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Nashville Predators at Colorado Avalanche

NHLJanuary 16, 2026Ball Arena

PredatorsNashvilleNSHWon23-20-4

Predators 7, Avalanche 3

Final
AvalancheColoradoCOL33-5-8
Score by period
Team123T
NSH2237
COL2013

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:15Giveaway by Martin Necas
  4. 0:18Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  5. 0:20Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:20Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  7. 0:24Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  8. 0:30Ryan O'Reilly Goal (14) Backhand, assists: Filip Forsberg (17)
  9. 0:30Jack Drury faceoff won against Reid Schaefer
  10. 0:35Giveaway by Ilya Solovyov
  11. 0:43Takeaway by Ilya Solovyov
  12. 0:51Parker Kelly hit Nicolas Hague
  13. 1:17Ross Colton Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  14. 1:19Goalie Stopped
  15. 1:19Brock Nelson faceoff won against Erik Haula
  16. 1:21Brent Burns Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  17. 1:24Brock Nelson Goal (23) Backhand, assists: Brent Burns (16), Valeri Nichushkin (16)
  18. 1:24Erik Haula faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  19. 1:35Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Justin Barron
  20. 1:50Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Josh Manson
  21. 2:13Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  22. 2:25Off-side
  23. 2:25Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Zakhar Bardakov
  24. 2:43Matthew Wood Between Legs saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  25. 2:45Matthew Wood shot blocked by Zakhar Bardakov
  26. 2:49Goalie Stopped
  27. 2:49Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Tyson Jost
  28. 3:27Giveaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  29. 3:32Icing
  30. 3:32Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  31. 3:43Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Josh Manson
  32. 4:09Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  33. 4:16Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  34. 4:21Josh Manson shot blocked by Filip Forsberg
  35. 5:27Takeaway by Zakhar Bardakov
  36. 5:36Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  37. 5:45Giveaway by Cale Makar
  38. 5:49Michael McCarron Wrist Shot Wide Right
  39. 6:03Giveaway by Fedor Svechkov
  40. 6:10Icing
  41. 6:10Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
  42. 6:14Brady Skjei shot blocked by Martin Necas
  43. 6:16Puck in Netting
  44. 6:16Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  45. 6:30Giveaway by Cale Makar
  46. 6:30Tyson Jost Tip-In saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  47. 6:51Tyson Jost hit Cale Makar
  48. 7:00Takeaway by Luke Evangelista
  49. 7:08Ryan O'Reilly shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  50. 7:25Nick Perbix shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  51. 7:32Ryan O'Reilly Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (26), Filip Forsberg (18)
  52. 7:32Michael McCarron faceoff won against Jack Drury
  53. 7:54Reid Schaefer Backhand saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  54. 7:57Michael McCarron hit Samuel Girard
  55. 8:14Cole Smith hit Jack Drury
  56. 8:35Josh Manson hit Steven Stamkos
  57. 9:04Takeaway by Zakhar Bardakov
  58. 9:17Giveaway by Gavin Brindley
  59. 9:28Takeaway by Tyson Jost
  60. 9:30Tyson Jost Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  61. 9:32Goalie Stopped
  62. 9:32Filip Forsberg faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  63. 9:33Ryan O'Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Left
  64. 10:47Icing
  65. 10:47Brock Nelson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  66. 10:53Reid Schaefer hit Valeri Nichushkin
  67. 11:05Valeri Nichushkin Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  68. 11:09Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  69. 11:16Brock Nelson Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Manson (16), Sam Malinski (21)
  70. 11:16Erik Haula faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  71. 11:43Steven Stamkos Wrist Shot Wide Right
  72. 12:33Josh Manson Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  73. 12:36Goalie Stopped
  74. 12:36Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  75. 12:37Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  76. 12:39Goalie Stopped
  77. 12:39Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Filip Forsberg
  78. 12:42Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  79. 12:43Goalie Stopped
  80. 12:43Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  81. 12:47Martin Necas hit Filip Forsberg
  82. 12:51Puck in Benches
  83. 12:51Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  84. 13:09Puck in Benches
  85. 13:09Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  86. 13:26Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  87. 13:43Giveaway by Brady Skjei
  88. 13:51Sam Malinski Wrist Shot Wide Left
  89. 14:09Giveaway by Justin Barron
  90. 14:32Gavin Brindley hit Nick Blankenburg
  91. 14:35Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  92. 14:40Erik Haula shot blocked by Ilya Solovyov
  93. 14:44Gavin Brindley hit Nick Blankenburg
  94. 14:51Nick Blankenburg Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  95. 14:53Goalie Stopped
  96. 14:53Jack Drury faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  97. 15:01Icing
  98. 15:01Jack Drury faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  99. 15:07Parker Kelly hit Roman Josi
  100. 15:27Josh Manson Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  101. 15:37Brent Burns shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  102. 15:46Matthew Wood Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  103. 15:47Tyson Jost Wrist Shot Wide Left
