St. Paul, Minnesota; Friday, 3:30 pm EST
In summary: The Colorado Avalanche visit the Minnesota Wild after the Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in overtime.
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Minnesota is 13-7-4 overall and 4-2-1 against the Central Division. The Wild have a 3-1-4 record in one-goal games.
Colorado is 17-1-5 overall and 3-0-2 against the Central Division. The Avalanche have scored 94 total goals (4.1 per game) to rank first in the NHL.
Friday’s game is the first time these teams have met this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kirill Kaprizov has 14 goals and 14 assists for the Wild. Matthew Boldy has nine goals and six assists in his last 10 games.
Nathan MacKinnon has 18 goals and 21 assists for the Avalanche. Cale Makar has scored five goals and added seven assists in the last 10 games.
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LAST 10 GAMES: Wild: 8-1-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.2 assists, 3.4 penalties and 9.1 penalty minutes and allowing 1.6 goals per game.
Avalanche: 10-0-0, averaging 4.7 goals, eight assists, 3.7 penalties and eight penalty minutes and conceding 1.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Wild: None listed.
Avalanche: None listed.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.