Colorado and Minnesota meet for the fourth time this season by Andy Vernier / ColoradoAvalanche.com Following a four-game series against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Colorado Avalanche hosts the Minnesota Wild for the second time this season on Wednesday at Ball Arena. Colorado (9-5-1) fell 3-0 versus the Golden Knights on Monday, splitting the four-game set against the club. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer started in his fifth straight contest for the Avs, stopping 25-of-28 shots, while the team outshot Vegas 34-28 but couldn't capitalize on its opportunities. Minnesota is coming off its third consecutive victory, defeating the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Monday. Mats Zuccarello registered four points (one goals, three assists) in his fourth contest of the campaign, extending his point streak to three games. Victor Rask (one goal, two assists), Kirill Kaprizov (one goal, one assist) and Marcus Foligno (one goal, one assist) all recorded multi-point efforts along with Zuccarello, as netminder Kaapo Kahkonen made 31 saves.