Colorado Avalanche at Columbus Blue Jackets

Oct 16, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Colorado Avalanche	4	36
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:36	CBJ	Ivan Provorov (1)	Kirill Marchenko (1)	0 - 1
10:34	COL	Cale Makar (2)	Martin Necas (6), Artturi Lehkonen (2)	1 - 1
11:46	COL	Brock Nelson (1)	Brent Burns (3), Josh Manson (1)	2 - 1
19:56	COL	Valeri Nichushkin (1)	Sam Malinski (2), Victor Olofsson (3)	3 - 1
3rd Period
18:07	COL	Valeri Nichushkin (2)	Gabriel Landeskog (1), Cale Makar (5)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
17:32	COL	Brent Burns	Hooking	2
3rd Period
03:20	COL	Martin Necas	Hooking	2
07:47	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche	77	55	36	4	5.0	61.9
Columbus Blue Jackets	56	40	23	1	2.1	38.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 5.0 expected, 4 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Colorado Avalanche

Columbus Blue Jackets

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	12:43	58.3	68.6	1-0
Brock Nelson · Gabriel Landeskog · Valeri Nichushkin	12:05	68.8	81.0	1-1
Victor Olofsson · Ross Colton · Jack Drury	8:37	75.0	77.6	0-0
Parker Kelly · Joel Kiviranta · Gavin Brindley	7:28	55.6	92.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	17:01	48.7	65.5	0-0
Brent Burns · Josh Manson	14:19	48.1	60.8	1-1
Ilya Solovyov · Sam Malinski	10:17	87.5	97.9	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	2	0	2	2	0	4	1	17:21	0.31	23-11	1.28-0.29
8	Cale Makar	D	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	23:19	0.32	21-22	1.36-0.62
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	16:46	0.59	23-11	1.28-0.29
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	19:29	0.17	16-17	0.57-0.66
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	18:03	0.43	21-17	0.82-0.44
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	16:39	0.12	34-7	1.98-0.08
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	20:54	0.03	25-16	1.27-0.35
88	Martin Necas	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	19:51	0.02	26-22	1.14-0.70
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	16:07		22-10	1.20-0.28
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	12:57	0.67	22-7	1.52-0.37
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	23:49	0.12	26-23	1.46-0.88
7	Ilya Solovyov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:41	0.07	24-5	1.29-0.19
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:09	0.25	6-6	0.35-0.18
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:33	0.06	20-10	1.20-0.52
22	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:29		5-7	0.32-0.12
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	18:24	0.44	24-19	1.13-0.50
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:20	0.07	5-6	0.32-0.06
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	12:09	0.36	22-9	1.32-0.42

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	23	22	1	60:00	2.06	+1.06

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Charlie Coyle · Boone Jenner · Mathieu Olivier	10:50	48.0	49.4	0-1
Sean Monahan · Kirill Marchenko · Kent Johnson	9:24	18.8	12.7	1-0
Dmitri Voronkov · Cole Sillinger · Adam Fantilli	6:48	62.5	47.9	0-0
Zachary Aston-Reese · Isac Lundeström · Egor Chinakhov	6:05	38.5	46.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Werenski · Dante Fabbro	14:44	35.4	22.7	0-1
Damon Severson · Ivan Provorov	14:13	15.2	3.9	0-2
Jake Christiansen · Denton Mateychuk	5:37	40.0	17.2	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Ivan Provorov	D	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	24:56	0.06	11-31	0.30-2.03
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	18:30	0.05	9-27	0.23-2.22
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:38	0.01	4-6	0.06-0.30
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	16:13	0.12	15-15	0.21-0.18
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	13:17	0.12	13-14	0.55-0.72
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:53	0.02	10-12	0.35-0.55
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	26:25	0.17	28-32	0.95-1.40
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	15:47	0.27	15-17	0.35-1.08
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	21:00		23-33	0.59-1.49
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:02	0.48	15-21	0.77-1.23
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	11:40		7-14	0.21-0.58
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	19:45	0.24	18-27	0.44-1.09
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:04	0.01	8-23	0.20-1.98
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	17:12	0.18	17-22	0.37-0.73
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	08:48	0.18	5-11	0.18-0.35
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	09:00		6-10	0.18-0.28
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	21:12	0.01	14-32	0.52-2.16
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	17:08	0.22	7-18	0.48-1.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Elvis Merzlikins	L	35	32	3	58:30	3.88	+0.88