Colorado Avalanche at Florida Panthers

Sun, Jan 4, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

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Final

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 2–1 on Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. Daniil Tarasov made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	0	0	1	28
FLA	1	1	0	2	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:27	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (14) · backhand	Unassisted	0–1
1st	11:51	COL	EV	Artturi Lehkonen (15) · tip-in	Josh Manson (13), Brock Nelson (15)	1–1
2nd	18:12	FLA	EV	Aaron Ekblad (3) · slap	Unassisted	1–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:04	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	interference	2
1st	15:44	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	roughing	2
1st	18:49	COL	Josh Manson	interference	2
2nd	03:22	FLA	Mackie Samoskevich	holding	2
2nd	08:48	FLA	Jeff Petry	high sticking	2
2nd	13:52	FLA	Evan Rodrigues	cross checking	2
3rd	06:46	COL	Samuel Girard	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 2.98 · FLA 2.51 · xG% COL 54.4

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	51.7	25:15	27
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:34	24
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1		16:22	24
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		29:07	27
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		23:28	26
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	50.0	23:12	22
88	Martin Necas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		22:26	20
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:57	25
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		20:05	26
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		14:23	21
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	75.0	13:34	21
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	25.0	12:49	20
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:34	21
20	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:13	18
28	Ilya Solovyov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		9:40	15
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100.0	9:31	13
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		6:40	10
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	50.0	5:58	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	L	25	23	2	.920	57:12

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	1	1	+1	0	2	3	0		26:57	30
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	1	+1	0	3	3	2	35.0	19:25	23
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		24:51	27
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		23:29	26
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		21:11	29
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	61.9	19:41	25
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	23.1	19:32	25
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		19:09	26
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		18:58	25
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		17:05	23
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		13:43	17
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		13:42	19
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	2	6	0	0		13:24	19
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		12:25	18
6	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		11:23	15
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	60.0	6:18	10
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	6:14	11
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:33	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00