Vstup do ročníka 2018/2019 Minnesote nevyšiel. V Denveri Divochov predčili Lavíny, ktoré sa tešili z víťazstva 4:1. Hoci dve góly Wild inkasovali až do prázdnej brány, Colorado bolo v dueli lepšie, o čom svedčí aj pomer striel 38:21 v prospech domácich. Skóre zápasu síce otvoril v 7. minúte Zach Parise, potom už ale Wild gólovo mlčali. Ich najlepším hráčom preto bol gólman Devan Dubnyk, ktorý zneškodnil 36 striel a dlho držal Divochov v hre o body. Šancu napraviť si chuť budú mať Wild cez víkend v domácom prostredí, keď privítajú minuloročných finalistov z Vegas.
Colorado Avalanche – Minnesota Wild 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0)
Góly a asistencie: 13. Söderberg (Nieto), 31. MacKinnon (Rantanen, Nemeth), 59. Rantanen (Landeskog), 60. Compher (Kerfoot, Söderberg) – 7. Parise (Koivu, Niederreiter)
Minnesota Wild: Dubnyk (Stalock) – Suter (A), Dumba, Brodin, Spurgeon, Seeler, Pateryn – Zucker, E. Staal, Granlund – Parise (A), M. Koivu (C), Niederreiter – J. Eriksson Ek, Greenway, Coyle – M. Foligno, Hendricks, Fehr.
Tri hviezdy zápasu:
- Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1+0
- Carl Söderberg (COL) 1+1
- Devan Dubnyk (MIN) 36 zák., 1 gól, 94,7%
Zostrih:
Štatistiky hráčov Wild:
Hráč | G | A | +/- | Strely | TM | VV | PV | Ice-time | Bd | Bl | Str | SP | ZP |
Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18:25 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Coyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 14:44 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Devan Dubnyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 59:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Dumba | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 22:32 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9:57 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
Eric Fehr | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | 11:04 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
Marcus Foligno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8:29 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Mikael Granlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 19:23 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Greenway | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | 7:50 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Hendricks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 5 | 11:30 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Mikko Koivu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 14 | 8 | 18:11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Nino Niederreiter | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 17:22 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Zach Parise | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 17:18 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Pateryn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Seeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Jared Spurgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 24:05 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Staal | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2:00 | 5 | 5 | 18:32 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Suter | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 25:21 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 19:38 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Spolu: | 1 | 2 | – | 21 | 8:00 | 33 | 26 | – | 26 | 13 | 387 | 2 | 2 |