Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Senators outshot the Avalanche 45-39.
Nathan MacKinnon scored 4 goals and Mikko Rantanen scored twice. Josh Norris, Ridly Greig, Jacob Bernard-Docker and Drake Batherson also scored.
Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves on 45 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 33 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nathan MacKinnon (15)Jonathan Drouin (10), Cale Makar (30)0–102:43 COL · PPG
Josh Norris (11)Drake Batherson (14), Tim Stützle (25)1–115:13 OTT · PPG
Ridly Greig (4)Dominik Kubalik (2), Jakob Chychrun (17)2–115:28 OTT- Nathan MacKinnon (16)Valeri Nichushkin (15)2–218:28 COL
2nd period
Jacob Bernard-Docker (2)Jiri Smejkal (1), Mark Kastelic (1)3–201:32 OTT
Drake Batherson (11)Vladimir Tarasenko (14), Artem Zub (8)4–214:47 OTT
Mikko Rantanen (16)Unassisted4–319:43 COL · PPG
3rd period
- Nathan MacKinnon (17)Devon Toews (13), Valeri Nichushkin (16)4–406:16 COL · PPG
- Mikko Rantanen (17)Nathan MacKinnon (35), Cale Makar (31)4–507:10 COL · PPG
- Nathan MacKinnon (18)Valeri Nichushkin (17)4–619:37 COL · EN
Team stats
OTTCOL
45Shots on goal39
44%Faceoff %56%
1/6Power play4/5
10Penalty minutes12
17Hits25
7Blocked shots19
1Giveaways9
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:04
Angus Crookshank · hooking2 min - 1st 14:34
Sam Malinski · cross checking2 min - 2nd 06:41Joel Kiviranta · tripping2 min
- 2nd 12:30Ridly Greig · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:14Jack Johnson · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:18Parker Kelly · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:49Drake Batherson · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:16Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 3rd 08:32Josh Manson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 12:28Sam Malinski · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:55Josh Manson · tripping2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 19Drake BathersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20:37 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 12Mark KastelicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 05:04 |
| 13Jiri SmejkalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 18Tim StützleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 22:23 |
| 71Ridly GreigC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 81Dominik KubalikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:21 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 24Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 9 | 20:08 |
| 27Parker KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:33 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 59Angus CrookshankL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 23Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 26Erik BrannstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 85Jake SandersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | L | 38 | 33 | 5 | .868 | 59:23 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 22:51 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 29:05 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:57 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 28:26 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 25:15 |
| 12Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 22Fredrik OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:04 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:37 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 59Ben MeyersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:52 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:08 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 45 | 41 | 4 | .911 | 59:22 |
| 50Ivan ProsvetovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |