Colorado Avalanche vs Arizona Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2017 · Gila River Arena
FS-A PLUS · ALT2
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 6–2 on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Gila River Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Avalanche 34–28.
Carl Soderberg scored twice and Derek Stepan scored twice. J.T. Compher, Nail Yakupov, Matt Nieto and Sven Andrighetto also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Antti Raanta stopped 16 of 19.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 COL | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 28 |
 ARI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Carl Soderberg (5)Matt Nieto (7), Patrik Nemeth (7)1–010:20 COL
J.T. Compher (6)Nikita Zadorov (5), Alexander Kerfoot (13)2–011:36 COL · 
Nail Yakupov (8)Mark Barberio (7)3–013:26 COL · 
Matt Nieto (5)Blake Comeau (8), Alexander Kerfoot (14)4–014:06 COL
Derek Stepan (7)Clayton Keller (16)4–118:12 ARI ·
3rd period
- Derek Stepan (8)Jordan Martinook (5)4–208:08 ARI ·
Sven Andrighetto (6)Tyson Jost (3), Colin Wilson (5)5–208:37 COL · - Carl Soderberg (6)Mikko Rantanen (21), Mark Barberio (8)6–213:31 COL
Team stats
COLARI
2834
49%51%
3/70/5
3440
1521
2511
54
55
Penalties
- 12:17 into the first periodTyson Jost · delaying game face off violation2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodChristian Dvorak · hooking2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodErik Johnson · interference2 min
- 18:03 into the first periodGabriel Landeskog · hooking2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodColin Wilson · hooking2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodZac Rinaldo · fighting5 min
- 8:52 into the second periodErik Johnson · fighting5 min
- 8:52 into the second periodErik Johnson · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodNathan MacKinnon · fighting5 min
- 8:52 into the second periodJosh Archibald · fighting5 min
- 8:52 into the second periodJosh Archibald · game misconduct10 min
- 8:52 into the second periodNathan MacKinnon · game misconduct10 min
- 8:52 into the second periodZac Rinaldo · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 15:20 into the second periodAnthony Duclair · high sticking double minor4 min
- 19:58 into the second periodNikita Zadorov · roughing2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodKevin Connauton · slashing2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodTyson Jost · hooking2 min
- 7:43 into the third periodOliver Ekman-Larsson · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:29 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 64Nail YakupovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:57 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 26:43 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:46 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Arizona Coyotes
| 21Derek StepanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:51 |
| 9Clayton KellerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:48 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 8Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:48 |
| 15Brad RichardsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:51 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 18Christian DvorakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 25Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 34Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:19 |
| 36Christian FischerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 45Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:52 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:56 |
| 44Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 55Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 19:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott WedgewoodG | 9 | 3 | .667 | |
| 32Antti RaantaG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |