 6, COLORADO AVALANCHE 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021

TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES The Avalanche is now 2-1-1 against Minnesota this season. Tonight’s game was the makeup of the post- Avalanche poned Feb. 4 contest and the fourth of eight meetings between the clubs in 2020-21. The Honda NHL West Division rivals will meet next for two games on March 18 and 20 at Ball Arena. Shots: 32 Colorado was 2-for-2 on the kill and is now 47-for-53 (88.7%) this season, the top-ranked penalty Power Play: 1-4 kill in the NHL. On home ice, Colorado is 25-for-27 (92.6%) on the PK, also tops in the league.

Penalty Kill: 2-2 INDIVIDUAL NOTES Cale Makar registered his 50th career assist, requiring the fifth-fewest games (71) among defensemen Faceoffs: 51% in NHL history to collect 50 career regular-season assists.

Minnesota Player Team GP Larry Murphy Los Angeles 62 Shots: 25 Mark Howe Hartford 65 Stefan Persson NY Islanders 66 Power Play: 0-2 Brian Leetch NY Rangers 69 Cale Makar Colorado 71 Penalty Kill: 3-4 74 Montreal 74 Faceoffs: 49% Makar now has 13 points (1g/12a) in 14 games this season, tied for second in points-per-game (0.93) among NHL defensemen who have played five or more contests.

Nazem Kadri scored his third power-play of the season and is now tied with Mikko Rantanen for the team lead in power-play markers.

Zach Parise’s second-period goal was the 800th of his career, as he becomes the fourth active U.S-born player to reach the 800-point milestone behind (1,052), (873) and Joe Pavelski (811).