Winnipeg Jets vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Sunday, April 28, 2024 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 5–1 on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Jets 35–27.
Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick. Artturi Lehkonen, Nate Schmidt and Cale Makar also scored.
Alexandar Georgiev made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Connor Hellebuyck stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Artturi Lehkonen (4)Casey Mittelstadt (4)0–108:10 COL
Nate Schmidt (1)Mason Appleton (2), Logan Stanley (1)1–113:56 WPG
2nd period
Valeri Nichushkin (4)Cale Makar (6), Nathan MacKinnon (4)1–211:36 COL · 
Cale Makar (2)Unassisted1–315:03 COL- Valeri Nichushkin (5)Artturi Lehkonen (3), Nathan MacKinnon (5)1–419:36 COL ·
3rd period
- Valeri Nichushkin (6)Mikko Rantanen (6)1–519:47 COL ·
Team stats
WPGCOL
2735
50%50%
0/42/4
88
3332
1419
413
49
Penalties
- 13:56 into the first period
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 2:27 into the second period
Logan Stanley · roughing2 min - 5:38 into the second periodLogan Stanley · interference2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodNathan MacKinnon · interference2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodVladislav Namestnikov · holding2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodNino Niederreiter · roughing2 min
- 8:05 into the third periodArtturi Lehkonen · hooking2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodJack Johnson · tripping2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 22Mason AppletonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 64Logan StanleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:33 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 7Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 9Alex IafalloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 13Gabriel VilardiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 17Adam LowryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 27Nikolaj EhlersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 55Mark ScheifeleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 62Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 71Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 81Kyle ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:23 |
| 2Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:20 |
| 4Neal PionkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 44Josh MorrisseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:24 |
| 54Dylan SambergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Connor HellebuyckG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 39Laurent BrossoitG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 22:28 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:30 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:01 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:00 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 12Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:22 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 51Nikolai KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:17 |
| 73Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:21 |
| 26Sean WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 60Justus AnnunenG | 0 | 0 | – |