Martin Necas might never play like a moose, but the days of critics calling him a playoff mouse might be numbered.

Josh Manson knew why he was standing in front of a collection of assembled media Monday night.

Turns out the Temu tough guys are lousy actors, too. The Minnesota Mild threw every trick they could find from Whiny Pete DeBoer’s playbook at the Avalanche in Game 4. Especially the dirty ones.

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild in Game 4 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Monday, May 11, 2026, at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minn. Colorado won 5-2.

On a night where the shorthanded Colorado Avalanche desperately needed contributions from some of the other guys, they delivered.

Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews, on the left side of the Avalanche net, tried to clear a puck that MacKinnon didn’t see until it hit him square in the nose. MacKinnon immediately dropped his stick and crumpled to the ice while covering his bleeding face with both hands.