ST. PAUL, Minn. — After their first loss of the postseason, the Colorado Avalanche aren’t panicking. They may, however, look a little different in Game 4.

While coach Jared Bednar and most of the players took the day off on Sunday, Josh Manson, Joel Kiviranta and the group that didn’t play in Game 3 took the ice. Bednar wasn’t about to completely tip his hand, but both Manson and Kiviranta are possibilities for Game 4.

“He’s close,” Bednar said of Manson. “I’ll get a report when they come back today and find out what the likelihood of him going (in Game 4) is. It might even be after morning skate before we make a decision and see if he’s good or not.”

More is known about Manson’s injury than Kiviranta, who hasn’t played since Game 2 against the Los Angeles Kings. He skated while the team was in Los Angeles but disappeared for a while when they returned home, only returning to the ice over the last few days. Bednar said he is also a possibility for Game 4, although he described him as “recovering.”

If Kiviranta does enter the lineup, that will lead to new lines for the Avalanche. Even if he doesn’t, it sounds like there could be changes on the horizon.

“There’s definitely lots of talk today about how we want to structure our line(s) for tomorrow,” Bednar said.

Perhaps the biggest reason why there might be changes is due to the struggles of their second line. Neither Brock Nelson nor Valeri Nichushkin has scored on a goaltender this postseason, with Nelson’s last goal coming on March 28 in Winnipeg.

Bednar and the team watched the tape of Game 3 Sunday morning and the coach identified where that second line could improve.

“I just think as a group of three, they have to be more connected, closer to the puck,” Bednar said. “I felt like last night, the Wild did a nice job of getting their bodies around the puck in o-zone play, and we were a little spread out and a little slower to get support for the puck.”

Halfway through Game 3, Gabriel Landeskog was moved to the top line while Artturi Lehkonen dropped down to complete Nelson’s trio. Later in the game, Nelson moved around even more as Bednar looked for a spark, a spark that never came.

Coach was quite critical of his team after Game 3, talking about how the Wild were more determined and competed harder than his group. After getting their eyes on the tape, the players couldn’t disagree.

“(I) feel like we were out-competed, something we can’t say a lot of, of our team, and last night we were,” Devon Toews said on Sunday. “That’s a desperate team over there and a really good hockey team. They took it to us and we didn’t answer the bell on it. We’ll learn from it and move on … it’s not like guys weren’t trying to push the envelope and get us back in that game. They were desperate, they had more jump and more jam and played harder than we did.”

Who the Avalanche put in net for Game 4 won’t be known until Monday, but it sounds like both options are on the table. Mackenzie Blackwood came in and allowed just one goal on 13 shots in his first postseason appearance. Scott Wedgewood has started all seven playoff games to date.

Game 4 between the Avalanche and Wild is at 6 p.m. Monday.