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Colorado Avalanche at Nashville Predators

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Josi and Stamkos lead Predators to 5-2 win over Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville Predators: Game Highlights

Colton Sissons and Filip Forsberg also a scored, and Juuse Saros made 28 saves as Nashville snapped a two-game skid.

Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and an assist, and Justus Annunen made 20 saves for Colorado, which has lost three straight.

Makar started the scoring as he connected on a 4-on-3 power play at 2:54 of the second. Nashville has trailed in three of their four wins this season.

Josi’s goal was his first of the season. His 23 goals in 2023-24 led all NHL defensemen.

Takeaways Avalanche: Colorado came in with the NHL’s 25th ranked penalty-kill with a 73.3% success rate. Nashville connected on both of their opportunities with the man-advantage, dropping Colorado’s PK below 70%.

Predators: Sissons’ goal was his first point of the season in 11 games played. The Predators desperately need to find some reliable secondary goal scorers as they aim to climb out of the Central Division and Western Conference basement.

Key moment Sissons’ goal with 1:20 remaining in the middle period sent the Predators into the second intermission with a lead for just the second time this season.

Key stat MacKinnon assisted on Makar’s goal in the second period. Both players have at least one point in each of Colorado’s 12 games this season. The duo has the second-longest streak for a forward-defenseman pair to start a season in NHL history, only trailing Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr of the 1973-74 Boston Bruins, who had points in 15-straight to start that season.

Up Next Avalanche host Seattle on Tuesday, while Predators host Los Angeles on Monday.

Regular Season Series

NSH leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 2:54 Cale Makar Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Casey Mittelstadt (8), Nathan MacKinnon (14)
Goal 2nd Period 8:31 Steven Stamkos Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Roman Josi (6), Ryan O'Reilly (6)
Goal 2nd Period 18:40 Colton Sissons Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Marc Del Gaizo (1), Zachary L'Heureux (2)
Goal 3rd Period 5:15 Roman Josi Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Steven Stamkos (3), Jonathan Marchessault (5)
Goal 3rd Period 17:43 Nathan MacKinnon Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Devon Toews (2), Cale Makar (16)
Goal 3rd Period 18:46 Filip Forsberg Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Gustav Nyquist (3)
Goal 3rd Period 19:19 Gustav Nyquist Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

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15 Blocked Shots 25
26 Hits 23
11 Takeaways 4
31 Shots 26
1 Power Play Goals 2
4 Power Play Opportunities 2
25.0 Power Play Percentage 100.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 32
49.2 Faceoff Win Percent 50.8
23 Giveaways 16
3 Total Penalties 4
6 Penalty Minutes 8

Game Information

Bridgestone Arena

Location: Nashville, TN
Attendance: 17,213 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 16 3 32 0
Minnesota 12 3 27 3
Dallas 12 6 24 0
Colorado 10 9 20 0
Utah 7 8 17 3
St. Louis 8 11 17 1
Nashville 6 11 15 3
Chicago 6 12 13 1
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