NHL Playoffs Simulation - Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche finished with 112 points, and a +30 goal differential, scoring 250 goals. The Minnesota Wild scored just 207 goals and finished with a +1 goal differential and 98 regular season points. Our simulation has the Wild upsetting the Avalanche in just 5 games.

Game 1

Wild 3
Avalanche 2

Wild lead series 1-0.

1st Period:

COL - Andre Benoit (1) (Ryan O'Reilly, Nathan Mackinnon) 9:52
COL - Marc-Andre Cliche (1) (Maxime Talbot, Tyson Barrie) 11:28
MIN - Zach Parise (1) (Mikko Koivu) 14:28

2nd Period:
MIN - Nino Niederreiter (1) (Mikael Granlund, Jared Spurgeon) 12:48

3rd Period:
N/A

Overtime:
MIN - Zach Parise (2) (Jason Pominville) 7:52

3 Stars:
1. Zach Parise (2 G)
2. Ilya Bryzgalov (34 S)
3. Semyon Varlamov (37 S)

Game 2

Wild 2
Avalanche 1

Wild lead series 2-0

Period 1:
MIN - Jason Pominville (1) (Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon) 4:08

2nd Period:
N/A

3rd Period:
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (1) (N Mackinnon, Paul Stastny) 1:00
MIN - Keith Ballard (1) (Jared Spurgeon, Mikael Granlund) 3:44

3 Stars:
1. Ilya Bryzgalov (35 S)
2. Keith Ballard (1 G)
3. Gabriel Landeskog (1 G)

Game 3

Avalanche 0
Wild 1

Wild lead series 3-0

1st Period:

N/A

2nd Period:

N/A

3rd Period:

N/A

Overtime:

MIN - Danny Heatley (1) (Matt Moulson) 13:20

3 Stars:
1. Ilya Bryzgalov (28 S, SO)
2. Semyon Varlamov (38 S)
3. Danny Heatley (1G)

Game 4

Avalanche 5
Wild 4

Wild lead series 3-1

1st Period:
MIN - Matt Moulson (1) (Jonas Brodin, Mike Rupp) 1:20
MIN - Cody McCormick (1) (Danny Heatley, Matt Moulson) 7:36
COL - Matt Duchene (1) (Gabriel Landeskog, Alex Tanguay) 9:55
MIN - Matt Moulson (2) (Jonas Brodin, Ryan Suter) 13:14

2nd Period:
COL - Alex Tanguay (1) (Matt Duchene) 9:49

3rd Period:
COL - Jan Hejda (1) (Gabriel Landeskog, Alex Tanguay) 16:26
MIN - Nino Niederreiter (2) (Matt Cooke, Charlie Coyle) 19:00
COL - Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau (1) (Ryan O'Reilly, Paul Stastny) 19:43

1st Overtime:

N/A

2nd Overtime:
COL - Jamie McGinn (1) (Maxime Talbot, Tyson Barrie) 17:03

3 Stars:
1. Matt Moulson (2 G, 1 A)
2. Alex Tanguay (1 G, 2 A)
3. Jonas Brodin (2 A)

Game 5

Wild 2
Avalanche 1

Wild win series 4-1

1st Period:

N/A

2nd Period:
MIN - Cody McCormick (2) (Keith Ballard, Danny Heatley) 12:17

3rd Period:
MIN - Matt Moulson (3) (Danny Heatley, Marco Scandella) 4:57

COL - Jamie Mcginn (2) (Ryan Wilson, Maxime Talbot) 13:51

3 Stars:
1. Ilya Bryzgalov (27 S)
2. Semyon Varlamov (31 S)
3. Matt Moulson (1G)

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