Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings

Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

5 – 0

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–0 on Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	2	1	5	21
DET	0	0	0	0	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:44	COL	EV	Brent Burns (9) · snap	Nathan MacKinnon (51), Valeri Nichushkin (19)	1–0
1st	10:03	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (39) · wrist	Artturi Lehkonen (22)	2–0
2nd	01:24	COL	EV	Ross Colton (7) · snap	Brock Nelson (20), Josh Manson (19)	3–0
2nd	13:33	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (40) · slap	Artturi Lehkonen (23)	4–0
3rd	07:35	COL	EV	Parker Kelly (12) · backhand	Joel Kiviranta (5), Jack Drury (11)	5–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:31	COL	Josh Manson	holding	2
1st	15:45	COL	Parker Kelly	tripping	2
2nd	02:40	DET	Erik Gustafsson	tripping	2
2nd	17:13	DET	J.T. Compher	tripping	2
2nd	19:52	COL	Brock Nelson	high sticking	2
2nd	19:52	DET	J.T. Compher	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 3.32 · DET 2.56 · xG% COL 56.5

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	1	3	+3	0	4	0	2	44.4	21:36	23
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0		18:41	23
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0		22:57	25
84	Brent Burns	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0		20:52	27
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	2		19:48	29
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1	53.3	19:38	24
18	Jack Drury	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	52.9	15:38	24
20	Ross Colton	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	33.3	14:56	21
17	Parker Kelly	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		14:20	23
94	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1		13:35	21
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	0		26:30	27
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	+4	0	2	0	4		20:44	27
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		18:56	27
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		12:32	18
67	Keaton Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:55	11
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	8:14	14
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		8:07	13
16	Taylor Makar	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:01	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	W	28	28	0	1.000	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
53	Moritz Seider	D	-2	0	0	2	1		24:26	27
20	Albert Johansson	D	-2	0	1	1	3		21:44	26
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	-1	2	1	1	0		20:06	24
71	Dylan Larkin	C	-2	0	4	0	0	50.0	19:11	25
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	-2	0	2	0	1		17:44	24
18	Andrew Copp	C	-1	0	0	0	1	40.0	17:25	21
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	-1	0	0	0	1		17:25	22
88	Patrick Kane	R	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	17:00	21
8	Ben Chiarot	D	-2	0	2	1	2		16:56	23
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	-1	0	3	1	0	100.0	16:34	21
23	Lucas Raymond	L	-2	0	3	0	0		15:44	22
92	Marco Kasper	C	-2	0	2	0	0	60.0	14:33	21
37	J.T. Compher	L	-2	4	1	1	0	50.0	13:54	20
22	Mason Appleton	C	-2	0	1	1	1		13:46	19
58	Emmitt Finnie	C	-2	0	0	1	1		13:03	19
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	0	0	3	0	1	80.0	12:26	16
21	James van Riemsdyk	L	0	0	2	0	0		11:07	16
85	Elmer Soderblom	L	0	0	1	7	2	100.0	10:56	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	John Gibson	L	17	13	4	.765	40:00
39	Cam Talbot		4	3	1	.750	20:00