Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: Colorado 55-16-11=121pts, Minnesota 46-24-12=104pts
Game 1 on Sunday, 03 May: Minnesota loses at Colorado, 9-goals-6
Game 2 on Tuesday, 05 May: Minnesota loses at Colorado, 5-goals-2
Game 3 on Saturday, 09 May: Colorado loses at Minnesota, 5-goals-1
Game 4 on Monday, 11 May: Colorado wins at Minnesota, 5-goals-2
Game 5 on Wednesday, 13 May: Minnesota loses at Colorado, 4-goals-3(OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Colorado Avalanche hosted and bested the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-3(OT) to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1627 victory. With the series 1627 win, the Colorado Avalanche improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 29-18 overall and 8-7 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1627 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 5-14 overall and 1-3 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Colorado Avalanche in series 1627 was WWLWW: Series 1627 thus becomes the 19th NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 56th NHL series (all rounds), and the 141st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Colorado Avalanche trailed the visiting Minnesota Wild by two goals as late as 16:26 into the third period of series 1627 Game 5, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2025, inclusive, home teams down two goals as late as 16:26 into the third period had a game record of only 6-429 (.014) - the Colorado Avalanche thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback in ousting the Minnesota Wild from the 2026 NHL playoffs.

After Game 4: The Colorado Avalanche visited and defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1627 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 14-2 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 9-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-6 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 4-4. Of the two series losses in the wake of a 3-games-1 best-of-7 NHL playoff series lead, the Colorado Avalanche sustained the second of those series losses in series 879, in the 2003 NHL Preliminary round … against the Minnesota Wild.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Wild hosted and defeated the Colorado Avalanche 5-goals-1 to reduce the Colorado Avalanche best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1627 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 16-7 and a Game 4 record of 14-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 4 record of 3-6. Of the four best-of-7 NHL playoff series victories by the Minnesota Wild upon trailing 2-games-1, two were against the Colorado Avalanche (in series 879, in the 2003 NHL Preliminary round; in series 1225, in the 2014 NHL Preliminary round).

After Game 2: The Colorado Avalanche hosted and bested the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1627 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 18-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 8-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-8 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 5-4. The fourteen total goals tallied by the Colorado Avalanche in series 1627 Games 1-2 are the most total goals by one team in the first two games of a best-of-7 NHL playoff series since series 507, in which the Calgary Flames netted fifteen total goals against the Los Angeles Kings in Games 1-2 of their 1988 NHL Preliminary-round series. Of the two series losses sustained by the Colorado Avalanche in the wake of a 2-games-nil best-of-7 NHL playoff series lead, one was against the Minnesota Wild (in series 1225, in the 2014 NHL Preliminary round); the sole comeback from a 2-games-nil deficit in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series by the Minnesota Wild was also in series 1225.

After Game 1: The Colorado Avalanche hosted and topped the Minnesota Wild 9-goals-6 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1627 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Colorado Avalanche have a series record of 22-8 and a Game 2 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-11 (with an active seven-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 4-9. The series 1627 Game 1 victory for the Colorado Avalanche is their fourth consecutive Game 1 victory in best-of-7 NHL playoff Game 1s. The nine goals in series 1627 Game 1 by the Colorado Avalanche are the most goals by one team in a best-of-7 NHL playoff game since series 1532, in which the Vegas Golden Knights hosted and defeated the Florida Panthers 9-goals-3 in 2023 NHL Finals Game 5 to win the 2023 NHL championship. The fifteen total goals in series 1627 Game 1 by both teams are the most total goals in a best-of-7 NHL playoff game since series 1496, in which the Calgary Flames hosted and defeated the Edmonton Oilers 9-goals-6 in Game 1 of their 2022 NHL Quarterfinals series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NHL regular season, the Colorado Avalanche finished 17 points ahead of the Minnesota Wild. From 1939 through the 2026 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 17 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 16-4 (.800) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1627 is the 47th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Colorado Avalanche, and the 19th for the Minnesota Wild. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Colorado Avalanche have an all-rounds series record of 28-18, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 7-7, and a Game 1 record of 30-16, while the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 5-13, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 1-2, and a Game 1 record of 5-13. Series 1627 is the fourth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Colorado Avalanche and the Minnesota Wild. The Minnesota Wild won two of the first three best-of-7 NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche.