Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Scotiabank Saddledome

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7–3

Final

SOG 30–29

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Recap

Avalanche rout Flames 7-3 behind Makar and MacKinnon

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 7-3 on Thursday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. Devon Toews and Adam Klapka scored in the first period before Colorado pulled away with three goals in the second and three more in the third. The Avalanche never trailed and outshot Calgary 30-29.

Toews scored his second of the night in the second period, and Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon and Jaden Schwartz added goals along the way. MacKinnon's goal at 11:39 of the second period stood as the winner. Mikael Backlund and Kevin Bahl scored in the third for Calgary, but Schwartz closed it out with his second of the night.

Cale Makar led the way with 2 goals and an assist, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists, and Toews and Schwartz each scored twice. Scott Wedgewood made 26 saves for the win, while Devin Cooley stopped 23 shots in the loss. Colorado improved to 3-1-0; Calgary fell to 0-4-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	3	3	7	30
CGY	1	0	2	3	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Devon Toews (1)Cale Makar (3), Brock Nelson (3)1–015:54 COL
Adam Klapka (1)Jonathan Castagna (1)1–117:30 CGY

2nd period

Devon Toews (2)Noah Juulsen (1), Parker Kelly (4)2–106:45 COL
Cale Makar (2)Nathan MacKinnon (4), Brett Kulak (2)3–109:16 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (3)Zachary L'Heureux (1)Honzek 2:29 into shift4–111:39 COL

3rd period

Cale Makar (3)Nathan MacKinnon (5), Nazem Kadri (3)5–105:35 COL
Jaden Schwartz (2)T.J. Hughes (1), Brett Kulak (3)6–106:34 COL
Mikael Backlund (1)Ryan Strome (1)6–207:17 CGY
Kevin Bahl (1)Joel Farabee (3), Yegor Sharangovich (2)Kadri 1:11 into shift6–308:28 CGY
Jaden Schwartz (3)Fedor Svechkov (2), Brent Burns (3)7–309:41 COL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:29

4–1 · 2nd 11:39 · MacKinnon. Honzek was 2:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceCGY on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 15:54 · Toews

Frost 0:50

NormalFrost 0:50

1–1 CGY

1st 17:30 · Klapka

Burns 0:36

Fresh legsBurns 0:36

2–1 COL

2nd 6:45 · Toews

Parekh 0:33

Fresh legsParekh 0:33

3–1 COL

2nd 9:16 · Makar

Frost 0:55

NormalFrost 0:55

4–1 COL

2nd 11:39 · MacKinnon

Stuck out there: Honzek 2:29

Stuck out thereHonzek 2:29

5–1 COL

3rd 5:35 · Makar

Bahl 0:27

Fresh legsBahl 0:27

6–1 COL

3rd 6:34 · Schwartz

Kuznetsov 0:25

Fresh legsKuznetsov 0:25

6–2 CGY

3rd 7:17 · Backlund

Burns 0:43

NormalBurns 0:43

6–3 CGY

3rd 8:28 · Bahl

Long shift: Kadri 1:11

Long shiftKadri 1:11

7–3 COL

3rd 9:41 · Schwartz

Pospisil 0:37

Fresh legsPospisil 0:37

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

COLCGY

30Shots on goal29

59%Faceoff %41%

0/3Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes11

18Hits23

14Blocked shots15

23Giveaways18

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 06:23Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 19:13Devon Toews · tripping2 min
2nd 00:23Zayne Parekh · hooking2 min
2nd 13:46Zachary L'Heureux · fighting5 min
2nd 13:46Matt Coronato · fighting5 min
2nd 19:38Parker Kelly · interference2 min
3rd 00:17Zayne Parekh · tripping2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	0	59	18:42
8Cale MakarD	2	1	3	+2	2	0	0	0	–	22:17
71Jaden SchwartzL	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	0	100	13:51
7Devon ToewsD	2	0	2	+3	3	0	0	2	–	18:54
27Brett KulakD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	3	0	–	18:42
9Fedor SvechkovC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	56	11:55
11Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	59	15:35
13T.J. HughesR	0	1	1	+2	6	1	0	0	50	16:26
17Parker KellyC	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	100	11:34
68Zachary L'HeureuxL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	5	–	10:56
91Nazem KadriC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	40	17:14
47Noah JuulsenD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	–	16:35
84Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	20:00
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	67	14:03
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	17:22
88Martin NecasC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:18
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:09
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	20:27

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames skaters

11Mikael BacklundC	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	33	17:41
17Yegor SharangovichC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	14:49
22Ryan StromeC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	25	14:39
38Jonathan CastagnaC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	50	09:09
43Adam KlapkaR	1	0	1	-1	1	5	0	0	–	10:40
86Joel FarabeeL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	17:03
7Kevin BahlD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:59
16Morgan FrostC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	38	17:24
27Matt CoronatoR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	5	50	16:24
29Samuel HonzekL	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	0	–	15:53
61Aydar SunievL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	11:41
76Martin PospisilC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	69	14:46
92Matvei GridinR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	14:48
19Zayne ParekhD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	4	–	21:17
28Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	18:12
37Yan KuznetsovD	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	–	18:51
55Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	3	0	–	18:34
71Simon NemecD	0	0	0	-3	1	1	2	0	–	20:10

Calgary Flames goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Devin CooleyG	L	30	23	7	.767	60:00
32Dustin WolfG		0	0	0	–	00:00