Nashville Predators 7, Colorado Avalanche 3: final score and stats
Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators 7 to Colorado Avalanche 3, on Friday, January 16, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators.
NHLFriday, January 16, 2026
DateJan 16, 2026
Start time9:00 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVESPN+
Attendance18,143
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
23-20-4Record33-5-8
2nd in Central DivisionStanding3rd in Central Division
4-4Road record / home record7-3
WWWWWLast 5WWLLW
W6StreakW2
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsColorado Avalanche
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Nashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
OutColorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bunting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18:11 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 16:53 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:35 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 17:17 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyson Jost | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 11:12 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 10:39 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19:44 | 1:18 | 1:10 | 17:16 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Schaefer | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 11:04 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 10:34 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 12:13 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 11:20 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 | 1:18 | 0:07 | 15:30 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 11:28 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:11 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Blankenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:18 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 12:35 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:08 | 0:00 | 1:29 | 20:39 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:16 | 1:18 | 1:28 | 23:30 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 18:22 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:58 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 21:26 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 40 | .930 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zakhar Bardakov | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:24 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 9:31 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gavin Brindley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 9:59 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Colton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 12:28 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 0:59 | 0:59 | 12:37 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Ivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 8:45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 16:52 | 0:57 | 1:01 | 14:54 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18:30 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 17:23 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:37 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 19:53 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 30.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 3 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 20:07 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 18:33 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 16:13 | 1:07 | 0:17 | 14:49 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 35.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 15:18 | 0:45 | 0:19 | 14:14 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 11:34 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:53 | 0:36 | 0:39 | 17:38 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 20:04 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 19:10 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 23:26 | 1:35 | 0:41 | 21:10 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:33 | 1:11 | 0:39 | 20:43 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:11 | 0:56 | 0:37 | 19:38 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Solovyov | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 11:35 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Blackwood | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .821 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 59:31 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
Jan 16, 2026NSH 7, COL 3
Dec 13, 2025NSH 2, COL 4
Dec 9, 2025COL 3, NSH 4
Nov 22, 2025COL 3, NSH 0
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche?
Nashville Predators won, 7-3, on Friday, January 16, 2026.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche?
Nashville Predators 7, Colorado Avalanche 3.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Ryan O'Reilly (3 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Brock Nelson (2 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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