Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Friday, December 29, 2017 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in overtime on Friday, December 29, 2017 at Pepsi Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Avalanche 34-28.
Goals came from Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Martin, Mikko Rantanen, Roman Polak, Alexander Kerfoot, James van Riemsdyk and J.T. Compher.
Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Calvin Pickard stopped 24 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nathan MacKinnon (16)Gabriel Landeskog (14)0–111:24 COL
Matt Martin (3)Josh Leivo (2), Roman Polak (3)1–114:55 TOR
2nd period
Mikko Rantanen (12)Nathan MacKinnon (26), Nikita Zadorov (6)1–210:29 COL
Roman Polak (2)Andreas Borgman (7), Patrick Marleau (9)2–214:04 TOR
3rd period
Alexander Kerfoot (10)Nikita Zadorov (7), Nathan MacKinnon (27)2–304:34 COL
James van Riemsdyk (17)Morgan Rielly (23), Jake Gardiner (16)3–318:05 TOR
OT period
J.T. Compher (7)Samuel Girard (5), Carl Soderberg (10)3–403:25 COL · PPG
Team stats
TORCOL
34Shots on goal28
63%Faceoff %37%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits17
14Blocked shots17
0Giveaways4
8Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 06:15
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 16:53
Blake Comeau · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:58Mikko Rantanen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:44Mitch Marner · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:35Roman Polak · hooking2 min
- OT 01:33Connor Brown · interference2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 46Roman PolakD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16:22 |
| 15Matt MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:13 |
| 32Josh LeivoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 22:42 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 55Andreas BorgmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 11Zach HymanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 16Mitch MarnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 20Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:02 |
| 28Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:35 |
| 29William NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:52 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 2Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:48 |
| 52Martin MarincinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Calvin PickardG | O | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 62:35 |
| 31Frederik AndersenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 22:17 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:25 |
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 18:58 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 22:00 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 57Gabriel BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 29:40 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:56 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 54Anton LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 63:25 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |