Calgary Flames vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, April 9, 2026 · Ball Arena
SNW · KUSA · ALT · KTVD
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Flames 41-29.
Goals came from Gabriel Landeskog, Martin Necas, Tyson Gross and Nathan MacKinnon.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Dustin Wolf stopped 38 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Gabriel Landeskog (13)Nathan MacKinnon (73), Martin Necas (59)0–118:44 COL · PPG
2nd period
Martin Necas (38)Nathan MacKinnon (74), Brent Burns (22)0–215:01 COL
3rd period
Tyson Gross (1)Matvei Gridin (13), Matt Coronato (25)Nelson 1:19 into shift1–217:08 CGY
Nathan MacKinnon (52)Martin Necas (60)1–319:05 COL · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–2 · 3rd 17:08 · Gross. Nelson was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 COL
1st 18:44 · PP · Landeskog
Backlund 0:07
0–2 COL
2nd 15:01 · Necas
Pachal 0:45
1–2 CGY
3rd 17:08 · Gross
Long shift: Nelson 1:19
1–3 COL
3rd 19:05 · EN · MacKinnon
Frost 1:39
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 18:37
John Beecher · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:33
Nathan MacKinnon · slashing2 min - 2nd 04:47Matt Coronato · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:56Matt Coronato · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:13Joel Kiviranta · high sticking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 27Matt CoronatoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:15 |
| 39Tyson GrossC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 92Matvei GridinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 16Morgan FrostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 18John BeecherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 36Aydar SunievL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 43Adam KlapkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 47Connor ZaryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 86Joel FarabeeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 95Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 19Zayne ParekhD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 28Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 37Yan KuznetsovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 48Hunter BrzustewiczD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Devin CooleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Dustin WolfG | L | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 57:38 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 22:23 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 84Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 11Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 17Parker KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 18Jack DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:53 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 94Joel KivirantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 27Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 37Nick BlankenburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |