Colorado Avalanche vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, April 3, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

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7–3

Final

SOG 32–30

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-3 on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Blue Jackets 32-30.

Goals came from Nathan MacKinnon, Sean Monahan, Brock Nelson, Zachary Aston-Reese, Boone Jenner, Charlie Coyle, Parker Kelly, Cale Makar, Devon Toews and Miles Wood.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 21 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	3	2	7	32
CBJ	1	2	0	3	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nathan MacKinnon (31)Artturi Lehkonen (17), Devon Toews (32)1–003:25 COL
Sean Monahan (17)Dante Fabbro (16), Dmitri Voronkov (23)1–106:35 CBJ
Brock Nelson (24)Cale Makar (59), Devon Toews (33)2–118:05 COL

2nd period

Zachary Aston-Reese (5)UnassistedNichushkin 1:02 into shift2–204:16 CBJ
Boone Jenner (6)Jack Johnson (6), Kent Johnson (28)2–307:56 CBJ
Charlie Coyle (16)Miles Wood (3), Erik Johnson (3)3–312:39 COL
Parker Kelly (8)Jack Drury (9)4–314:02 COL
Cale Makar (30)Nathan MacKinnon (82), Charlie Coyle (10)Provorov 1:13 into shift5–319:22 COL · PPG

3rd period

Devon Toews (9)Cale Makar (60), Nathan MacKinnon (83)6–304:01 COL
Miles Wood (3)Charlie Coyle (11)Werenski 1:07 into shift7–305:49 COL

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:13

5–3 · 2nd 19:22 · Makar. Provorov was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 3:25 · MacKinnon

Fabbro 0:37

Fresh legsFabbro 0:37

1–1 CBJ

1st 6:35 · Monahan

Lehkonen 0:24

Fresh legsLehkonen 0:24

2–1 COL

1st 18:05 · Nelson

Kuraly 0:58

NormalKuraly 0:58

2–2 CBJ

2nd 4:16 · Aston-Reese

Long shift: Nichushkin 1:02

Long shiftNichushkin 1:02

2–3 CBJ

2nd 7:56 · Jenner

Vesey 0:28

Fresh legsVesey 0:28

3–3 COL

2nd 12:39 · Coyle

Mateychuk 0:26

Fresh legsMateychuk 0:26

4–3 COL

2nd 14:02 · Kelly

Johnson 0:23

Fresh legsJohnson 0:23

5–3 COL

2nd 19:22 · PP · Makar

Long shift: Provorov 1:13

Long shiftProvorov 1:13

6–3 COL

3rd 4:01 · Toews

Kuraly 0:51

NormalKuraly 0:51

7–3 COL

3rd 5:49 · Wood

Long shift: Werenski 1:07

Long shiftWerenski 1:07

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

COLCBJ

32Shots on goal30

49%Faceoff %51%

1/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

15Hits22

20Blocked shots9

18Giveaways11

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 07:50Mathieu Olivier · tripping2 min
2nd 01:27Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 14:52Artturi Lehkonen · slashing2 min
2nd 18:09Zachary Aston-Reese · slashing2 min
3rd 17:45Logan O'Connor · high sticking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

10Charlie CoyleC	1	2	3	+2	2	1	1	0	36	14:55
29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	52	17:31
7Devon ToewsD	1	2	3	+3	1	0	1	0	–	21:18
8Cale MakarD	1	2	3	+3	3	0	2	0	–	21:33
28Miles WoodL	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	11:33
11Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	55	17:22
17Parker KellyC	1	0	1	+2	3	1	4	0	50	14:43
18Jack DruryC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	53	12:29
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	–	15:59
6Erik JohnsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	18:23
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	19:13
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	15:00
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2	–	13:19
26Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	–	13:04
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	100	11:35
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	0	0	-1	5	3	2	0	–	22:45
67Keaton MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	15:02
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	18:30

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	1	1	-2	3	2	1	0	–	15:42
23Sean MonahanC	1	0	1	-2	4	1	1	0	56	18:16
27Zachary Aston-ReeseC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	–	10:27
38Boone JennerC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	14	21:32
91Kent JohnsonC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:03
3Jack JohnsonD	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	–	13:31
15Dante FabbroD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:58
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	50	12:26
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	64	12:31
11Luke KuninC	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	–	12:41
17Justin DanforthR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	71	10:58
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	38	18:14
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	10:22
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	18:21
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	–	16:46
8Zach WerenskiD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	27:01
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	22:23
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	16:35

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG		4	4	0	1.000	14:11
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	L	28	21	7	.750	45:49