In St Paul, Nathan MacKinnon’s second period goal proved to be the winner for the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night in a 3-2 win over the Wild. 
Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves in the Avalanche win.
“I feel like he’s picking up his game here recently,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “The bigger the moment, the better he plays. Last night, the night before, I thought he was great. And then tonight, he kind of led the charge for us, especially on the offensive side of it. Looked like he had good legs. He’s making plays and getting dangerous on a bunch of occasions.”
Colorado improved to 29-19-5.
“We know the standings and we know the other team is close to us,” Georgiev said. “We knew it was three points for us, and kind of every game now for us now is playoff intensity. We know we have to get points and get higher up in the standings for sure.”
The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a goal from Andrew Cogliano, and extended the lead to 2-0 in the middle stanza on a marker from Denis Malgin.
The Wild got one back on a power play marker form Joel Eriksson Ek in the second.
“We played good, but it doesn’t really matter when the outcome is losing,” Eriksson Ek said.
Minnesota dropped to 28-21-5.
”We played great. We didn’t get a reward,” Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. ”Obviously, it’s a results league and we’re [ticked] off that we didn’t get two points. How do you not feel good about the way you played, right? Yeah, we’re frustrated with the end result and they’ll be very mad and disappointed, which is great. They’ll come back hungry and ready to go (against the Dallas Stars on Friday).”
Kirill Kaprizov scored at 14:07 of the third to trim the score to 3-2, and the final count.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves. in the Wild loss.
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