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Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Friday, January 16, 2026 · Ball Arena

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

7–3

Final

SOG 30–43

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on Friday, January 16, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Predators 43-30.

Ryan O'Reilly scored a hat trick and Brock Nelson scored twice. Michael Bunting, Martin Necas, Filip Forsberg, Steven Stamkos and Michael McCarron also scored.

Juuse Saros made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH223730
Colorado AvalancheCOL201343

Three stars

  1. ★1st starRyan O'ReillyNSH · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starFilip ForsbergNSH · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starJuuse SarosNSH · .930 SV%

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+
2:20

4–2 · 2nd 18:04 · Bunting. Manson was 2:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceCOL on ice

1–0 NSH

1st 0:30 · O'Reilly

Lehkonen 0:30

1–1 COL

1st 1:24 · Nelson

Barron 0:24

2–1 NSH

1st 7:32 · O'Reilly

Long shift: Makar 1:16

2–2 COL

1st 11:16 · Nelson

Long shift: Josi 1:07

3–2 NSH

2nd 13:01 · O'Reilly

Stuck out there: Kelly 1:33

4–2 NSH

2nd 18:04 · Bunting

Stuck out there: Manson 2:20

4–3 COL

3rd 1:09 · Necas

Perbix 0:28

5–3 NSH

3rd 15:13 · PP · Forsberg

Long shift: Kelly 1:01

6–3 NSH

3rd 17:04 · EN · Stamkos

MacKinnon 1:10

7–3 NSH

3rd 17:41 · EN · McCarron

Nelson 0:10

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

NSHCOL
30Shots on goal43
64%Faceoff %36%
1/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
16Hits14
12Blocked shots17
16Giveaways20
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 2nd 13:22Erik Haula · interference2 min
  • 3rd 13:55Zakhar Bardakov · interference2 min
  • 3rd 17:31Cole Smith · slashing2 min

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