Colorado Avalanche at Columbus Blue Jackets

Thu, Oct 16, 2025 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

4 – 1

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 on Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	0	3	1	4	36
CBJ	0	1	0	1	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:36	CBJ	EV	Ivan Provorov (1) · wrist	Kirill Marchenko (1)	0–1
2nd	10:34	COL	EV	Cale Makar (2) · wrist	Martin Necas (6), Artturi Lehkonen (2)	1–1
2nd	11:46	COL	EV	Brock Nelson (1) · tip-in	Brent Burns (3), Josh Manson (1)	2–1
2nd	19:56	COL	EV	Valeri Nichushkin (1) · tip-in	Sam Malinski (2), Victor Olofsson (3)	3–1
3rd	18:07	COL	SH EN	Valeri Nichushkin (2) · wrist	Gabriel Landeskog (1), Cale Makar (5)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:32	COL	Brent Burns	hooking	2
3rd	03:20	COL	Martin Necas	hooking	2
3rd	07:47	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 5.36 · CBJ 2.46 · xG% COL 68.5

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Cale Makar	D	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	1		23:19	26
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	2	0	2	+2	0	4	1	0		17:21	21
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	2		20:54	25
88	Martin Necas	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1		19:51	22
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3		19:29	25
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2		18:03	22
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	1	47.1	16:46	20
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	0		16:39	18
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	100.0	16:07	17
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0		12:57	18
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		23:49	28
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	3	52.9	18:24	22
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	70.0	14:33	20
28	Ilya Solovyov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:41	16
20	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0		12:09	17
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	57.1	11:09	17
94	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		10:29	15
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		10:20	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	23	22	1	.957	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Ivan Provorov	D	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	1		24:56	24
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		18:30	22
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3		26:25	26
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		21:12	22
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4		21:00	22
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	0	62.5	19:45	20
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	65.0	18:04	22
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2		17:12	19
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		17:08	19
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	33.3	17:02	16
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	12.5	16:13	19
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		15:53	17
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0		15:47	20
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		13:17	15
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	33.3	11:40	15
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		9:00	12
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		8:48	13
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:38	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	L	35	32	3	.914	58:30