Colorado Avalanche vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Final

SOG 28–25

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Panthers 28-25.

Goals came from Sam Bennett, Artturi Lehkonen and Aaron Ekblad.

Daniil Tarasov made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	0	0	1	28
FLA	1	1	0	2	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Sam Bennett (14)Unassisted0–106:27 FLA
Artturi Lehkonen (15)Josh Manson (13), Brock Nelson (15)1–111:51 COL

2nd period

Aaron Ekblad (3)Unassisted1–218:12 FLA

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalCOL on iceFLA on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 FLA

1st 6:27 · Bennett

Lehkonen 0:35

Fresh legsLehkonen 0:35

1–1 COL

1st 11:51 · Lehkonen

Mikkola 0:35

Fresh legsMikkola 0:35

1–2 FLA

2nd 18:12 · Ekblad

Lehkonen 0:32

Fresh legsLehkonen 0:32

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

COLFLA

28Shots on goal25

55%Faceoff %45%

0/4Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes8

15Hits25

8Blocked shots9

19Giveaways16

4Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 14:04Uvis Balinskis · interference2 min
1st 15:44Gabriel Landeskog · roughing2 min
1st 18:49Josh Manson · interference2 min
2nd 03:22Mackie Samoskevich · holding2 min
2nd 08:48Jeff Petry · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:52Evan Rodrigues · cross checking2 min
3rd 06:46Samuel Girard · slashing2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

11Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	52	25:15
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:34
42Josh MansonD	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	–	16:22
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	23:28
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	25	12:49
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	75	13:34
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:13
29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	50	23:12
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	09:31
88Martin NecasC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	22:26
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50	05:58
93Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	06:40
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:34
8Cale MakarD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	29:07
28Ilya SolovyovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	09:40
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	20:05
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	14:23
84Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:57

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Scott WedgewoodG	L	25	23	2	.920	57:12
50Trent MinerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

9Sam BennettC	1	1	+1	3	3	2	0	35	19:25
5Aaron EkbladD	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	26:57
10A.J. GreerL	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	12:25
11Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	–	13:24
13Sam ReinhartC	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	23:29
15Anton LundellC	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	62	19:41
17Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	23	19:32
23Carter VerhaegheC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	13:43
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	18:58
53Jack StudnickaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:33
63Brad MarchandL	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:09
70Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	06:14
71Luke KuninC	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	60	06:18
2Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	13:42
6Donovan SebrangoD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	11:23
26Uvis BalinskisD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	17:05
42Gustav ForslingD	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	24:51
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	21:11

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG		0	0	0	–	00:00