Colorado Avalanche vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 2025 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Blue Jackets 36-23.
Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Ivan Provorov, Cale Makar and Brock Nelson also scored.
Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Ivan Provorov (1)Kirill Marchenko (1)0–101:36 CBJ
Cale Makar (2)Martin Necas (6), Artturi Lehkonen (2)Fantilli 1:11 into shift1–110:34 COL
Brock Nelson (1)Brent Burns (3), Josh Manson (1)Jenner 1:25 into shift2–111:46 COL
Valeri Nichushkin (1)Sam Malinski (2), Victor Olofsson (3)3–119:56 COL
3rd period
- Valeri Nichushkin (2)Gabriel Landeskog (1), Cale Makar (5)4–118:07 COL · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–1 · 2nd 11:46 · Nelson. Jenner was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 CBJ
2nd 1:36 · Provorov
Nichushkin 0:51
1–1 COL
2nd 10:34 · Makar
Long shift: Fantilli 1:11
2–1 COL
2nd 11:46 · Nelson
Long shift: Jenner 1:25
3–1 COL
2nd 19:56 · Nichushkin
Severson 0:41
4–1 COL
3rd 18:07 · EN · Nichushkin
Monahan 1:10
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 17:32
Brent Burns · hooking2 min - 3rd 03:20Martin Necas · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:47
Dmitri Voronkov · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 23:19 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 12:57 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:09 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 54Gavin BrindleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:49 |
| 28Ilya SolovyovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 |
| 50Trent MinerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 24:56 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 21Isac LundeströmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 27Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:48 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:25 |
| 15Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 58:30 |