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Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche

NHLJanuary 12, 2026Ball Arena

Maple LeafsTorontoTORWon23-15-7

Maple Leafs 4, Avalanche 3

Final/OT
AvalancheColoradoCOL33-4-8
Score by period
Team123OTT
TOR11114
COL20103

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Scott Laughton
  3. 0:39Brock Nelson Snap Shot Wide Left
  4. 0:52Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  5. 0:55Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:55John Tavares faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  7. 1:54Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
  8. 2:00Samuel Girard shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  9. 2:01Parker Kelly Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  10. 2:12Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  11. 2:14Giveaway by Easton Cowan
  12. 2:25Easton Cowan Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  13. 2:35Giveaway by Ivan Ivan
  14. 2:39Icing
  15. 2:39Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  16. 2:55Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  17. 3:11Jake McCabe hit Martin Necas
  18. 3:20Matthew Knies hit Martin Necas
  19. 3:25Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  20. 3:32Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Simon Benoit
  21. 3:36Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  22. 3:55Scott Laughton Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  23. 4:03Brandon Carlo hit Ivan Ivan
  24. 4:06Giveaway by Scott Laughton
  25. 4:47Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  26. 5:15Josh Manson shot blocked by Nicholas Robertson
  27. 5:25Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  28. 5:27On-Ice Official
  29. 5:27Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  30. 5:35Giveaway by Martin Necas
  31. 5:51Auston Matthews Wrist Shot Wide Right
  32. 6:02Off-side
  33. 6:02John Tavares faceoff won against Ross Colton
  34. 6:08Giveaway by Brent Burns
  35. 6:14John Tavares Tip-In saved by Trent Miner
  36. 6:25Ross Colton hit Morgan Rielly
  37. 6:31Brent Burns shot blocked by John Tavares
  38. 6:49Simon Benoit Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  39. 6:51Goalie Stopped
  40. 6:51Auston Matthews faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  41. 6:56Goalie Stopped
  42. 6:56Auston Matthews faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  43. 6:59Max Domi Snap Shot saved by Trent Miner
  44. 7:24Jack Drury hit Auston Matthews
  45. 7:31Samuel Girard Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  46. 7:52Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  47. 7:56Steven Lorentz hit Samuel Girard
  48. 7:58Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot Wide Right
  49. 8:03Takeaway by Troy Stecher
  50. 8:07Off-side
  51. 8:07William Nylander faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  52. 8:13Giveaway by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  53. 8:24Sam Malinski shot blocked by Easton Cowan
  54. 8:28Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  55. 8:47Morgan Rielly Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  56. 8:49Goalie Stopped
  57. 8:49John Tavares faceoff won against Jack Drury
  58. 8:51Bobby McMann Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  59. 8:53Goalie Stopped
  60. 8:53Jack Drury faceoff won against John Tavares
  61. 9:08Puck in Benches
  62. 9:08Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  63. 9:12Max Domi Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  64. 9:14Goalie Stopped
  65. 9:14Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  66. 9:29Takeaway by Auston Matthews
  67. 9:45Matthew Knies shot blocked by Cale Makar
  68. 10:23William Nylander shot blocked by Zakhar Bardakov
  69. 10:26Ilya Solovyov hit William Nylander
  70. 10:51Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  71. 11:15Easton Cowan Goal (7) , assists: none
  72. 11:15Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  73. 11:55Icing
  74. 11:55Jack Drury faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  75. 12:00Samuel Girard Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  76. 12:05Parker Kelly Tip-In Wide Right
  77. 12:11Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  78. 12:18Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  79. 12:22Auston Matthews hit Jack Drury
  80. 12:26Ilya Solovyov shot blocked by Matthew Knies
  81. 12:29Puck in Netting
  82. 12:29Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against John Tavares
  83. 12:32Cale Makar shot blocked by Matias Maccelli
  84. 13:29Cale Makar Tripping against Brandon Carlo
  85. 13:29Brock Nelson faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  86. 14:00William Nylander Backhand saved by Trent Miner
  87. 14:01Goalie Stopped
  88. 14:01Jack Drury faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  89. 14:46Morgan Rielly Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  90. 14:48Goalie Stopped
  91. 14:48John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  92. 14:56Bobby McMann Backhand saved by Trent Miner
  93. 14:57John Tavares Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  94. 15:20Oliver Ekman-Larsson Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  95. 15:30Oliver Ekman-Larsson Slap Shot saved by Trent Miner
  96. 15:46Jake McCabe Wrist Shot Wide Left
  97. 16:02Icing
  98. 16:02Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  99. 16:12Cale Makar Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (36), Nathan MacKinnon (43)
  100. 16:12Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  101. 16:34Nathan MacKinnon hit Jake McCabe