  104. 16:33Cale Makar Slap Shot Wide Left
  105. 16:37Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Nick Perbix
  106. 16:41Takeaway by Sam Malinski
  107. 16:58Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  108. 17:00Goalie Stopped
  109. 17:00Michael McCarron faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  110. 17:13Reid Schaefer hit Brock Nelson
  111. 17:29Icing
  112. 17:29Michael McCarron faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  113. 17:49Cole Smith hit Sam Malinski
  114. 17:56Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  115. 17:57Sam Malinski shot blocked by Erik Haula
  116. 18:13Roman Josi Slap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  117. 18:14Michael Bunting Wrist Shot Wide Left
  118. 18:19Brady Skjei shot blocked by Martin Necas
  119. 18:28Icing
  120. 18:28Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Erik Haula
  121. 18:36Off-side
  122. 18:36Parker Kelly faceoff won against Fedor Svechkov
  123. 19:02Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  124. 19:42Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  125. 19:48Valeri Nichushkin Backhand Wide Right
  126. 19:52Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  127. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  3. 0:07Icing
  4. 0:07Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  5. 0:14Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  6. 0:22Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
  7. 0:24Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:24Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  9. 0:34Icing
  10. 0:34Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  11. 0:41Icing
  12. 0:41Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  13. 0:54Giveaway by Luke Evangelista
  14. 1:50Jack Drury hit Steven Stamkos
  15. 2:03Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
  16. 2:08Michael McCarron hit Ilya Solovyov
  17. 2:09Jack Drury shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  18. 2:11Puck in Netting
  19. 2:11Ivan Ivan faceoff won against Cole Smith
  20. 2:19Michael McCarron hit Samuel Girard
  21. 2:41Reid Schaefer hit Ivan Ivan
  22. 2:54Giveaway by Tyson Jost
  23. 3:13Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In saved by Juuse Saros
  24. 3:20Giveaway by Nick Blankenburg
  25. 3:29Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  26. 3:57Sam Malinski shot blocked by Tyson Jost
  27. 4:23Roman Josi Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  28. 4:25Goalie Stopped
  29. 4:25Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  30. 4:30Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  31. 4:47Takeaway by Luke Evangelista
  32. 5:26Parker Kelly shot blocked by Roman Josi
  33. 5:46Jack Drury Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  34. 6:14Justin Barron hit Victor Olofsson
  35. 6:23Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  36. 6:32Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  37. 6:34Goalie Stopped
  38. 6:34Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  39. 7:11Brady Skjei Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  40. 7:13Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  41. 7:16Puck in Netting
  42. 7:16Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  43. 7:26Brock Nelson Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  44. 7:39Tyson Jost Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  45. 7:47Matthew Wood hit Samuel Girard
  46. 7:49Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  47. 7:59Ivan Ivan hit Tyson Jost
  48. 8:33Ivan Ivan Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  49. 9:01Giveaway by Cole Smith
  50. 9:11Cale Makar shot blocked by Brady Skjei
  51. 9:37Victor Olofsson Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  52. 9:45Ryan O'Reilly Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  53. 10:08Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  54. 10:25Roman Josi shot blocked by Martin Necas
  55. 10:27Puck in Netting
  56. 10:27Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  57. 10:30Michael Bunting Wrist Shot Wide Left
  58. 10:47Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  59. 10:51Goalie Stopped
  60. 10:51Michael McCarron faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  61. 10:58Reid Schaefer shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  62. 11:16Reid Schaefer hit Sam Malinski
  63. 11:44Jack Drury Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  64. 11:56Tyson Jost Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  65. 12:06Takeaway by Samuel Girard
  66. 12:09Giveaway by Martin Necas
  67. 12:17Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Jack Drury
  68. 12:41Brady Skjei Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  69. 13:01Ryan O'Reilly Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (27), Roman Josi (16)
  70. 13:01Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  71. 13:22Erik Haula Interference against Ross Colton
  72. 13:22Brock Nelson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  73. 13:27Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  74. 13:28Artturi Lehkonen Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  75. 13:47Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  76. 14:14Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  77. 14:29Giveaway by Martin Necas
  78. 14:40Takeaway by Martin Necas
  79. 15:11Giveaway by Ross Colton
  80. 15:33Erik Haula Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  81. 15:48Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  82. 16:55Giveaway by Josh Manson
