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Colorado Avalanche vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre

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2–5

Final

SOG 18–23

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Avalanche 23-18.

Goals came from Nick Cousins, Parker Kelly, Ridly Greig, Claude Giroux, Valeri Nichushkin, Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stützle.

James Reimer made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 18 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL011218
Ottawa SenatorsOTT023523

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNick CousinsOTT · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTim StützleOTT · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starClaude GirouxOTT · 1G 0A

Scoring

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+
1:24

0–1 · 2nd 3:21 · Cousins. COL stayed on through an icing. Drury was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceOTT on ice

0–1 OTT

2nd 3:21 · Cousins

Long shift: Drury 1:24

1–1 COL

2nd 14:05 · Kelly

Long shift: Jensen 1:05

1–2 OTT

2nd 14:22 · Greig

Middleton 0:41

1–3 OTT

3rd 2:06 · Giroux

Manson 0:31

2–3 COL

3rd 3:30 · Nichushkin

Giroux 0:20

2–4 OTT

3rd 17:44 · EN · Tkachuk

Olofsson 2:11

2–5 OTT

3rd 18:53 · EN · Stützle

MacKinnon 0:47

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

COLOTT
18Shots on goal23
62%Faceoff %38%
0/0Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes0
22Hits31
10Blocked shots10
16Giveaways13
3Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 1st 01:20Sam Malinski · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 17:13Taylor Makar · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 10:06Artturi Lehkonen · hooking2 min

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