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Colorado Avalanche at Carolina Hurricanes

Jan 3, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 5 34
Carolina Hurricanes 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:09 CAR Sebastian Aho (17) SH Eric Robinson (4) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:47 COL Gabriel Landeskog (7) Nathan MacKinnon (37), Martin Necas (33) 1 - 1
04:47 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers (10) PP Taylor Hall (11), Logan Stankoven (11) 1 - 2
07:50 CAR Andrei Svechnikov (12) Sebastian Aho (25), K'Andre Miller (14) 1 - 3
3rd Period
01:09 COL Brock Nelson (17) PP Nathan MacKinnon (38), Cale Makar (34) 2 - 3
01:42 COL Jack Drury (7) Ross Colton (11) 3 - 3
07:30 COL Brock Nelson (18) PP Nathan MacKinnon (39), Cale Makar (35) 4 - 3
19:42 COL Nathan MacKinnon (35) Martin Necas (34), Artturi Lehkonen (19) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:36 COL Devon Toews Interference 2
11:58 COL Josh Manson Interference 2
16:33 CAR William Carrier Interference 2
2nd Period
02:55 COL Zakhar Bardakov Interference goalkeeper 2
09:52 CAR K'Andre Miller Slashing 2
15:47 CAR Jackson Blake Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
00:11 CAR Andrei Svechnikov Tripping 2
06:11 CAR Nikolaj Ehlers Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 66 50 35 5 5.5 50.0
Carolina Hurricanes 56 45 28 3 3.8 50.0

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes aheadColorado Avalanche ahead

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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 5.5 expected, 5 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.8 expected, 3 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndCOL goal, 1:47 of 2nd, a 11% chanceCOL goal, 1:09 of 3rd, a 23% chanceCOL goal, 1:42 of 3rd, a 10% chanceCOL goal, 7:30 of 3rd, a 8% chanceCOL goal, 19:42 of 3rd, a 79% chanceCAR goal, 18:09 of 1st, a 14% chanceCAR goal, 4:47 of 2nd, a 18% chanceCAR goal, 7:50 of 2nd, a 18% chanceCOL 5.5CAR 3.8

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
Carolina Hurricanes

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas11:4840.732.81-1
Brock Nelson · Artturi Lehkonen · Valeri Nichushkin9:4852.682.30-0
Victor Olofsson · Ross Colton · Jack Drury7:1981.398.41-0
Parker Kelly · Zakhar Bardakov · Taylor Makar4:4375.074.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Samuel Girard · Sam Malinski11:3763.257.41-0
Brent Burns · Josh Manson10:5671.477.80-0
Devon Toews · Cale Makar10:0328.018.80-1

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
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 20:04 0.29 12-16 0.89-1.67
11 Brock Nelson C 2 0 2 -1 0 7 1 22:28 0.82 12-16 0.76-0.40
8 Cale Makar D 0 2 2 -1 0 2 1 24:35 0.19 15-24 0.93-1.82
88 Martin Necas C 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 22:44 0.06 14-23 0.86-2.07
18 Jack Drury C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:20 0.10 15-11 0.90-0.50
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 18:52 0.33 15-23 0.92-2.14
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 16:32 1.01 13-12 0.76-0.36
79 Ross Colton C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 10:42 0.43 14-4 0.90-0.01
7 Devon Toews D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:49 0.07 8-18 0.49-1.65
16 Taylor Makar L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:18 0.17 4-2 0.17-0.06
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:27 4-4 0.17-0.06
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 18:25 0.32 17-12 1.00-0.38
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:01 0.54 11-14 0.93-0.25
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:25 0.01 15-16 0.77-0.52
70 Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:45 0.03 17-10 1.08-0.45
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 18:21 0.03 18-12 1.23-0.47
93 Zakhar Bardakov C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:54 3-4 0.17-0.06
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:26 0.35 18-4 0.83-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood W 28 25 3 60:00 3.65 +0.65

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikolaj Ehlers · Sebastian Aho · Andrei Svechnikov9:4456.061.61-0
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · Logan Stankoven8:2538.948.20-1
Taylor Hall · Mark Jankowski · Jackson Blake8:2241.717.00-0
William Carrier · Eric Robinson · Jesperi Kotkaniemi5:4840.029.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shayne Gostisbehere · Jalen Chatfield12:1258.355.70-0
Sean Walker · K'Andre Miller11:2953.859.11-0
Alexander Nikishin · Joel Nystrom9:1641.25.70-1

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
20 Sebastian Aho C 1 1 2 1 0 7 1 22:11 1.04 20-13 1.74-0.95
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 17:42 0.29 17-14 1.65-0.97
37 Andrei Svechnikov R 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 17:28 0.94 15-11 1.49-0.90
19 K'Andre Miller D 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 21:46 0.04 17-18 1.21-1.13
22 Logan Stankoven C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 12:49 0.14 13-13 0.57-0.82
50 Eric Robinson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 11:03 9-9 0.34-0.66
71 Taylor Hall L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 14:51 0.06 9-8 0.13-0.28
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:44 0.07 20-16 1.44-0.73
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:08 0.06 16-15 0.81-1.00
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:00 0.05 7-11 0.45-0.48
21 Alexander Nikishin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:30 0.04 9-12 0.10-0.90
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:24 0.10 21-14 1.65-0.84
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 08:21 0.25 8-10 0.40-0.68
48 Jordan Martinook L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 17:17 0.47 13-14 0.61-0.85
53 Jackson Blake R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:47 0.21 6-11 0.06-0.33
64 Joel Nystrom D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:56 7-15 0.05-0.89
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:33 8-7 0.08-0.28
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:15 0.02 10-14 0.35-1.03
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Frederik Andersen L 34 30 4 57:58 4.56 +0.56