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Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2026 · Ball Arena

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2–8

Final

SOG 31–34

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Ottawa Senators 8-2 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Senators 34-31.

Josh Manson scored twice and Brock Nelson scored twice. Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Shane Pinto, Martin Necas, Brent Burns and Brady Tkachuk also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Leevi Meriläinen stopped 15 of 18.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Ottawa SenatorsOTT011231
Colorado AvalancheCOL260834

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJosh MansonCOL · 2G 2A
  2. ★2nd starNathan MacKinnonCOL · 1G 3A
  3. ★3rd starBrock NelsonCOL · 2G 1A

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+
1:18

2–8 · 3rd 7:03 · Tkachuk. Makar was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceCOL on ice

0–1 COL

1st 10:11 · Manson

Long shift: Zub 1:09

0–2 COL

1st 17:14 · MacKinnon

Giroux 0:46

0–3 COL

2nd 2:35 · Makar

Long shift: Greig 1:14

1–3 OTT

2nd 5:08 · Pinto

Necas 0:58

1–4 COL

2nd 11:46 · PP · Necas

Sanderson 0:53

1–5 COL

2nd 12:03 · Burns

Perron 0:17

1–6 COL

2nd 14:23 · PP · Nelson

Sanderson 0:53

1–7 COL

2nd 16:48 · Manson

Eller 0:28

1–8 COL

2nd 18:04 · Nelson

Zetterlund 0:34

2–8 OTT

3rd 7:03 · SH · Tkachuk

Long shift: Makar 1:18

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

OTTCOL
31Shots on goal34
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play2/6
42Penalty minutes16
38Hits12
14Blocked shots21
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 02:04Josh Manson · fighting5 min
  • 1st 02:04Tyler Kleven · fighting5 min
  • 1st 18:32Samuel Girard · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 00:19Josh Manson · interference2 min
  • 2nd 11:02Michael Amadio · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 13:43Brady Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 13:52Shane Pinto · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 03:04Samuel Girard · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 03:04Samuel Girard · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 03:04Tim Stützle · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 05:55Shane Pinto · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 11:49Nick Cousins · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 11:49Nick Cousins · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 13:59Ridly Greig · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 13:59Ridly Greig · misconduct10 min

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