Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–0 on Thursday, December 22, 2016 on the road.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 6 40-27-15
at Colorado Avalanche 0 22-56-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 2 1 6
Colorado Avalanche 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 13 10 8 31
Colorado Avalanche 13 15 10 38

Three stars

  1. F. Andersen, Toronto Maple Leafs (goaltender)
  2. N. Kadri, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal)
  3. J. van Riemsdyk, Toronto Maple Leafs (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:13 Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews (16) Nikita Zaitsev (12) Even strength TOR 1, COL 0
1st 11:49 Toronto Maple Leafs Connor Brown (5) William Nylander (15), Jake Gardiner (9) Power play TOR 2, COL 0
1st 18:20 Toronto Maple Leafs Roman Polak (2) James van Riemsdyk (11), Mitch Marner (16) Even strength TOR 3, COL 0
2nd 06:05 Toronto Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk (13) Unassisted Even strength TOR 4, COL 0
2nd 08:42 Toronto Maple Leafs Frederik Gauthier (1) Mitch Marner (17), Jake Gardiner (10) Even strength TOR 5, COL 0
3rd 13:00 Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri (12) Mitch Marner (18), Nikita Zaitsev (13) Power play TOR 6, COL 0

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche
Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal 31 38
Power play 2 of 5 0 of 6
Penalty minutes 24 22
Hits 11 29
Blocked shots 13 12
Giveaways 7 4
Takeaways 8 10
Faceoffs won 25/63 (39.7%) 38/63 (60.3%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 Z. Hyman L 0 0 0 +2 0 3 1 0 0 19:03
Number 12 C. Brown R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 1 19:50
Number 15 M. Martin L 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 0 0 07:11
Number 16 M. Marner R 0 3 3 +2 0 2 0 0 0 17:29
Number 25 J. van Riemsdyk L 1 1 2 +2 2 2 0 0 0 17:17
Number 26 N. Soshnikov R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 10:16
Number 29 W. Nylander R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:25
Number 33 F. Gauthier C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 4 0 58.3% 11:39
Number 34 A. Matthews C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 22.7% 17:22
Number 43 N. Kadri C 1 0 1 +2 2 2 0 0 1 56.3% 16:31
Number 47 L. Komarov R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 15:11
Number 56 B. Froese C 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 37.5% 07:15
Number 2 M. Hunwick D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 3 0 20:10
Number 8 C. Carrick D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 2 0 17:36
Number 22 N. Zaitsev D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 2 1 0 19:59
Number 44 M. Rielly D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 1 0 19:13
Number 46 R. Polak D 1 0 1 +1 2 2 1 1 0 17:20
Number 51 J. Gardiner D 0 2 2 +2 2 4 0 0 0 24:13
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 F. Andersen 38 38 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 J. Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 42.9% 11:02
Number 8 J. Colborne C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 0 0 50% 16:44
Number 9 M. Duchene C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 68.4% 19:26
Number 12 J. Iginla R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 19:05
Number 14 B. Comeau L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 50% 14:53
Number 17 R. Bourque R 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 1 0 15:51
Number 27 A. Martinsen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 100% 08:05
Number 29 N. MacKinnon C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 75% 18:33
Number 34 C. Soderberg C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 28.6% 17:14
Number 55 C. McLeod L 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 03:58
Number 92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 0 0 33.3% 18:45
Number 96 M. Rantanen R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 16:27
Number 4 T. Barrie D 0 0 0 -2 0 8 0 0 0 25:08
Number 16 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 6 3 1 1 0 16:10
Number 18 C. Goloubef D 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 1 0 14:29
Number 28 P. Wiercioch D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 1 0 17:45
Number 32 F. Beauchemin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 20:47
Number 51 F. Tyutin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 17:55
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 S. Varlamov 18 13 5 .722 28:42 Loss
Number 31 C. Pickard 13 12 1 .923 31:18

Penalties

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:48 Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri Holding 2
1st 08:58 Toronto Maple Leafs Roman Polak Interference 2
1st 11:05 Colorado Avalanche Rene Bourque Hooking 2
1st 13:12 Colorado Avalanche Cody McLeod Roughing 2
2nd 02:46 Colorado Avalanche Cody McLeod Fighting (major) 5
2nd 02:46 Toronto Maple Leafs Matt Martin Fighting (major) 5
2nd 03:55 Toronto Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk Tripping 2
2nd 12:41 Toronto Maple Leafs Morgan Rielly Hooking 2
2nd 13:13 Toronto Maple Leafs Bench Abuse of officials (bench minor) 2
2nd 17:45 Colorado Avalanche Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 02:32 Colorado Avalanche Nikita Zadorov Boarding 2
3rd 12:01 Colorado Avalanche Cody Goloubef Fighting (major) 5
3rd 12:01 Toronto Maple Leafs Byron Froese Fighting (major) 5
3rd 12:01 Toronto Maple Leafs Matt Martin Roughing 2
3rd 12:01 Colorado Avalanche Nikita Zadorov Roughing 2
3rd 12:01 Colorado Avalanche Nikita Zadorov Roughing 2
3rd 17:40 Toronto Maple Leafs Jake Gardiner Tripping 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Mike Babcock
Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Referees
Brad Watson, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen
Trent Knorr, Vaughan Rody
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Tyler Bozak, Frank Corrado, Josh Leivo
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Eric Gelinas, Mikhail Grigorenko

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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