Minnesota 5, Colorado 2

First Period_None. Penalties_Hunt, MIN (Hooking), 4:41; Manson, COL (Roughing), 9:38; Landeskog, COL (Slashing), 12:03.

Second Period_1, Minnesota, Eriksson Ek 16 (Kaprizov, Boldy), 7:48 (pp). 2, Colorado, Necas 24 (MacKinnon, Manson), 13:30. 3, Minnesota, Eriksson Ek 17 (Boldy, Hughes), 17:37 (pp). Penalties_Makar, COL (Slashing), 6:49; Landeskog, COL (Elbowing), 14:15; Nichushkin, COL (Cross Checking), 15:04; Burns, COL (Delay of Game), 15:08.

Third Period_4, Minnesota, Zuccarello 10 (Hartman, Kaprizov), 15:08. 5, Minnesota, Boldy 33, 16:38 (en). 6, Colorado, Necas 25 (Landeskog, MacKinnon), 19:03. 7, Minnesota, Boldy 34 (Middleton, Faber), 19:28 (en). Penalties_Sturm, MIN (Tripping), 12:36; Yurov, MIN (Tripping), 16:12.

Shots on Goal_Minnesota 10-17-9_36. Colorado 13-14-20_47.

Power-play opportunities_Minnesota 2 of 6; Colorado 0 of 3.

Goalies_Minnesota, Gustavsson 21-9-6 (45 shots-44 saves), Minnesota, Wallstedt 14-5-4 (2-1). Colorado, Blackwood 16-6-1 (34-31).

A_18,148 (18,007). T_2:36.

Referees_Trevor Hanson, Justin Kea. Linesmen_Ryan Gibbons, Trent Knorr.