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Colorado Avalanche vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Lenovo Center

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5–3

Final

SOG 34–28

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Avalanche outshot the Hurricanes 34-28.

Brock Nelson scored twice. Sebastian Aho, Gabriel Landeskog, Nikolaj Ehlers, Andrei Svechnikov, Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Frederik Andersen stopped 30 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL014534
Carolina HurricanesCAR120328

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBrock NelsonCOL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starSebastian AhoCAR · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starNathan MacKinnonCOL · 1G 3A

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+
1:47

1–1 · 2nd 1:47 · Landeskog. CAR stayed on through an icing. Miller was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceCAR on ice

0–1 CAR

1st 18:09 · SH · Aho

Stuck out there: Nelson 1:36

1–1 COL

2nd 1:47 · Landeskog

Stuck out there: Miller 1:47

1–2 CAR

2nd 4:47 · PP · Ehlers

Burns 0:57

1–3 CAR

2nd 7:50 · Svechnikov

Landeskog 0:13

2–3 COL

3rd 1:09 · PP · Nelson

Long shift: Walker 1:09

3–3 COL

3rd 1:42 · Drury

Carrier 0:33

4–3 COL

3rd 7:30 · PP · Nelson

Aho 0:43

5–3 COL

3rd 19:42 · EN · MacKinnon

Gostisbehere 3:10

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

COLCAR
34Shots on goal28
63%Faceoff %37%
2/5Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits18
10Blocked shots15
13Giveaways16
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 03:36Devon Toews · interference2 min
  • 1st 11:58Josh Manson · interference2 min
  • 1st 16:33William Carrier · interference2 min
  • 2nd 02:55Zakhar Bardakov · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 09:52K'Andre Miller · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 15:47Jackson Blake · holding the stick2 min
  • 3rd 00:11Andrei Svechnikov · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 06:11Nikolaj Ehlers · tripping2 min

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