Avalanche stay in playoff hunt with win over Wild:
Minnesota remained one point behind the idle Arizona Coyotes for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, while the Avalanche got within one point of the Wild and two of Arizona. Colorado also has a game in hand on Minnesota.
The result also clinched a playoff berth for the San Jose Sharks, who are second in the Western Conference.Colorado struck first with a tally by Barrie, his third goal in his last two games. Barrie fired a centring pass fromThe Wild evened things early in the second period on a power play. Parise deflected a shot fromthat slipped past Grubauer 1:52 into the period. It was Parise's team-leading 26th goal of the season.
Grubauer made perhaps his best save of the night with just over eight minutes to play in the third period. The Avs goalie blanked Minnesota'sCole added an empty netter with 1:54 remaining after Minnesota pulled Dubnyk. NOTES: The Wild signed G Mat Robson and F Alexander Khovanov to entry-level contracts. Khovanov was Minnesota's third-round draft pick in 2018. Robson, a free agent, finished his junior season at the University of Minnesota. ... Colorado'sdropped the gloves for a second-period fight. ... Both teams won two games in four total meetings this season.
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