Florida Panthers vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Saturday, January 6, 2024 · Ball Arena

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8–4

Final

SOG 29–26

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-4 on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at Ball Arena. The Panthers outshot the Avalanche 29-26.

Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick. Cale Makar, Josh Manson, Valeri Nichushkin, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jonathan Drouin, Kevin Stenlund and Matthew Tkachuk also scored.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 12 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	3	1	4	8	29
COL	0	3	1	4	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Carter Verhaeghe (21)Matthew Tkachuk (25), Sam Bennett (7)1–001:10 FLA
Sam Reinhart (26)Gustav Forsling (10), Aleksander Barkov (29)2–003:02 FLA
Sam Reinhart (27)Aleksander Barkov (30), Evan Rodrigues (18)3–007:41 FLA

2nd period

Cale Makar (9)Nathan MacKinnon (43), Mikko Rantanen (29)3–100:21 COL
Josh Manson (5)Valeri Nichushkin (20), Logan O'Connor (9)3–200:52 COL
Valeri Nichushkin (20)Cale Makar (38), Mikko Rantanen (30)3–304:35 COL · PPG
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (8)Aleksander Barkov (31), Evan Rodrigues (19)4–308:50 FLA

3rd period

Jonathan Drouin (9)Samuel Girard (5)4–403:31 COL
Sam Reinhart (28)Matthew Tkachuk (26), Aleksander Barkov (32)5–405:59 FLA · PPG
Kevin Stenlund (7)Ryan Lomberg (1)6–408:59 FLA
Matthew Tkachuk (8)Carter Verhaeghe (17), Aaron Ekblad (8)7–416:17 FLA
Carter Verhaeghe (22)Matthew Tkachuk (27), Gustav Forsling (11)8–416:54 FLA · EN

Team stats

FLACOL

29Shots on goal26

50%Faceoff %50%

1/5Power play1/4

10Penalty minutes12

14Hits18

6Blocked shots17

1Giveaways5

4Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 11:48Aleksander Barkov · high sticking double minor4 min
1st 16:59Fredrik Olofsson · cross checking2 min
2nd 04:00Matthew Tkachuk · roughing2 min
2nd 04:00Samuel Girard · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 04:00Matthew Tkachuk · roughing2 min
2nd 16:56Ryan Lomberg · tripping2 min
3rd 04:47Ross Colton · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 05:13Logan O'Connor · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 17:56Kurtis MacDermid · slashing2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

16Aleksander BarkovC	0	4	4	+2	4	2	0	4	57	18:58
19Matthew TkachukL	1	3	4	+1	4	1	0	4	–	16:17
13Sam ReinhartC	3	0	3	+2	4	0	2	0	71	20:31
23Carter VerhaegheC	2	1	3	+1	2	0	0	0	–	16:48
17Evan RodriguesC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:55
42Gustav ForslingD	0	2	2	+4	1	1	1	0	–	20:12
9Sam BennettC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	56	10:58
82Kevin StenlundC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	12:06
94Ryan LombergL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	13:10
5Aaron EkbladD	0	1	1	+3	2	2	0	0	–	20:33
91Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:09
12Jonah GadjovichL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:44
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	47	17:32
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:58
67William LockwoodR	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	09:06
7Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:18
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	–	21:41
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	18:47

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Anthony StolarzG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	W	26	22	4	.846	59:42

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

13Valeri NichushkinR	1	1	2	-2	6	1	2	0	–	18:41
96Mikko RantanenR	0	2	2	-3	2	1	1	0	25	20:42
8Cale MakarD	1	1	2	-2	4	0	1	0	–	26:25
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	100	19:41
27Jonathan DrouinL	1	0	1	-3	1	0	1	0	–	21:05
29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	1	1	-3	3	0	1	0	52	19:50
42Josh MansonD	1	0	1	-2	3	5	1	0	–	16:49
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	2	–	17:38
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	15:16
12Ryan JohansenC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	50	13:04
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	50	13:30
22Fredrik OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50	08:43
59Ben MeyersC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	67	08:33
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	12:36
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:52
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	24:28
56Kurtis MacDermidD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	04:29
82Caleb JonesD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	13:09

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Alexandar GeorgievG	L	15	12	3	.800	30:55
50Ivan ProsvetovG		13	9	4	.692	28:50