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Colorado Avalanche at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3 on Thursday, April 3, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Colorado Avalanche 7 49-29-4
at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 40-33-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 2 3 2 7
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 2 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 10 14 8 32
Columbus Blue Jackets 12 9 9 30

Three stars

  1. C. Makar, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. N. MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. C. Coyle, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:25 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (31) Artturi Lehkonen (17), Devon Toews (32) Even strength COL 1, CBJ 0
1st 06:35 Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Monahan (17) Dante Fabbro (16), Dmitri Voronkov (23) Even strength COL 1, CBJ 1
1st 18:05 Colorado Avalanche Brock Nelson (24) Cale Makar (59), Devon Toews (33) Even strength COL 2, CBJ 1
2nd 04:16 Columbus Blue Jackets Zachary Aston-Reese (5) Unassisted Even strength COL 2, CBJ 2
2nd 07:56 Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner (6) Jack Johnson (6), Kent Johnson (28) Even strength COL 2, CBJ 3
2nd 12:39 Colorado Avalanche Charlie Coyle (16) Miles Wood (3), Erik Johnson (3) Even strength COL 3, CBJ 3
2nd 14:02 Colorado Avalanche Parker Kelly (8) Jack Drury (9) Even strength COL 4, CBJ 3
2nd 19:22 Colorado Avalanche Cale Makar (30) Nathan MacKinnon (82), Charlie Coyle (10) Power play COL 5, CBJ 3
3rd 04:01 Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews (9) Cale Makar (60), Nathan MacKinnon (83) Even strength COL 6, CBJ 3
3rd 05:49 Colorado Avalanche Miles Wood (3) Charlie Coyle (11) Even strength COL 7, CBJ 3

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

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 32 30
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 15 22
Blocked shots 20 9
Giveaways 18 11
Takeaways 3 4
Faceoffs won 40/81 (49.4%) 41/81 (50.6%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
10 C. Coyle C 1 2 3 +2 0 2 1 1 0 36.4% 14:55
11 B. Nelson C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 55% 17:22
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 19:13
17 P. Kelly C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 1 4 0 50% 14:43
18 J. Drury C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 53.3% 12:29
20 R. Colton C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 15:00
25 L. O'Connor R 0 0 0 +2 2 0 0 1 0 13:19
26 J. Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 0 13:04
28 M. Wood L 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 11:33
29 N. MacKinnon C 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 52.4% 17:31
62 A. Lehkonen L 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 15:59
94 J. Kiviranta L 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 1 0 100% 11:35
6 E. Johnson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 2 0 18:23
7 D. Toews D 1 2 3 +3 0 1 0 1 0 21:18
8 C. Makar D 1 2 3 +3 0 3 0 2 1 21:33
55 R. Lindgren D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 2 0 22:45
67 K. Middleton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15:02
70 S. Malinski D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18:30
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
39 M. Blackwood 30 27 3 .900 60:00 Win

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
4 C. Sillinger C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 12:26
7 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 63.6% 12:31
10 D. Voronkov L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 1 0 15:42
11 L. Kunin C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 0 0 12:41
17 J. Danforth R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 71.4% 10:58
19 A. Fantilli C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 38.5% 18:14
23 S. Monahan C 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 1 0 55.6% 18:16
24 M. Olivier R 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 10:22
27 Z. Aston-Reese L 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 0 0 10:27
38 B. Jenner C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 14.3% 21:32
86 K. Marchenko R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 18:21
91 K. Johnson C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 20:03
3 J. Johnson D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 13:31
5 D. Mateychuk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 2 0 16:46
8 Z. Werenski D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 27:01
9 I. Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 22:23
15 D. Fabbro D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:58
44 E. Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 16:35
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
40 D. Tarasov 4 4 0 1.000 14:11
90 E. Merzlikins 28 21 7 .750 45:49 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:50 Columbus Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier Tripping 2
2nd 01:27 Colorado Avalanche Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 14:52 Colorado Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen Slashing 2
2nd 18:09 Columbus Blue Jackets Zachary Aston-Reese Slashing 2
3rd 17:45 Colorado Avalanche Logan O'Connor High sticking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Jean Hebert, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Tyson Baker
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Josh Manson, Jonathan Drouin, Samuel Girard, Martin Necas, Kevin Mandolese
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
James van Riemsdyk, Damon Severson, Christian Fischer, Jordan Harris, Jake Christiansen, Egor Chinakhov, Jack Williams

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 6 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 7 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 3

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at St. Louis Blues 5 Final/OT Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at Dallas Stars 5 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Utah Hockey Club 2 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 0 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 3 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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