Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning
· Benchmark International Arena, Tampa · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–2 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Colorado Avalanche |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Colorado Avalanche |
7 |
13 |
13 |
33 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning |
12 |
10 |
6 |
28 |
Three stars
- N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)
- B. Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
- Z. Girgensons, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
19:48 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Jake Guentzel (19) |
Nikita Kucherov (40), Darren Raddysh (23) |
Power play |
COL 0, TBL 1 |
| 2nd |
03:22 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Parker Kelly (8) |
Zakhar Bardakov (5), Ilya Solovyov (1) |
Even strength |
COL 1, TBL 1 |
| 2nd |
09:31 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Brock Nelson (19) |
Cale Makar (36) |
Even strength |
COL 2, TBL 1 |
| 2nd |
17:22 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Zemgus Girgensons (6) |
Yanni Gourde (9), Pontus Holmberg (7) |
Even strength |
COL 2, TBL 2 |
| 3rd |
08:31 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Brandon Hagel (20) |
Max Crozier (9), Nikita Kucherov (41) |
Even strength |
COL 2, TBL 3 |
| 3rd |
18:35 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Anthony Cirelli (12) |
Brandon Hagel (18), Darren Raddysh (24) |
Even strength, Empty net |
COL 2, TBL 4 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning
| Stat |
Colorado Avalanche |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Shots on goal |
33 |
28 |
| Power play |
0 of 2 |
1 of 2 |
| Penalty minutes |
6 |
18 |
| Hits |
20 |
21 |
| Blocked shots |
19 |
16 |
| Giveaways |
19 |
12 |
| Takeaways |
4 |
5 |
| Faceoffs won |
38/55 (69.1%) |
17/55 (30.9%) |
Box score
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 11 B. Nelson |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
76.2% |
22:14 |
| Number 13 V. Nichushkin |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
19:30 |
| Number 16 T. Makar |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
05:29 |
| Number 17 P. Kelly |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
100% |
11:20 |
| Number 18 J. Drury |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
50% |
15:54 |
| Number 20 R. Colton |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
12:34 |
| Number 29 N. MacKinnon |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
22:37 |
| Number 54 G. Brindley |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:49 |
| Number 62 A. Lehkonen |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
18:55 |
| Number 88 M. Necas |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
21:54 |
| Number 93 Z. Bardakov |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
07:23 |
| Number 95 V. Olofsson |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:54 |
| Number 8 C. Makar |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
26:04 |
| Number 28 I. Solovyov |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
12:53 |
| Number 42 J. Manson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
|
19:02 |
| Number 49 S. Girard |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
18:42 |
| Number 70 S. Malinski |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
18:51 |
| Number 84 B. Burns |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
18:19 |
Colorado Avalanche goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 41 S. Wedgewood |
27 |
24 |
3 |
.889 |
58:02 |
Loss |
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 17 D. James |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
20% |
12:08 |
| Number 20 N. Paul |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
33.3% |
12:12 |
| Number 21 B. Point |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
35.7% |
16:50 |
| Number 22 O. Bjorkstrand |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:43 |
| Number 28 Z. Girgensons |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
14:40 |
| Number 29 P. Holmberg |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
14:27 |
| Number 37 Y. Gourde |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
21.4% |
16:15 |
| Number 38 B. Hagel |
L |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
17:39 |
| Number 59 J. Guentzel |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
66.7% |
18:38 |
| Number 71 A. Cirelli |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27.3% |
14:05 |
| Number 86 N. Kucherov |
R |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:20 |
| Number 93 G. Goncalves |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:47 |
| Number 24 M. Crozier |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
15:33 |
| Number 43 D. Raddysh |
D |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
24:39 |
| Number 51 C. D'Astous |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
21:10 |
| Number 67 D. Carlile |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:30 |
| Number 81 E. Cernak |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
20:18 |
| Number 90 J. Moser |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
24:06 |
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy |
33 |
31 |
2 |
.939 |
60:00 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
03:58 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Darren Raddysh |
Holding |
2 |
| 1st |
18:14 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Brent Burns |
Tripping |
2 |
| 2nd |
07:28 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Zakhar Bardakov |
Slashing |
2 |
| 3rd |
01:19 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Charle-Edouard D'Astous |
Holding |
2 |
| 3rd |
20:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Nick Paul |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
20:00 |
Colorado Avalanche |
Martin Necas |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
20:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Charle-Edouard D'Astous |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
20:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
Charle-Edouard D'Astous |
Misconduct (misconduct) |
10 |
Game information
- Colorado Avalanche head coach
- Jared Bednar
- Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
- Jon Cooper
- Referees
- Thomas John Luxmore, Pierre Lambert
- Linesmen
- Ben O'Quinn, Mark Shewchyk
- Colorado Avalanche scratches
- Gabriel Landeskog, Devon Toews, Joel Kiviranta
- Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
- Curtis Douglas, Simon Lundmark, Jack Finley
Other NHL games on Jan 6
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| Matchup |
Status |
Details |
 Vancouver Canucks
3
 at Buffalo Sabres
5
|
Final
|
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|
 Anaheim Ducks
2
 at Philadelphia Flyers
5
|
Final
|
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|
 Dallas Stars
3
 at Carolina Hurricanes
6
|
Final
|
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|
 New Jersey Devils
0
 at New York Islanders
9
|
Final
|
Game page: New Jersey Devils at New York Islanders, Tue, Jan 6, 2026
|
 Florida Panthers
1
 at Toronto Maple Leafs
4
|
Final
|
Game page: Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Jan 6, 2026
|
 Vegas Golden Knights
4
 at Winnipeg Jets
3
|
Final/OT
|
Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets, Tue, Jan 6, 2026
|
 Nashville Predators
2
 at Edmonton Oilers
6
|
Final
|
Game page: Nashville Predators at Edmonton Oilers, Tue, Jan 6, 2026
|
 Columbus Blue Jackets
2
 at San Jose Sharks
5
|
Final
|
Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Jan 6, 2026
|
 Boston Bruins
4
 at Seattle Kraken
7
|
Final
|
Game page: Boston Bruins at Seattle Kraken, Tue, Jan 6, 2026
|
Sources and further reading
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