DENVER — Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist ...

They had an impressive win over the Dallas Stars on Sunday, setting the stage for a divisional showdown with the Minnesota Wild on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Avalanche needed more than they ...

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson, center, skates with the puck as Minnesota Wild right wing Mats Zuccarello, right, defends during the second period Thursday in St. Paul, Minn.

The Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche for their first season meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 9. The Wild were still without Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon, and Jakub Lauko.

Wild defenseman Brock Faber, left, checks Avalanche center Casey Mittelstadt as he tries to collect the puck in the first period Monday. Faber scored an insurance goal in the third period in ...

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Colorado Avalanche had a chance to gain ground on a wounded Minnesota Wild team. The first meeting was one of the Avs’ best performances of the season.