Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-01-06

NHL · Jan 6, 2026

Colorado Avalanche31-4-7

2–4

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning26-13-3

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The Lightning beat the Avalanche 4–2 at Benchmark International Arena. N. Kucherov took first star with 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	0	2	0	2	33
Lightning	1	1	2	4	28

★ Three Stars

1N. KucherovTBL · 0G 2A

2B. HagelTBL · 1G 1A

3Z. GirgensonsTBL · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

19:48

Jake Guentzel (Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh)PP

0-1

2nd Period

03:22

Parker Kelly (Zakhar Bardakov, Ilya Solovyov)

1-1

09:31

Brock Nelson (Cale Makar)

2-1

17:22

Zemgus Girgensons (Yanni Gourde, Pontus Holmberg)

2-2

3rd Period

08:31

Brandon Hagel (Max Crozier, Nikita Kucherov)

2-3

18:35

Anthony Cirelli (Brandon Hagel, Darren Raddysh)EN

2-4

Boxscore

Avalanche2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Parker KellyC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	11:20
Brock NelsonC	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	1	22:14
Zakhar BardakovC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	1	1	7:23
Cale MakarD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	5	26:04
Ilya SolovyovD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	12:53
Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	18:55
Nathan MacKinnonC	0	0	0	-2	0	5	3	0	22:37
Martin NecasC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	4	0	21:54
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	18:19
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	18:51
Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19:02
Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	18:42
Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	19:30
Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	12:34
Jack DruryC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	15:54
Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:54
Taylor MakarL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	5:29
Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	14:49

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Scott WedgewoodStart	27	24	3	.889	58:02
Trent Miner	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Brandon HagelL	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1	17:39
Nikita KucherovR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	16:20
Darren RaddyshD	0	2	2	+2	2	4	1	0	24:39
Anthony CirelliC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	14:05
Zemgus GirgensonsC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	14:40
Jake GuentzelC	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1	18:38
Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	3	16:15
Pontus HolmbergR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	14:27
Max CrozierD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	15:33
Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:47
Dominic JamesC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	12:08
Nick PaulL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	1	12:12
Brayden PointC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	16:50
Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	20:18
Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	5	21:10
J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2	24:06
Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	13:43
Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	11:30

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Andrei VasilevskiyStart	33	31	2	.939	60:00
Jonas Johansson	0	0	0	-	0:00