Game

Devils at Avalanche

Avalanche 8, Devils 4 · first star Victor Olofsson (3 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

New Jersey Devils 4 at Colorado Avalanche 8

Devils NJD

4 FINAL 8

Avalanche COL

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 · 9:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	0	4	0	4	30
Avalanche	2	4	2	8	42

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 30, COL 42.

NJD in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 30 shots on goal (4 goals, 16 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 42 shots on goal (8 goals, 12 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	16	0	32	12	2	19
2nd	11	4	15	17	4	27
3rd	3	0	16	13	2	20
Total	30	4	63	42	8	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	24	4	31	4
Power play	6	0	10	4
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 51.2% of the shot attempts, and 48.0% of the 100 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Devils hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Devils at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	37.3	36.8
2nd	64.3	61.1
3rd	55.6	69.2
Game	51.2	54.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

01:24 Martin Necas (7) PP Cale Makar (9), Valeri Nichushkin (3) · snap 0–1
03:49 Zakhar Bardakov (1) Parker Kelly (2), Gavin Brindley (1) · wrist 0–2

2nd period

02:31 Victor Olofsson (1) Jack Ahcan (1), Gabriel Landeskog (3) · wrist 0–3
07:11 Nathan MacKinnon (8) PP Cale Makar (10), Victor Olofsson (6) · slap 0–4
08:39 Parker Kelly (2) Ross Colton (4), Brent Burns (5) · backhand 0–5
10:08 Stefan Noesen (1) Paul Cotter (1) · snap 1–5
11:48 Dougie Hamilton (4) Jack Hughes (5), Luke Hughes (6) · backhand 2–5
13:42 Dawson Mercer (4) Nico Hischier (8), Timo Meier (6) · wrist 3–5
14:12 Jack Hughes (9) Jesper Bratt (8) · snap 4–5
15:24 Nathan MacKinnon (9) PP Cale Makar (11), Victor Olofsson (7) · slap 4–6

3rd period

03:10 Victor Olofsson (2) PP Nathan MacKinnon (8), Cale Makar (12) · wrist 4–7
17:38 Victor Olofsson (3) Jack Drury (2) · wrist 4–8

Three stars

Victor Olofsson COL · L #95 · 3 G, 2 A
Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 1 A
Cale Makar COL · D #8 · 0 G, 4 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	00:18	NJD	Jacob Markstrom	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	10:33	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	interference	2	Ross Colton
1st	14:11	COL	Martin Necas	hooking	2	Jesper Bratt
2nd	06:02	NJD	Stefan Noesen	cross checking	2	Gavin Brindley
2nd	06:13	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	tripping	2	Nathan MacKinnon
2nd	14:54	NJD	Timo Meier	tripping	2	Zakhar Bardakov
2nd	19:01	COL	Josh Manson	slashing	2	Simon Nemec
3rd	02:33	NJD	Luke Glendening	slashing	2	Valeri Nichushkin

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Hughes #86	C	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	41.7	17:41
Dawson Mercer #91	C	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	50.0	15:24
Stefan Noesen #11	R	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	2	100.0	12:29
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	1	0	1	+3	2	0	0	2	0.0	19:37
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	1	1	+1	5	4	0	0	41.4	19:15
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	15:00
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	1	1	-1	0	6	0	0	100.0	13:40
Timo Meier #28	R	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	100.0	14:41
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	1	1	+3	1	1	3	0	0.0	20:55
Juho Lammikko #83	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	77.8	11:08
Luke Glendening #14	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	38.5	13:37
Ondrej Palat #18	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	11:13
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:35
Connor Brown #16	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33.3	16:26
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0.0	19:54
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	0.0	19:12
Seamus Casey #24	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:54
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	19:09

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	L	42	34	8	.810	27/31	6/10	59:48

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Victor Olofsson #95	L	3	2	5	-1	7	0	0	0	0.0	14:31
Cale Makar #8	D	0	4	4	0	4	1	1	0	0.0	25:13
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	1	3	-1	5	2	0	0	52.6	19:56
Parker Kelly #17	C	1	1	2	+2	3	2	3	0	0.0	13:02
Martin Necas #88	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	2	100.0	19:53
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	46.2	08:38
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	11:16
Jack Drury #18	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	2	0	33.3	14:59
Ross Colton #20	C	0	1	1	+1	3	2	1	0	0.0	13:23
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	0	50.0	12:50
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	20:00
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:33
Jack Ahcan #15	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	13:19
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	63.6	17:32
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0.0	16:22
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:29
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	0.0	16:47
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:38

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	W	30	26	4	.867	20/24	6/6	59:39

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.