Colorado Avalanche @ Tampa Bay Lightning

31-4-7, 14-4-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	0	2	0	2
Lightning TB	1	1	2	4

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

26-13-3, 12-9-0 Home

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Taylor MakarT. Makar#16
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#95
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Ilya SolovyovI. Solovyov#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	11	7:23	0:00	0:00	7:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:49	1:02	0:00	13:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	18	12:34	1:09	0:00	11:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	21	15:54	0:00	2:13	13:41	5	5	50.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	11:20	0:00	2:04	9:16	3	0	100.0
0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	18:55	1:10	0:37	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	23	22:37	2:59	0:00	19:38	14	7	66.7
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	5:29	0:00	0:00	5:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	2	0	1	2	4	0	1	23	21:54	2:49	0:00	19:05	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	26	22:14	2:59	1:31	17:44	16	5	76.2
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	19:30	2:50	0:43	15:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:54	1:01	0:00	10:53	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	22	18:19	1:19	1:48	15:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	18:42	0:00	0:27	18:15	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	27	26:04	2:41	1:27	21:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	23	18:51	0:01	0:19	18:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	4	21	19:02	0:00	3:07	15:55	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	13	12:53	0:00	0:00	12:53	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	3	24	.889	22	2	0	0	0	58:02	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Gage GoncalvesG. Goncalves#93
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Dominic JamesD. James#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#67
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Maxwell CrozierM. Crozier#24
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13:43	3:09	0:00	10:34	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	14:05	0:00	2:01	12:04	3	8	27.3
1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	14:40	0:00	1:41	12:59	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	15	11:47	0:00	0:00	11:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	20	16:15	0:00	1:36	14:39	3	11	21.4
1	0	-1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	18:38	3:34	0:21	14:43	2	1	66.7
1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	17:39	0:25	1:58	15:16	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	14:27	0:00	0:00	14:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	12:08	0:00	0:00	12:08	1	4	20.0
0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	16:20	3:34	0:00	12:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	16	12:12	0:00	0:17	11:55	2	4	33.3
0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	16:50	3:26	0:05	13:19	5	9	35.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	14	11:30	0:00	1:33	9:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	27	20:18	0:06	2:26	17:46	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	15:33	0:00	1:37	13:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	5	3	14	0	1	2	28	21:10	0:08	0:00	21:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	30	24:06	0:00	2:25	21:41	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	25	24:39	3:28	0:00	21:11	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	2	31	.939	27	4	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	0	2	0	2
	Lightning	1	1	2	4

1st Period			COL	TB
19:48		Jake Guentzel (19) (Power Play) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (40), Darren Raddysh (23)	0	1

2nd Period		COL	TB
3:22	Parker Kelly (8) Assists: Zakhar Bardakov (5), Ilya Solovyov (1)	1	1
9:31	Brock Nelson (19) Assists: Cale Makar (36)	2	1
17:22	Zemgus Girgensons (6) Assists: Yanni Gourde (9), Pontus Holmberg (7)	2	2

3rd Period			COL	TB
8:31		Brandon Hagel (20) Assists: Maxwell Crozier (9), Nikita Kucherov (41)	2	3
18:35		Anthony Cirelli (12) (Empty Net) Assists: Brandon Hagel (18), Darren Raddysh (24)	2	4

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
2
Avalanche
3

Game 1

11/4

Avalanche
2
Lightning
4

Game 2

1/6

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, January 6, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	31	4	7	69
Dallas	26	10	8	60
Minnesota	25	11	8	58
Utah	21	20	3	45
Chicago	18	18	7	43
Nashville	19	19	4	42
St. Louis	17	19	8	42
Winnipeg	15	21	5	35

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	26	13	3	55
Montreal	24	13	6	54
Detroit	25	15	4	54
Buffalo	22	15	4	48
Florida	22	17	3	47
Toronto	20	15	7	47
Boston	22	19	2	46
Ottawa	20	17	5	45

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Colorado Avalanche @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Game Information

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