  102. 16:42Puck in Benches
  103. 16:42John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  104. 17:01Takeaway by Simon Benoit
  105. 17:02Giveaway by Simon Benoit
  106. 17:39Brent Burns Wrist Shot Wide Left
  107. 17:48Morgan Rielly Interference against Parker Kelly
  108. 17:48Brock Nelson faceoff won against Scott Laughton
  109. 17:53Brock Nelson Goal (22) Slap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (44), Cale Makar (39)
  110. 17:53Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  111. 18:07Martin Necas shot blocked by Matthew Knies
  112. 18:11Giveaway by Max Domi
  113. 18:11Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In saved by Joseph Woll
  114. 18:31Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  115. 18:41Nicolas Roy Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  116. 18:43Goalie Stopped
  117. 18:43Jack Drury faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  118. 18:51Samuel Girard Slap Shot Wide Left
  119. 19:00Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
  120. 19:04Parker Kelly shot blocked by Morgan Rielly
  121. 19:11Giveaway by Easton Cowan
  122. 19:48Cale Makar shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
  123. 19:51Puck in Netting
  124. 19:51John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  125. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:06Auston Matthews shot blocked by Josh Manson
  4. 0:14Puck in Benches
  5. 0:14Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  6. 0:22Auston Matthews Backhand saved by Trent Miner
  7. 0:34Martin Necas Wrist Shot Wide Left
  8. 0:39Giveaway by Jake McCabe
  9. 1:22Giveaway by Valeri Nichushkin
  10. 1:27Icing
  11. 1:27Ivan Ivan faceoff won against John Tavares
  12. 2:03Ilya Solovyov Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  13. 2:05Goalie Stopped
  14. 2:05Jack Drury faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  15. 2:12Bobby McMann Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  16. 2:12Jack Drury faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
  17. 3:32Matthew Knies Backhand saved by Trent Miner
  18. 3:33Auston Matthews shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  19. 4:40Bobby McMann Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  20. 4:52Morgan Rielly Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  21. 5:09Morgan Rielly hit Gavin Brindley
  22. 5:41Easton Cowan hit Zakhar Bardakov
  23. 6:02Troy Stecher shot blocked by Brent Burns
  24. 6:08Simon Benoit hit Gavin Brindley
  25. 6:24Icing
  26. 6:24Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jack Drury
  27. 6:39Morgan Rielly shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  28. 6:52Giveaway by Victor Olofsson
  29. 7:25Icing
  30. 7:25Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  31. 7:27Josh Manson shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  32. 7:39Off-side
  33. 7:39Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Scott Laughton
  34. 8:01Brent Burns shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  35. 8:04Ross Colton hit Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  36. 8:51Matias Maccelli Slap Shot Wide Right
  37. 9:18Ivan Ivan High-sticking against John Tavares
  38. 9:18Brock Nelson faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  39. 9:51Josh Manson hit Matthew Knies
  40. 10:06Takeaway by Parker Kelly
  41. 10:36High Stick
  42. 10:36John Tavares faceoff won against Artturi Lehkonen
  43. 11:21Jake McCabe shot blocked by Jack Drury
  44. 12:14Takeaway by Steven Lorentz
  45. 12:54Valeri Nichushkin Tip-In saved by Joseph Woll
  46. 12:59Goalie Stopped
  47. 12:59Auston Matthews faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  48. 13:48Ilya Solovyov Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  49. 13:50Goalie Stopped
  50. 13:50Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against John Tavares
  51. 14:08Martin Necas hit Jake McCabe
  52. 14:11Jake McCabe Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  53. 14:37Giveaway by William Nylander
  54. 15:06Martin Necas shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
  55. 15:20Bobby McMann hit Sam Malinski
  56. 15:22Brock Nelson Tip-In saved by Joseph Woll
  57. 15:42Bobby McMann Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  58. 15:54Brandon Carlo hit Sam Malinski
  59. 15:56Parker Kelly hit Morgan Rielly
  60. 16:04Parker Kelly hit Brandon Carlo
  61. 16:12Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  62. 16:25Puck Frozen - Goalie
  63. 16:25Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  64. 16:38Sam Malinski shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  65. 16:58Max Domi Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  66. 17:17William Nylander Snap Shot saved by Trent Miner
  67. 17:19Goalie Stopped
  68. 17:19Brock Nelson faceoff won against John Tavares
  69. 17:30Josh Manson shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
  70. 17:32Puck in Netting
  71. 17:32John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  72. 18:08Ross Colton hit William Nylander
  73. 18:15William Nylander shot blocked by Cale Makar
  74. 18:27Auston Matthews Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
  75. 18:45Auston Matthews Wrist Shot Wide Right
  76. 19:11Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  77. 19:16Sam Malinski Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  78. 19:23Sam Malinski shot blocked by Scott Laughton
  79. 19:24Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  80. 19:55Giveaway by Josh Manson
