St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 · Ball Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

St. Louis Blues

1 – 6

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 6–1 on Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at Ball Arena. Valeri Nichushkin scored a hat trick; Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Mackenzie Blackwood made 12 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 13–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	0	1	1	13
COL	4	1	1	6	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:00	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (9) · wrist	Artturi Lehkonen (18), Brock Nelson (14)	0–1
1st	03:13	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (33) · wrist	Josh Manson (11), Devon Toews (12)	0–2
1st	03:26	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (10) · snap	Josh Manson (12), Brent Burns (15)	0–3
1st	04:39	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (34) · slap	Martin Necas (32), Gabriel Landeskog (15)	0–4
2nd	09:41	COL	PP	Brock Nelson (16) · slap	Cale Makar (33), Nathan MacKinnon (35)	0–5
3rd	14:32	STL	EV	Dalibor Dvorsky (6) · snap	Matthew Kessel (1)	1–5
3rd	16:06	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (11) · wrist	Sam Malinski (19), Nathan MacKinnon (36)	1–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	08:16	STL	Jake Neighbours	tripping	2
2nd	11:07	COL	Josh Manson	tripping	2
2nd	14:50	COL	Parker Kelly	high sticking	2
2nd	15:32	STL	Justin Faulk	interference	2
2nd	19:51	STL	Jake Neighbours	tripping	2
3rd	06:52	COL	Zakhar Bardakov	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: STL 1.42 · COL 3.17 · xG% STL 30.9

St. Louis Blues

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
51	Matthew Kessel	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3		16:03	22
54	Dalibor Dvorsky	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	55.6	15:49	19
6	Philip Broberg	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1		22:09	29
72	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		21:53	30
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	2		20:18	28
17	Cam Fowler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		19:29	29
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	50.0	17:56	23
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		16:47	22
75	Tyler Tucker	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		15:57	21
21	Jimmy Snuggerud	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	3		15:30	21
10	Brayden Schenn	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	0	41.2	15:22	22
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	42.9	14:41	22
29	Jonatan Berggren	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:21	18
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	14:09	19
13	Alexey Toropchenko	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		14:00	20
63	Jake Neighbours	L	0	0	0	-3	4	0	1	3		13:51	21
28	Otto Stenberg	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	3	40.0	13:33	20
9	Robby Fabbri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		13:08	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Jordan Binnington	L	43	37	6	.860	59:39

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	2	4	+3	0	7	0	0	70.0	17:12	21
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	3	0	3	+3	0	6	1	1		17:05	24
42	Josh Manson	D	0	2	2	+2	2	3	0	1		17:59	24
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	64.3	16:48	24
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		20:59	23
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1		19:47	23
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0		19:33	24
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		18:06	24
88	Martin Necas	C	0	1	1	+2	0	5	0	0		17:11	18
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0		14:44	18
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	72.7	14:08	19
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		20:26	24
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	38.5	16:39	19
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	13:58	19
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1		13:27	15
20	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		12:54	18
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	11:50	14
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:39	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	W	13	12	1	.923	59:35