COL
COL
Colorado Avalanche
52-16-11 · OT1 · L10: 6-3-1
W
SO
W
W
W
L
L
W
L
W
Final
4—1
2025-10-16 · Nationwide Arena
CBJ
CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets
40-29-12 · L1 · L10: 2-7-1
L
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
COL dominated expected goals 4.2 to 2.0 · COL controlled 61.9% of 5v5 shot attempts

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
COL xG
4.16
ACTUAL
4 — 1
CBJ xG
2.03

Scoring Timeline

0.04
MED xG
CBJ2P 01:36Even Strength
Ivan Provorov
9
Ivan Provorov(1)
D · CBJ · #9
Kirill Marchenko (1)
COL 0 - 1 CBJ
0.02
LOW xG
COL2P 10:34Even Strength
Cale Makar
8
Cale Makar(2)
D · COL · #8
Martin Necas (6), Artturi Lehkonen (2)
COL 1 - 1 CBJ
0.08
MED xG
COL2P 11:46Even Strength
Brock Nelson
11
Brock Nelson(1)
C · COL · #11
Brent Burns (3), Josh Manson (1)
COL 2 - 1 CBJ
0.13
HIGH xG
COL2P 19:56Even Strength
Valeri Nichushkin
13
Valeri Nichushkin(1)
R · COL · #13
Sam Malinski (2), Victor Olofsson (3)
COL 3 - 1 CBJ
0.65
HIGH xG
COL3P 18:07Power Play
Valeri Nichushkin
13
Valeri Nichushkin(2)
R · COL · #13
Gabriel Landeskog (1), Cale Makar (5)
COL 4 - 1 CBJ

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Scott Wedgewood
41
Scott Wedgewood
G · COL · #41
22/23 saves, .956 SV%, +1.1 GSAx
★2
Elvis Merzlikins
90
Elvis Merzlikins
G · CBJ · #90
32/35 saves, .914 SV%, -0.4 GSAx
★3
Valeri Nichushkin
13
Valeri Nichushkin
R · COL · #13
2G, 4 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

COLCBJ
36Shots23
4.16xGF2.03
61.9CF%38.1
54.7FO%45.3
0/1PP0/2
13Hits12
14Blocks20
20Giveaways22
6Takeaways2
4PIM2

Period Breakdown

PeriodCOL SOGCBJ SOGCOL xGCBJ xG
1st1271.030.62
2nd1161.200.39
3rd991.931.02
Total32224.162.03

Penalties

3 TOTAL
1P 17:32
COL
Brent Burnshooking (2 min)
Drawn by Mathieu Olivier
3P 03:20
COL
Martin Necashooking (2 min)
Drawn by Egor Chinakhov
3P 07:47
CBJ
Dmitri Voronkovholding (2 min)
Drawn by Cale Makar