  81. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:33Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Jake McCabe
  4. 0:43Takeaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  5. 0:46Takeaway by Matthew Knies
  6. 1:13Brock Nelson Tip-In Wide Left
  7. 1:19Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  8. 1:20Brock Nelson Backhand saved by Joseph Woll
  9. 1:23Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:23Jack Drury faceoff won against Scott Laughton
  11. 1:29Scott Laughton Snap Shot Wide Left
  12. 1:39Jack Drury Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  13. 2:04Jack Drury Tip-In Above Crossbar
  14. 2:25Giveaway by Ilya Solovyov
  15. 2:36Giveaway by Martin Necas
  16. 3:07Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  17. 3:41Giveaway by Trent Miner
  18. 3:42Brandon Carlo Wrist Shot Wide Left
  19. 3:46Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
  20. 4:29Simon Benoit hit Samuel Girard
  21. 4:31Bobby McMann Tripping against Cale Makar
  22. 4:31Brock Nelson faceoff won against Scott Laughton
  23. 4:54Martin Necas Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  24. 5:24Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  25. 5:57Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  26. 5:59Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
  27. 6:11Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  28. 6:35Giveaway by Cale Makar
  29. 7:06John Tavares shot blocked by Zakhar Bardakov
  30. 7:08John Tavares Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  31. 7:10Goalie Stopped
  32. 7:10Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against John Tavares
  33. 7:16Giveaway by Morgan Rielly
  34. 7:59Off-side
  35. 7:59Auston Matthews faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  36. 8:09Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  37. 8:09Troy Stecher Wrist Shot Wide Right
  38. 8:24Simon Benoit hit Ross Colton
  39. 8:40Jake McCabe Backhand saved by Trent Miner
  40. 8:48Giveaway by Max Domi
  41. 8:50Takeaway by Auston Matthews
  42. 9:14Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  43. 9:26Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  44. 9:30Ilya Solovyov shot blocked by Morgan Rielly
  45. 9:47Giveaway by Matthew Knies
  46. 10:01Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
  47. 10:08Scott Laughton High-sticking against Martin Necas
  48. 10:08Martin Necas Holding against Scott Laughton
  49. 10:08TV Timeout
  50. 10:08Auston Matthews faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  51. 10:24Auston Matthews Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (30), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19)
  52. 10:24Auston Matthews faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  53. 10:51Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  54. 11:00Sam Malinski hit William Nylander
  55. 11:03Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  56. 12:55Martin Necas Goal (21) Tip-In, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (45)
  57. 12:55John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  58. 13:00Puck in Benches
  59. 13:00John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  60. 13:14Josh Manson hit Simon Benoit
  61. 13:26Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  62. 13:48Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
  63. 13:57Jack Drury shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
  64. 13:59Puck in Netting
  65. 13:59Jack Drury faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  66. 14:08Giveaway by Valeri Nichushkin
  67. 14:14Bobby McMann Backhand saved by Trent Miner
  68. 14:27Nicolas Roy shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  69. 14:32Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  70. 14:38Max Domi shot blocked by Jack Drury
  71. 14:40Puck in Netting
  72. 14:40Brock Nelson faceoff won against John Tavares
  73. 14:57Martin Necas Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  74. 15:35Ross Colton hit Max Domi
  75. 15:58Giveaway by Bobby McMann
  76. 16:55Max Domi hit Nathan MacKinnon
  77. 16:56Off-side
  78. 16:56Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Auston Matthews
  79. 17:11Max Domi shot blocked by Martin Necas
  80. 17:18Auston Matthews Tripping against Martin Necas
  81. 17:18Scott Laughton faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  82. 18:18Brandon Carlo Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  83. 18:33Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Matthew Knies
  84. 18:34Ross Colton Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  85. 18:52Takeaway by Steven Lorentz
  86. 19:26Takeaway by William Nylander
  87. 19:56Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  88. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00John Tavares faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  3. 0:22Cale Makar hit William Nylander
  4. 0:41Icing
  5. 0:41Auston Matthews faceoff won against Jack Drury
  6. 1:00Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  7. 1:27Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  8. 1:38Bobby McMann Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  9. 1:49Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Joseph Woll
  10. 2:17Giveaway by Cale Makar
  11. 2:34William Nylander Snap Shot saved by Trent Miner
  12. 3:10Matias Maccelli Wrist Shot saved by Trent Miner
  13. 3:30Takeaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  14. 3:51Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  15. 3:59William Nylander Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (20), Auston Matthews (15)
  16. 3:59End of OT
  17. 3:59Game End

