The Colorado Avalanche moved to within three points of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League’s Central Division of the Western Conference with a 5-1 win over the Wild on Tuesday night in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota’s Mikku Koivu and Colorado’s Nikita Zadorov traded second-period goals before J.T. Compeer scored two goals and Nathan McKinnon and Tyson Jost one each to put the game on ice in the third period. Goalie Devan Dubnyk of the Wild (39-24-5) stopped 17 shots, while Semyon Varlamov of Colorado (37-24-7) had 30 saves. (Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.)