Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Colorado Avalanche 6: final score and stats
Colorado Avalanche beat Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 to Colorado Avalanche 6, on Friday, October 23, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLFriday, October 23, 2026
DateOct 23, 2026
Start time9:00 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVESPN+
Attendance18,104
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-3-0Record6-4-1
3rd in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
3-6Road record / home record7-3
LWWWLLast 5WLLWW
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningColorado 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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveColorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:19 | 2:44 | 2:21 | 12:14 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 59.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 10:55 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 10:40 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:59 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:12 | 8:37 | 0:00 | 13:35 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Hagel | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:33 | 5:39 | 1:59 | 12:55 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 11:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:59 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 10:59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:43 | 7:49 | 0:05 | 12:49 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 13:52 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 11:16 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 | 8:08 | 0:05 | 12:37 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:15 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 14:36 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 16:44 | 0:14 | 3:05 | 13:25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Crozier | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:17 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 16:16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21:06 | 8:20 | 0:06 | 12:40 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Hedman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5:56 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 5:15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:27 | 0:11 | 3:03 | 14:13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:15 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 13:40 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .783 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 59:52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.J. Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 9:33 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazem Kadri | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:03 | 3:35 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 | 0:00 | 3:52 | 10:25 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 | 1:05 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 | 1:06 | 4:51 | 12:59 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:10 | 3:38 | 0:00 | 14:32 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Makar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Martin Necas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:32 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 14:28 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:22 | 1:06 | 6:36 | 10:40 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:47 | 0:00 | 4:11 | 10:36 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jaden Schwartz | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:07 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 10:28 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 10:51 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 18:15 | 0:00 | 4:30 | 13:45 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:06 | 0:00 | 1:57 | 19:09 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:07 | 4:34 | 4:46 | 11:47 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:05 | 0:02 | 0:58 | 18:05 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Manson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 | 0:00 | 4:38 | 13:43 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:39 | 0:09 | 3:36 | 13:54 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Blackwood | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .912 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
COL leads series 1-0
Feb 13, 2027COL 0, TB 0
Oct 23, 2026TB 3, COL 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Colorado Avalanche?
Colorado Avalanche won, 6-3, on Friday, October 23, 2026.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Colorado Avalanche?
Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Colorado Avalanche 6.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (2 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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