St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · Ball Arena

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Final

SOG 13–43

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Blues 43-13.

Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick and Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Brock Nelson and Dalibor Dvorsky also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 12 saves on 13 shots for the win; Jordan Binnington stopped 37 of 43.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	0	1	1	13
COL	4	1	1	6	43

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Valeri Nichushkin (9)Artturi Lehkonen (18), Brock Nelson (14)0–101:00 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (33)Josh Manson (11), Devon Toews (12)0–203:13 COL
Valeri Nichushkin (10)Josh Manson (12), Brent Burns (15)0–303:26 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (34)Martin Necas (32), Gabriel Landeskog (15)0–404:39 COL

2nd period

Brock Nelson (16)Cale Makar (33), Nathan MacKinnon (35)0–509:41 COL · PPG

3rd period

Dalibor Dvorsky (6)Matthew Kessel (1)1–514:32 STL
Valeri Nichushkin (11)Sam Malinski (19), Nathan MacKinnon (36)1–616:06 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+

GoalSTL on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

1st 1:00 · Nichushkin

Faulk 0:31

Fresh legsFaulk 0:31

0–2 COL

1st 3:13 · MacKinnon

Parayko 0:51

NormalParayko 0:51

0–3 COL

1st 3:26 · Nichushkin

Neighbours 0:27

Fresh legsNeighbours 0:27

0–4 COL

1st 4:39 · MacKinnon

Parayko 0:13

Fresh legsParayko 0:13

0–5 COL

2nd 9:41 · PP · Nelson

Faulk 0:39

Fresh legsFaulk 0:39

1–5 STL

3rd 14:32 · Dvorsky

Burns 0:11

Fresh legsBurns 0:11

1–6 COL

3rd 16:06 · Nichushkin

Sundqvist 0:57

NormalSundqvist 0:57

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

STLCOL

13Shots on goal43

46%Faceoff %54%

0/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

22Hits6

24Blocked shots7

20Giveaways12

4Takeaways5

Penalties

2nd 08:16Jake Neighbours · tripping2 min
2nd 11:07Josh Manson · tripping2 min
2nd 14:50Parker Kelly · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:32Justin Faulk · interference2 min
2nd 19:51Jake Neighbours · tripping2 min
3rd 06:52Zakhar Bardakov · tripping2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

54Dalibor DvorskyR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	56	15:49
51Matthew KesselD	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	–	16:03
9Robby FabbriC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	13:08
10Brayden SchennC	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	41	15:22
13Alexey ToropchenkoR	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	14:00
18Robert ThomasC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	50	17:56
21Jimmy SnuggerudR	0	0	0	-3	1	0	3	0	–	15:30
25Jordan KyrouR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	14:09
28Otto StenbergC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0	40	13:33
29Jonatan BerggrenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:21
63Jake NeighboursL	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	4	–	13:51
70Oskar SundqvistC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	43	14:41
89Pavel BuchnevichL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	16:47
6Philip BrobergD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	–	22:09
17Cam FowlerD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:29
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	-3	1	2	2	0	–	20:18
72Justin FaulkD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	–	21:53
75Tyler TuckerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:57

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Joel HoferG		0	0	0	–	00:00
50Jordan BinningtonG	L	43	37	6	.860	59:39

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	2	2	4	+3	7	0	0	0	70	17:12
13Valeri NichushkinR	3	0	3	+3	6	1	1	0	–	17:05
11Brock NelsonC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	64	16:48
42Josh MansonD	0	2	2	+2	3	0	1	2	–	17:59
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	–	14:44
88Martin NecasC	0	1	1	+2	5	0	0	0	–	17:11
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	73	14:08
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	–	19:33
8Cale MakarD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	20:59
70Sam MalinskiD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	19:47
84Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:06
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	38	16:39
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	13:58
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	12:54
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	11:50
93Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	13:27
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	11:39
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	20:26

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG	W	13	12	1	.923	59:35
41Scott WedgewoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00