The Colorado Avalanche opened its four-game series against the Minnesota Wild with a 5-1 victory at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.Logan O'Connor and Mikko Rantanen both scored in the first four minutes of the first and second periods, respectively, and Joonas Donskoi tallied a power-play goal with 17 seconds remaining in the first period. Brandon Saad scored with 7:43 left in the third and J.T. Compher knocked in a man-advantage marker with less than six minutes to play.Saad also had an assist in the game for his third straight multi-point performance. Andre Burakovsky, Samuel Girard and Nathan MacKinnon both recorded multiple points with two helpers apiece, while Rantanen added an assist to goo along his goal.