Expert recap and game analysis of the Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild NHL game from May 5, 2026 on ESPN.

The opening round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs has delivered a fast-paced and competitive start, with multiple series already decided and several others

Colorado leads the best-of-7 series 2-0 and has yet to lose a game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The series will head to Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, for Game 3 on Saturday (9 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SN1, SN, TVAS, CBC).

All that and more, in the Morning Recap. BLUES 2 at JETS 3. St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary: P3 5:17 – Dalibor Dvorsky (10) from Jonatan Berggren (11), Pius Suter (12) P3 19:09

Taylor Hall scored at 18:54 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3 to 2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference second round series Monday night. Hall drove to the net late in overtime and followed up his own rebound after a save

Cale Makar scored twice in the third period and had an assist for the Colorado Avalanche, who recovered for a 9-6 win against the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of the Western Conference Second Round at Ball Arena on Sunday.

The Adirondack Thunder and Maine Mariners faced off in Game Six in Portland on Tuesday Night after the Thunder extended the series with a Game 5 OT win.

Tyson Foerster scored the only goal of the shootout which featured an extra round to give the host Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Carolina Hurricanes in the penultimate game of the regular season for both teams. Matvei Michkov and ...

The Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. But if it feels like good teams are being eliminated too early, it's because they are.

The Springfield Thunderbirds and Providence Bruins met in game three tonight. The best-of-five series was tied 1-1. The series has now shifted to the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA.