COLORADO AT MINNESOTA 2 p.m. Friday, ALT; 950 AM
Spotlight on: Nino Niederreiter. The Wild forward is the only Swiss-born player to produce 20 goals in an NHL season, and he has done that in each of his last three seasons. Niederreiter, 25, is on a scoring spree, with a five-game goal streak, four-game power-play goal streak and seven-game point streak. With a goal against the Avalanche, he will tie Brian Rolston for the longest goal streak in Minnesota history. Since returning from an ankle injury Oct. 31, Niederreiter has eight goals in 12 games.
NOTEBOOK:
Avalanche: Goalie Semyon Varlamov (illness) practiced Thursday but didn’t travel with the team.