Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild - NHL Game Preview - December 21, 2025 - CBS Sports

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Sun Dec 21

11:00PM

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	1	2	3	T
Colorado COL--	-	-	-
Minnesota MIN--	-	-	-

Grand Casino ArenaSt. Paul, MN

Avalanche	3.00 GF AVG	1.00 GA AVG	.00 Power Play
Wild	5.00 GF AVG	.00 GA AVG	33.30 Power Play

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
MacKenzie Blackwood (G)	Lower Body	10-10-2025Day-to-Day
Logan O'Connor (RW)	Hip	11-05-2025Expected to be out until at least Nov 6
Ilya Solovyov (D)	Not Injury Related	10-10-2025Expected to be out until at least Oct 11
Sean Behrens (D)	Undisclosed	10-15-2025Expected to be out until at least Oct 16

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Mats Zuccarello (RW)	Lower Body	11-18-2025Expected to be out until at least Nov 19
Jonas Brodin (D)	Upper Body	10-10-2025Expected to be out until at least Oct 11
Nico Sturm (C)	Back	11-20-2025Expected to be out until at least Nov 21
Cameron Butler (RW)	Undisclosed	10-16-2025Expected to be out until at least Oct 17

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