  83. 17:19Filip Forsberg Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  84. 17:23Puck Frozen - Goalie
  85. 17:23Erik Haula faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  86. 17:26Brady Skjei Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  87. 17:29Goalie Stopped
  88. 17:29Brock Nelson faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  89. 17:46Brock Nelson hit Erik Haula
  90. 18:04Michael Bunting Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Steven Stamkos (12)
  91. 18:04Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  92. 18:08Off-side
  93. 18:08Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  94. 18:17Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  95. 18:38Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
  96. 19:00Giveaway by Martin Necas
  97. 19:30Brent Burns shot blocked by Michael McCarron
  98. 19:53Reid Schaefer hit Ilya Solovyov
  99. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:15Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Cale Makar
  4. 0:17Puck in Netting
  5. 0:17Brock Nelson faceoff won against Filip Forsberg
  6. 1:09Martin Necas Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (46), Artturi Lehkonen (20)
  7. 1:09Jack Drury faceoff won against Erik Haula
  8. 1:14Giveaway by Nick Perbix
  9. 1:53Icing
  10. 1:53Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  11. 2:03Martin Necas shot blocked by Roman Josi
  12. 2:13Giveaway by Josh Manson
  13. 2:21Ryan O'Reilly Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  14. 2:23Ryan O'Reilly Backhand saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  15. 2:25Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon
  16. 2:45Gavin Brindley Tip-In saved by Juuse Saros
  17. 2:50Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  18. 2:56Ilya Solovyov Snap Shot Short
  19. 3:14Puck Frozen - Goalie
  20. 3:14Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
  21. 3:26Justin Barron hit Zakhar Bardakov
  22. 3:28Zakhar Bardakov hit Fedor Svechkov
  23. 4:19Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  24. 4:29Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  25. 5:26Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Justin Barron
  26. 5:27Puck in Netting
  27. 5:27Brock Nelson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  28. 6:34Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  29. 6:36Goalie Stopped
  30. 6:36Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  31. 7:00Giveaway by Erik Haula
  32. 7:07Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  33. 7:37Ross Colton Tip-In Wide Left
  34. 7:49Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Michael Bunting
  35. 7:53Giveaway by Steven Stamkos
  36. 7:56Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  37. 8:48Giveaway by Ivan Ivan
  38. 10:06Parker Kelly hit Michael McCarron
  39. 10:10Icing
  40. 10:10Michael McCarron faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  41. 10:28Michael Bunting Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  42. 10:40Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Michael Bunting
  43. 11:31Sam Malinski Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  44. 11:35Giveaway by Nick Blankenburg
  45. 11:36Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  46. 11:44Parker Kelly hit Justin Barron
  47. 12:01Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  48. 12:05Giveaway by Fedor Svechkov
  49. 12:08Giveaway by Jack Drury
  50. 13:39Gavin Brindley Tip-In Wide Right
  51. 13:55On-Ice Official
  52. 13:55Zakhar Bardakov Interference against Erik Haula
  53. 13:55Video Review
  54. 13:55TV Timeout
  55. 13:55Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  56. 14:04Steven Stamkos Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  57. 14:05Filip Forsberg Backhand saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  58. 14:07Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
  59. 14:27Giveaway by Roman Josi
  60. 14:51Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  61. 15:13Filip Forsberg Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan O'Reilly (27), Roman Josi (17)
  62. 15:13Michael McCarron faceoff won against Jack Drury
  63. 15:35Reid Schaefer hit Jack Drury
  64. 16:02Cole Smith Tip-In Short
  65. 16:28Takeaway by Filip Forsberg
  66. 16:31Josh Manson hit Filip Forsberg
  67. 16:54Brady Skjei Wrist Shot Short
  68. 16:57Icing
  69. 16:57Michael McCarron faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  70. 17:04Steven Stamkos Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Michael Bunting (16), Roman Josi (18)
  71. 17:04Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Ivan Ivan
  72. 17:08Ilya Solovyov hit Cole Smith
  73. 17:20Ilya Solovyov Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  74. 17:28Tyson Jost hit Ivan Ivan
  75. 17:31Cole Smith Slashing against Zakhar Bardakov
  76. 17:31TV Timeout
  77. 17:31Brock Nelson faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  78. 17:41Michael McCarron Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  79. 17:41Fedor Svechkov faceoff won against Jack Drury
  80. 18:02Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  81. 18:30Parker Kelly Tip-In Wide Right
  82. 19:20Tyson Jost Wrist Shot Wide Left
  83. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  84. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 0:30NSH 1, COL 0Ryan O'Reilly Goal (14) Backhand, assists: Filip Forsberg (17)
  2. 1:24NSH 1, COL 1Brock Nelson Goal (23) Backhand, assists: Brent Burns (16), Valeri Nichushkin (16)
  3. 7:32NSH 2, COL 1Ryan O'Reilly Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (26), Filip Forsberg (18)
  4. 11:16NSH 2, COL 2Brock Nelson Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Manson (16), Sam Malinski (21)

