Avalanche vs. Wild | NHL Playoff Highlights | Game 3 | May 9, 2026

Over the first two games, Lekhanin pass picked off by Matsukerelo. Here comes Kaprizov. Kaprizov to the net and the save made by Wedgwood. With it for the avalanche, puck comes up the boards to Malinsky. The Flyers and Hurricanes are in overtime, TNT. Pichuskin set the puck off the side of the cage and Malinsky. Little tip back on the ice for the Wild. Malinsky slides it across and a save by Volstead. Moves the puck along, played by Pichuskin. Now Pichuskin, between the circles, shot blocked. Pichuskin with it again and the save by Volstead. Hartman won the draw from McKinnon. Puck sent ahead by Faber, flexed out of the zone. Here's Hartman, game to step on McKinnon. Saved by Wedgwood and then another. Glove stop. Hartman with a couple of chances. Puck sent in deep by Kaprizov, played by McCard. Taken away by Kaprizov. He's met by Nelson. Kaprizov maintains control and then a shot by Zuccarello. And the avalanche clear. Now Zuccarello. Here's Faber. Brought Faber, surveys. Now sends to the corner. Kaprizov, held up by Tate. Kaprizov turns, shoots to save Wedgwood. Now Boldy across. Spurgeon with some room. Spurgeon shoots. Now Spurgeon for Johansson. Marcus Johansson with a goal in each of the first two games of this series for Minnesota. Flipped ahead by Bogosian. Down to nine minutes remaining. Opening period. Molenski up the left side. Towards the net. The deep. And the save by Falstead. Before we went to break. Off the rush as we look at our AT&T connected camp. Kelly able to get behind Yurov. And a real important save for Falstead early on here. Kadri with a beautiful pass. And unfortunately as he went from his forehand to his backhand. It actually just didn't elevate it enough. And then it went off the glove. Off the mass. And off the near side of the net. Now Kulak with a blast. And at 10 remaining on this power play. Kadri with it once again. Now Lanskog looked to go short side on Falstead. Kept alive by Kadri. Here's McKinnon. McKinnon for McClarn. And it's Stern. Who won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche back in 22. Cross ice. Passes behind Boldy. Nages with it for Colorado. Down to 45 seconds remaining on the Faber penalty. Two shots so far during this power play. Here comes McKinnon. Now Devontae's. Here's McKinnon. Three straight three-point games for Nathan McKinnon. Back out for Kades. And then across for a blast by Nages. Back the other way Logan O'Connor. Here's Kelly who had that great chance early. But crawls in on Falstead. Better have your head on a swivel with the defensemen that each team have in this situation. Here's one of them. Faber who led the rush into the Colorado zone. Feeds Kaprizov. Feeds and scores! By patience by Brock Faber to hang on to it. Kaprizov late arriving. And the patience by Kaprizov to up. Takes it to his left and is able to elevate it Edzo. Well Kaprizov came from. He came from his own zone. And then it's all of a sudden everything just parted. And he got this puck. Here's Kaprizov up top. Jutwa deflected. Kept alive by Boldy. Kaprizov back out. Quinn Hughes. Now Zuccarello with it. Chased by Wedgwood. Boldy slides it across. No stick for Wedgwood. Kaprizov could not tee it up. Wedgwood without a stick. Spinning with it is Hughes. What a shot by Quinn Hughes. Circle around. Realizes that Wedgwood doesn't have a stick. And the screen by Kaprizov takes away the eyes of Wedgwood. And the power play comes up large for the Minnesota Wild. Yeah and because of that traffic you can see Wedgwood he retreated back in his crease. Sometimes when you retreat it allows you to find a lane to find the puck. And also cover some different options. Whether it's a pass to the back post or back door. And then once you pull it into your body and you do have that screen in front. More times than not in a left-handed like he did. You will shoot back the other way. Saved by Volstead on McCarr. The Wild with their first power play goal of the series. Here's Malinsky for the abs. Penalty coming up here against Minnesota. And 35 seconds remaining on the power play. Shot by McCarr. Walked in front off the pad of Volstead. Kept alive by the abs. Here's McCarr to the far side. Shot misses the net. Back up the boards to Matt Boldy. Boldy. Kaprizov stopped by Wedgwood. And Wedgwood covers. You have a chance to get it to the net. As we look at our AT&T Connect can take it. Kaprizov gets a step on it. One chance too. And Wedgwood with a couple of good saves. They were anticipating that play. They were practicing their power play after team practice. Brent Burns who spent the first seven years of his career with the Minnesota Wild. Now Boldy up top. Kaprizov across. Here's Zuccarello with a shot. Score! It deflects in. It hit Tayes initially. The Minnesota Wild are now 2 for 2 on the power play. Avalanche 3-0. The goaltending change here for the Avalanche as Zuccarello shoots his puck. It's locked by Tayes as you mentioned. And then Hartman's able to knock that puck out of midair. And just chip it by Wedgwood. And that's a good goal. It's below the crossbar. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Kaprizov with it once again. A car straight away. For Kaprizov. Now Landeskog. Here's Kaprizov once again. Landeskog. Stuff attempt. Saved by Volstad. The puck is in. There was contact with Volstad. But it was Hunt that drove Landeskog into his goaltender. And that's why the puck ended up being so free. And McKinnon had a wide open net. That's what happened. You talk about taking a puck to the net by the Wild. Well that's exactly what happens here with the Avalanche. They take it from the goal line to the blue line. And as an offensive player here, Bush. When you're this close to the net and you feel contact like that. Absolutely you fall right into the net minder. And hope somebody can pick up the garbage. That's what Landeskog did. And when you do that. Here's a penalty coming up here. It looks like O'Connor's gonna go. Power play coming for the Wild. Volstad off for the extra attacker. Saved by Blackwood. They score! Across the line. 20 seconds after the McKinnon power play goal. It's now 4-1. Puts the Wild back up by three. There's the penalty there. And then McCarron to favor. The shot by Tarasenko. And this puck bounces off of Faber. Get the puck to the net. Go to the net. And beats Blackwood. The job by Faber. He started the whole play by jumping up in the play. Takes it right to the net. You go to the net and you get the bounces. Right off his pants. Johansson. Penalty time winding down. Now Faber with it. The return for Johansson. Trying to go 5-0 and then Yurov. This one flutters and Blackwood able to get just a piece of it. One shot on that power play for Minnesota. Here's McKinnon. And it was Volstad. Got it from a tough angle. Yurov sends the puck ahead. It's a breakaway. Tarasenko stopped by Blackwood. Now McKinnon. Gotta start shooting the puck here. You need three goals. McKinnon. Under two minutes remaining. Clips one. And then Nelson with the opportunity. Forced the net. Cavery stopped by Volstad. Natures missing the net. McKinnon centering pass. Back out to McCart. 10 seconds. Shot by Natures blocked. Here's Cavery shoots. That does not get through. Sent down. Into the empty net. By Boldy. Matt Boldy finds this puck and scores from about 178 feet away. Jesper Volstad just goes tumbling. I don't know if he trips over Ryan Hartman or not there, Bush. I don't know you can break that down. But maybe just exhausted. He saved his best for last. A couple of huge saves. Some blocks. And for Boldy his first in a series.