NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 3/11/2025

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Colorado Avalanche (38-24-2, 78 pts) at Minnesota Wild (36-24-4, 76 pts)

Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Tuesday, March 11
Time: 8:00 pm EST / 7:00 pm CST / 6:00 MST 
TV: ESPN+ / ALT / FDSN / FDSW
Radio: 
Colorado Avalanche – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado Avalanche +1.5 ML +130
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML -150
O/U 5.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes: 

The Avalanche have won six in a row as they travel to Minnesota to take on the Wild. Colorado has outscored opponents 31-11 during their winning streak and come into this matchup with a 17-14-0 record on the road. The Avalanche are 35-6-0 in games they score 3+ goals. This is the fourth and final meeting between these two clubs, with Colorado holding a 2-1 season series advantage. 

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild have lost two in a row and have been outscored 6-2 in those games. Their offense has dipped without superstar winger Kirill Kaprizov. Minnesota is 23rd in goals with 177, and their power play is down to 20th in the NHL. What was originally a four-week timeline for his surgery in late January has turned into a longer recovery than anticipated, but Kaprizov should be ready for the playoffs.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines: 

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Drouin-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kiviranta-Coyle-Colton
Wood-Drury-Vesey

Toews-Makar
Lindgren-Manson
Girard-Johnson

Wedgewood
Blackwood

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Boldy-Rossi-Hinostroza
Johansson-Gaudreau-Zuccarello
Foligno-Hartman-Nyquist
Trenin-Shore-Brazeau

Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Fleury
Gustavsson

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche 

Nathan MacKinnon has four straight multi-point games. The 29-year-old center has 4 goals and 11 assists in four games in March. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native leads the NHL in scoring with 102 points (27g, 75a). In the three games against the Wild, MacKinnon has two goals and two assists.

Minnesota Wild

Vinnie Hinostroza has four goals in ten games since being acquired by the Wild from the Nashville Predators. Hinostroza has added some much-needed scoring punch for a Wild team that has struggled to score goals. The 30-year-old from Chicago had two assists in 13 games prior to joining the Wild. 

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

C Gabriel Landeskog – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR

Minnesota Wild

LW Kirill Kaprizov – IR
C Joel Eriksson Ek – IR
D Jonas Brodin – OUT

Next Game:

Colorado Avalanche – March 14 at Calgary Flames
Minnesota Wild – March 13 vs. New York Rangers

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