Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Monday, January 12, 2026 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in overtime on Monday, January 12, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Maple Leafs 34-31.
Goals came from Easton Cowan, Cale Makar, Brock Nelson, Bobby McMann, Auston Matthews, Martin Necas and William Nylander.
Joseph Woll made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Trent Miner stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Easton Cowan (7)Unassisted1–011:15 TOR
Cale Makar (14)Martin Necas (36), Nathan MacKinnon (43)1–116:12 COL
Brock Nelson (22)Nathan MacKinnon (44), Cale Makar (39)1–217:53 COL · PPG
2nd period
Bobby McMann (14)Unassisted2–202:12 TOR
3rd period
Auston Matthews (22)William Nylander (30), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19)3–210:24 TOR
Martin Necas (21)Nathan MacKinnon (45)3–312:55 COL
OT period
William Nylander (16)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (20), Auston Matthews (15)4–303:59 TOR
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 TOR
1st 11:15 · Cowan
Nelson 0:36
1–1 COL
1st 16:12 · Makar
McCabe 0:37
1–2 COL
1st 17:53 · PP · Nelson
Carlo 0:27
2–2 TOR
2nd 2:12 · McMann
Girard 0:45
3–2 TOR
3rd 10:24 · Matthews
Girard 0:44
3–3 COL
3rd 12:55 · Necas
Matthews 0:27
4–3 TOR
OT 3:59 · Nylander
Makar 0:25
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 13:29
Cale Makar · tripping2 min - 1st 17:48
Morgan Rielly · interference2 min - 2nd 09:18Ivan Ivan · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 04:31Bobby McMann · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:08Scott Laughton · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:08Martin Necas · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:18Auston Matthews · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 34Auston MatthewsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 25:29 |
| 88William NylanderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:29 |
| 95Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 53Easton CowanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 74Bobby McMannC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:06 |
| 11Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:36 |
| 18Steven LorentzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:08 |
| 23Matthew KniesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 24Scott LaughtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 55Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 63Matias MaccelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 89Nick RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:14 |
| 91John TavaresC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 2Simon BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 22Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:16 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 28Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 44Morgan RiellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dennis HildebyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Joseph WollG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 63:06 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 24:40 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 22:31 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27:22 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 22:09 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:03 |
| 54Gavin BrindleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:52 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 82Ivan IvanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:04 |
| 93Zakhar BardakovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:34 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 28Ilya SolovyovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:08 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:09 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Trent MinerG | O | 31 | 28 | 4 | .903 | 63:28 |