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
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D Day-To-Day Apr 5
Chris Tanev, D Injured Reserve Mar 4
Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nicolas Roy, C Day-To-Day Apr 6
Cale Makar, D Day-To-Day Apr 6
Valeri Nichushkin, RW Day-To-Day Apr 5

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

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

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 50 16 110 10
Dallas 45 20 102 12
Minnesota 44 21 100 12
Utah 40 30 86 6
Nashville 36 31 81 9
St. Louis 33 31 78 12
Winnipeg 33 31 78 12
Chicago 28 35 70 14

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 48 22 102 6
Buffalo 46 23 100 8
Montreal 45 22 100 10
Boston 43 26 95 9
Ottawa 40 27 90 10
Detroit 40 29 88 8
Toronto 32 31 78 14
Florida 37 37 77 3
Full Standings