Colorado Avalanche vs Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL
Benchmark International Arena
TV: Sportsnet+
On the ice
COL shoots leftTB shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 7 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| TB | 12 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
In net
Scott Wedgewood24/27 SV, .889
Andrei Vasilevskiy31/33 SV, .939| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Who won: Lightning 4-2
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Lightning outscored the Avalanche 2-0 in the 3rd period. Brandon Hagel led the Lightning in goals (1). Parker Kelly led the Avalanche in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zakhar BardakovC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gavin BrindleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:49 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 13:47 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross ColtonC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 11:25 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack DruryC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:54 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 13:41 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker KellyC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 9:16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artturi LehkonenLW | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:55 | 1:10 | 0:37 | 17:08 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 22:37 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 19:38 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor MakarLW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin NecasC | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 21:54 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 19:05 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:14 | 2:59 | 1:31 | 17:44 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 76.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri NichushkinRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:30 | 2:50 | 0:43 | 15:57 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor OlofssonLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 10:53 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 1:19 | 1:48 | 15:12 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Samuel GirardD | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:42 | 0:00 | 0:27 | 18:15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale MakarD | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 26:04 | 2:41 | 1:27 | 21:56 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam MalinskiD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 | 0:01 | 0:19 | 18:31 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh MansonD | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:02 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 15:55 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya SolovyovD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott WedgewoodG | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 58:02 | 0 | 0 |
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