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Wild vs Avalanche

NHL • R2 • May 4 2026

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70

Wild

6

Avalanche

9W

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6

COL

3

2

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9

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#8 Top Rated • Playoffs • 25/26 Hidden Gem Shootout

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What a crazy high scoring game. Didn’t watch but was paying attention to the ticker at the bottom of my TV. Incredible comeback by the Wild to erase the 3-0 deficit and even hold the lead for a little bit. Final score is more like 8-6 as there was an empty netter at the end.

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@sylentfeedback

This is my first year as a hockey fan so I know there has been way better games than this before, but this is the best hockey game I have ever seen. Non stop action from the start to the end. I have never seen 15 goals in a hockey game before. WTF was this game. This felt like I was playing NHL 06 on the Gamecube. So many crazy goals on both sides. I thought this was going to be an easy blowout win for the Avs in the first period, but the Wild came back and lead 5-4. Then the Avs started scoring and it was just goal after goal. That break away goal by Kadri was huge and then Avs sealed the victory in the end. Awesome fucking hockey game

This is going to be an amazing series. Whoever wins it will be winning the cup easily. Despite the game 1 loss, i think that will be Minnesota. Makar, Toews, MacKinnon, and Hughes all had 3+ points and a tom others scored. Amazing game.

I'm putting this in my instant classics tier because a playoff game with 15 goals??? That's wild and it's not like either teams goaltenders are Jarry or anything these are 2 powerhouse teams but I think Colorado in 6

@Preston_Rogers

Crazy game. The fifteen goals were scored by 14 different skaters. Absolutely crazy. First two periods were very back and forth before the Avs took a bit of control in the third.

@FlameRaptorRaven

You want to talk about contrasts? Going from Habs-Lightning to this game is a VIOLENT shift and it is so worth it! As a Flames fan, this gives me flashbacks to 2022 and game 1 against Edmonton in round 2. Back then, it was the Flames jumping on the Oilers early and taking a 3-0 lead. Same thing happened here, though it took 3 minutes back then and 13 minutes in this game. Just like back then, the opponent didn’t lie down. The Wild slowly crawled back into this game. Blankenburg tried to hold off the comeback, but Minnesota wouldn’t be denied. Marcus Foligno gave the Wild a 5-4 lead, only for Devon Toews to tie it up and make it 6-6 going into the 3rd. The flashbacks truly came in full force during the 3rd, because just like the 2022 Flames, Colorado used the 3rd to finally pull away and give this game an identical score. I’m sure the Avs are hoping they don’t repeat everything Calgary did after that. The Cale Makar-Quinn Hughes battle is going to be incredible television.

Who needs defense? As much as the score shows it mostly wasn’t the goalies fault. Some of the defense was just horrible. Really fun to watch tho!

A crazy game with 15 goals and it is the NHL this series is going to be insane

W..WH…WHAT….

@llhbracketology

Um what!?!? 15 goals combined is insane!!!

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@adhdsportsfanatic

Scoring goals like Oprah be handing them out

SHOTS FIRED! This wild and Avalanche series is going to be incredible. Absolutely zero goaltending. Just wait game two is going to be 1-0 with an amazing goalie battle. We are in for a treat.

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