NHL

Colorado Avalanche at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Colorado Avalanche
28-12-3
Final
5 - 3
Toronto Maple Leafs
21-11-8

Avalanche overcome early 3-goal deficit to beat Maple Leafs 5-3

Colorado Avalanche vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: Game Highlights

After taking a pass from Mikko Rantanen, MacKinnon stopped and set himself to whistle in a shot past Martin Jones to help Colorado win for the ninth time in 11 games.

“They just seemed to have the puck more,” Jones said. “They generated some offense off their cycle.”

Andrew Cogliano, Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin and Ross Colton also scored for Colorado, with Colton getting an empty-netter with Jones off. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots.

Max Domi, Morgan Rielly and Timothy Liljegren scored in the first period for Toronto. The Maple Leafs have lost two in a row. Jones made 28 saves.

“A tough one,” Rielly said. “I thought there were good things at the start of the game. They took over the game. That’s the broad strokes of it. We got away from what we were doing.”

UP NEXT

Avalanche: At Montreal on Monday night.

Maple Leafs: At Edmonton on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

COL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 6:23 Max Domi Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 10:47 Morgan Rielly Goal (6) Backhand, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 15:04 Timothy Liljegren Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 5:27 Jonathan Drouin Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Ross Colton (10), Nathan MacKinnon (46)
Goal 2nd Period 13:13 Mikko Rantanen Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Samuel Girard (6)
Goal 3rd Period 7:35 Andrew Cogliano Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Manson (8), Logan O'Connor (10)
Goal 3rd Period 16:35 Nathan MacKinnon Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: Mikko Rantanen (33), Jonathan Drouin (14)
Goal 3rd Period 19:53 Ross Colton Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Johansen (6), Joel Kiviranta (4)

Statistics

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15 Blocked Shots 17
33 Hits 29
7 Takeaways 9
33 Shots 29
1 Power Play Goals 0
4 Power Play Opportunities 1
25.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
26 Faceoffs Won 25
51.0 Faceoff Win Percent 49.0
8 Giveaways 16
1 Total Penalties 4
2 Penalty Minutes 8
Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Morgan Rielly, D Out Feb 2
Chris Tanev, D Injured Reserve Jan 28
Dakota Joshua, C Injured Reserve Jan 28
Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 19,298 | Capacity:

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 37 9 83 9
Minnesota 34 14 78 10
Dallas 34 14 77 9
Utah 30 23 64 4
Nashville 26 24 59 7
Chicago 22 26 53 9
Winnipeg 22 26 52 8
St. Louis 20 28 49 9

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 37 14 78 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 19 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Ottawa 28 22 63 7
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 25 61 3
Full Standings