Highest-scoring NHL playoff games: Where Avalanche-Wild 15-goal barnburner ranks in postseason history originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Stanley Cup Playoffs will give you every type of hockey game each spring, from a 0-0 game in overtime to a complete onslaught of goals and everything in between.Those low-scoring affairs in which the fans hang on every shot are thrilling, but you could argue that nothing beats the twists and turns of a high-scoring game.The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild combined for one of the most entertaining games in recent playoff history when Game 1 of their second-round matchup saw 15 total goals and blown leads by both teams.Here's a look at the highest-scoring playoff games in NHL history and where the Avalanche's win over the Wild ranks.MORE:Fewest shots in NHL playoff win after Canadiens' bizarre Game 7What is the highest-scoring NHL playoff game?The Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers played the highest-scoring playoff game in NHL history on April 7, 1982, when the Kings scored the game's final two goals for a 10-8 victory in Game 1 of a five-game, first-round series.Marcel Dionne and Daryl Evans each scored twice for L.A., while Risto Siltanen had the only multi-goal effort for the Oilers. Wayne Gretzky also got in on the action with a goal against his future team.The Kings led 8-6 after two periods, and the final period was actually the lowest-scoring period of the game with three even-strength goals before an empty-net goal sealed an L.A. win. The Kings would go on to win the series, which included two more 11-goal games, but nothing that could quite rival 18.Here's a recap of the highest-scoring playoff games in NHL history.MORE:Complete series schedule for Avalanche-WildHighest-scoring NHL playoff games of all timeDateRoundTotal goalsResultApril 7, 1982First round18Kings 10, Oilers 8April 25, 1989Second round17Penguins 10, Flyers 7April 9, 1987First round16Oilers 13, Kings 3April 10, 1990First round16Kings 12, Flames 4May 8, 1973Stanley Cup Final15Blackhawks 8, Canadiens 7April 9, 1981First round15North Stars 9, Bruins 6May 14, 1985Conference final15Oilers 10, Blackhawks 5April 29, 1993First round15Kings 9, Flames 6May 18, 2022Second round15Flames 9, Oilers 6May 3, 2026Second round15Avalanche 9, Wild 6Only four playoff games have featured more goals than Colorado's 9-6 win over Minnesota, and they all happened within a span of nine years from 1982-1990. One more goal between the Avalanche and Wild in Game 1 would have made it the highest-scoring playoff game in 36 years.Instead, it's the NHL's highest-scoring playoff game in four years, matching the 15 goals put up by the Flames and Oilers during their second-round battle in 2022. The 15 goals were still enough for Avalanche-Wild to enter the all-time top 10, which now includes only two games from the 21st century.