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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 2025 · Ball Arena

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4–7

Final

SOG 21–34

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4 on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Maple Leafs 34-21.

Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick, Mitch Marner scored twice, John Tavares scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Joel Kiviranta and Jonathan Drouin also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Anthony Stolarz stopped 27 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR310421
Colorado AvalancheCOL214734

Three stars

  1. ★1st starValeri NichushkinCOL · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starNathan MacKinnonCOL · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starMitch MarnerTOR · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:19

4–3 · 2nd 15:11 · Kiviranta. McCabe was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTOR on iceCOL on ice

0–1 COL

1st 0:56 · Nichushkin

Carlo 0:34

1–1 TOR

1st 3:04 · Marner

Toews 0:52

1–2 COL

1st 6:08 · Nichushkin

Laughton 0:29

2–2 TOR

1st 12:51 · Tavares

Nelson 0:08

3–2 TOR

1st 16:04 · Marner

Toews 0:17

4–2 TOR

2nd 12:45 · PP · Tavares

Toews 0:57

4–3 COL

2nd 15:11 · Kiviranta

Long shift: McCabe 1:19

4–4 COL

3rd 11:55 · Drouin

Long shift: Laughton 1:07

4–5 COL

3rd 15:45 · PP · MacKinnon

Ekman-Larsson 0:59

4–6 COL

3rd 18:06 · EN · Nichushkin

Rielly 0:53

4–7 COL

3rd 19:07 · EN · MacKinnon

Rielly 1:54

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TORCOL
21Shots on goal34
64%Faceoff %36%
1/1Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits23
14Blocked shots10
23Giveaways10
3Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 09:35Simon Benoit · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 09:35Parker Kelly · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 02:32Philippe Myers · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 05:29William Nylander · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 12:14Jack Drury · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 13:59Mitch Marner · tripping2 min

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