DENVER — The Wall of St. Paul is coming down. At least for now.

Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes is changing goalies for Game 2 of his team’s second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday (Sportsnet, Sportsnet , 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT), replacing rookie sensation Jesper Wallstedt with Filip Gustavsson.

Wallstedt earned the starting job ahead of Gustavsson and played Minnesota’s first seven National Hockey League playoff games, but was torched for eight goals, seven of them at five-on-five, on 42 shots in the Avalanche’s 9-6 win in Game 1 on Sunday.

There could be a fourth goalie in the series tonight, as Colorado coach Jared Bednar did not name his starter. But he is expected to stick with Scott Wedgewood, whose six goals against on Sunday were one more than he allowed during the Avalanche’s entire four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Kings in the first round.

Hynes said “a lot of things” went into choosing Gustavsson over Wallstedt.

“Every time you make a decision, I think in a lineup decision, you take a lot of things into account,” Hynes said. “We've had two very good goalies all year long. Gus has played a lot of good hockey for us. Wally's taken the brunt of........

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