2nd

  1. 13:01NSH 3, COL 2Ryan O'Reilly Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (27), Roman Josi (16)
  2. 18:04NSH 4, COL 2Michael Bunting Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Steven Stamkos (12)

3rd

  1. 1:09NSH 4, COL 3Martin Necas Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (46), Artturi Lehkonen (20)
  2. 15:13NSH 5, COL 3Filip Forsberg Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan O'Reilly (27), Roman Josi (17)
  3. 17:04NSH 6, COL 3Steven Stamkos Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Michael Bunting (16), Roman Josi (18)
  4. 17:41NSH 7, COL 3Michael McCarron Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

PredatorsNashville

AvalancheColorado

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Ryan O'Reilly C314000019:4483.363151011251817:161:181:10
Filip Forsberg LW123001018:3533.35211001221917:171:180:00
Michael Bunting LW111001015:190.02000020201215:190:000:00
Michael McCarron C100031012:2358.3157001020210:390:001:44
Steven Stamkos C111000016:5566.72121010202115:301:180:07
Cole Smith RW00-2020212:130.0010111019511:200:000:53
Erik Haula LW000001215:0750.0133110020815:070:000:00
Fedor Svechkov C000000012:2672.7038200019211:280:000:58
Luke Evangelista RW023000018:110.0000100222716:531:180:00
Matthew Wood RW000010011:110.0200000016811:110:000:00
Reid Schaefer LW00-2060011:040.0110000016410:340:000:30
Tyson Jost C000021012:050.0410102117311:120:000:53
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brady Skjei D004001023:5830010100.032121:260:002:32
Justin Barron D00-1022013:1200010000.015013:120:000:00
Nick Blankenburg D00-1000014:1810020000.018512:350:001:43
Nick Perbix D001001020:5500010000.026318:220:002:33
Nicolas Hague D000001022:0800010000.027220:390:001:29
Roman Josi D033002026:1620010000.031823:301:181:28
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Juuse Saros G43340.93060:0000373000

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