1st

  1. 11:15TOR 1, COL 0Easton Cowan Goal (7) , assists: none
  2. 16:12TOR 1, COL 1Cale Makar Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (36), Nathan MacKinnon (43)
  3. 17:53TOR 1, COL 2Brock Nelson Goal (22) Slap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (44), Cale Makar (39)

2nd

  1. 2:12TOR 2, COL 2Bobby McMann Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: none

3rd

  1. 10:24TOR 3, COL 2Auston Matthews Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (30), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19)
  2. 12:55TOR 3, COL 3Martin Necas Goal (21) Tip-In, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (45)

OT

  1. 3:59TOR 4, COL 3William Nylander Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (20), Auston Matthews (15)

Game leaders

Maple LeafsToronto

AvalancheColorado

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Auston Matthews C111010225:2957.7211150132292221:442:371:08
Bobby McMann C101010218:060.06001110251416:371:290:00
Easton Cowan RW102011011:100.010020001579:471:230:00
William Nylander RW112000021:29100.04011001231618:592:260:04
John Tavares C000001019:2661.137110000241617:501:340:02
Matias Maccelli LW000001017:290.0100001021714:522:370:00
Matthew Knies LW000013021:270.01001001251217:432:271:17
Max Domi C00-1010017:360.0300200022516:131:230:00
Nicholas Robertson LW00000101:140.000000002101:140:000:00
Nicolas Roy C001001012:140.0140300021410:510:001:23
Scott Laughton C00-1001211:5116.705111202459:320:002:19
Steven Lorentz C00-101009:080.000000021747:100:001:58
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brandon Carlo D001025020:3810000100.032018:210:002:17
Jake McCabe D00-2014022:1620010100.034320:050:042:07
Morgan Rielly D002012220:4530011000.030518:082:370:00
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D020001020:5320010000.032719:291:230:01
Simon Benoit D001031016:5310010010.025015:110:001:42
Troy Stecher D001000018:4100000110.028216:390:002:02
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Joseph Woll G34331.91263:0600283000

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