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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
William Nylander, RW Day-To-Day Dec 27
Brandon Carlo, D Injured Reserve Dec 27
Marshall Rifai, D Injured Reserve Dec 18
Anthony Stolarz, G Injured Reserve Dec 16
Dakota Mermis, D Injured Reserve Dec 10
Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Logan O'Connor, RW Injured Reserve Dec 12

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

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

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 28 2 63 7
Dallas 25 7 57 7
Minnesota 23 10 52 6
Utah 18 18 39 3
St. Louis 15 16 38 8
Nashville 16 17 36 4
Winnipeg 15 17 34 4
Chicago 14 17 34 6

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 22 14 47 3
Tampa Bay 21 13 45 3
Montreal 20 12 45 5
Florida 20 15 42 2
Buffalo 19 14 42 4
Ottawa 18 14 41 5
Boston 20 18 41 1
Toronto 17 15 39 5
Full Standings