Ottawa Senators 2, Colorado Avalanche 8: final score and stats
Colorado Avalanche beat Ottawa Senators, Ottawa Senators 2 to Colorado Avalanche 8, on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Ottawa Senators.
NHLThursday, January 8, 2026
DateJan 8, 2026
Start time9:00 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVESPN+
Attendance18,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Senators | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Ottawa SenatorsColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
20-18-5Record32-4-7
4th in Atlantic DivisionStanding3rd in Central Division
5-5Road record / home record7-3
LWWLWLast 5WWLLW
L1StreakW2
Team stats
Ottawa SenatorsColorado 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.
Ottawa Senators
Nick Cousins C · Upper Body
OutAndre Burakovsky LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWarren Foegele LW · Knee
Injured ReserveWilliam Eklund LW · Ankle
Injured ReserveLinus Ullmark G · Lower Body
Day-To-DayColorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Ottawa Senators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Amadio | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:54 | 0:03 | 1:34 | 12:17 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Drake Batherson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:15 | 3:08 | 0:00 | 12:07 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Cousins | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 10:44 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 14:02 | 2:31 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:26 | 2:18 | 4:53 | 10:15 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly Greig | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:30 | 1:42 | 3:12 | 11:36 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| David Perron | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:41 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Pinto | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:10 | 3:00 | 2:23 | 12:47 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tim Stutzle | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:07 | 3:13 | 3:25 | 10:29 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 15:04 | 3:25 | 1:48 | 9:51 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 12:46 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 11:54 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 19:47 | 2:10 | 0:27 | 17:10 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Kleven | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19:01 | 0:00 | 3:55 | 15:06 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:40 | 0:00 | 3:34 | 16:06 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Sanderson | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 20:29 | 3:46 | 4:56 | 11:47 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Spence | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:20 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 16:55 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18:30 | 0:00 | 4:54 | 13:36 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leevi Merilainen | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .833 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 42:35 | 0 | 0 |
| Mads Sogaard | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .688 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17:25 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 11:18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Brindley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 4:05 | 0:00 | 9:48 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Colton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:14 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 11:05 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:16 | 0:09 | 3:13 | 12:54 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Ivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:37 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 | 0:08 | 2:30 | 14:28 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:14 | 4:44 | 1:42 | 10:48 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | 4:41 | 0:00 | 12:33 | 19 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:33 | 4:44 | 0:00 | 13:49 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:09 | 4:20 | 2:09 | 9:40 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 | 3:55 | 1:21 | 9:47 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | 4:07 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:23 | 1:47 | 2:56 | 15:40 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 | 0:16 | 1:14 | 16:39 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Cale Makar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 | 4:52 | 1:39 | 13:19 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 13:51 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19:25 | 2:25 | 2:15 | 14:45 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Ilya Solovyov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 | 0:03 | 1:03 | 16:43 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewood | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .935 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche?
Colorado Avalanche won, 8-2, on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
What was the final score of Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche?
Ottawa Senators 2, Colorado Avalanche 8.
Who were the top performers?
Ottawa Senators: Brady Tkachuk (1 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Josh Manson (2 goals).
Where is Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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