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Tampa Bay Lightning at Colorado Avalanche

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Tampa Bay Lightning
6-5-2
Final
2 - 3
Colorado Avalanche
8-1-5

Olofsson, Wedgewood lead Avalanche past Lightning 3-2 in rematch of 2022 final

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Colorado Avalanche: Game Highlights

Playing against his former team, Ross Colton also scored to help the Avalanche — who beat Tampa Bay in 2022 to win the title — push their points total to an NHL-best 21. The Lightning had won five in a row.

Olofsson’s two-goal outing came seven days after his first career hat trick in a victory over New Jersey. Nathan MacKinnon had an assist, giving him a team-high 20 points and extending his points streak to seven games.

Nikita Kucherov scored his fifth goal of the season for Tampa Bay, giving the 32-year-old right wing seven points in his past three games against the Avalanche. The goal gave him 1,005 career points, breaking a tie with Brian Propp for 100th place in NHL history.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots.

With the game tied at 1 in the second period, Colorado scored twice in 1:13 seconds, the first of which came from Olofsson on the power play against the NHL’s third-best penalty kill.

A backhand goal from Brayden Point early in the third period cut the Avalanche’s advantage in half.

Up next Avalanche: At Edmonton on Saturday night.

Lightning: At Vegas on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

COL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:37 Nikita Kucherov Goal (5) Wrap-around, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 13:51 Victor Olofsson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (10), Martin Necas (9)
Goal 2nd Period 4:08 Victor Olofsson Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Drury (4), Gabriel Landeskog (4)
Goal 2nd Period 5:21 Ross Colton Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Sam Malinski (5), Brock Nelson (2)
Goal 3rd Period 3:32 Brayden Point Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (2), Victor Hedman (10)

Statistics

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14 Blocked Shots 15
23 Hits 17
4 Takeaways 7
24 Shots 33
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
30 Faceoffs Won 31
49.2 Faceoff Win Percent 50.8
14 Giveaways 11
5 Total Penalties 4
13 Penalty Minutes 11
Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Gavin Brindley, C Out Nov 22
Valeri Nichushkin, RW Out Nov 20
Logan O'Connor, RW Injured Reserve Nov 17
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brayden Point, C Out Nov 28
Erik Cernak, D Injured Reserve Nov 24
Victor Hedman, D Injured Reserve Nov 22
Ryan McDonagh, D Injured Reserve Nov 11

Game Information

Ball Arena

Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 18,071 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 15 7 32 2
Montreal 13 7 29 3
Ottawa 12 8 28 4
Boston 14 12 28 0
Detroit 13 11 27 1
Florida 12 11 25 1
Toronto 10 11 23 3
Buffalo 9 11 22 4

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 17 1 40 6
Dallas 16 5 36 4
Minnesota 14 7 32 4
Utah 12 10 27 3
Chicago 10 9 25 5
Winnipeg 12 11 24 0
St. Louis 8 10 23 7
Nashville 8 12 20 4
Full Standings