Game

Avalanche at Islanders

Islanders 6, Avalanche 3 · first star Mathew Barzal (1 G, 2 A).

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

Colorado Avalanche 3 at New York Islanders 6

Avalanche COL

3 FINAL 6

Islanders NYI

Thursday, December 4, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · UBS Arena, Elmont

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	0	2	1	3	38
Islanders	2	3	1	6	42

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Islanders attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: COL 38, NYI 42.

COL in red NYI in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 38 shots on goal (3 goals, 15 missed, 21 blocked) attacking left; Islanders 42 shots on goal (6 goals, 10 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	NYI SOG	NYI G	NYI ATT
1st	19	0	27	16	2	22
2nd	7	2	13	16	3	30
3rd	12	1	34	10	1	13
Total	38	3	74	42	6	65

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	NYI SOG	NYI G
Even strength	35	3	31	5
Power play	3	0	9	1
Short-handed	0	0	2	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 53.2% of the shot attempts, and 55.9% of the 111 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 Islanders and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Avalanche hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Avalanche at Islanders
Period	NYI CF%	NYI FF%
1st	44.9	46.5
2nd	69.8	67.7
3rd	27.7	35.5
Game	46.8	49.5

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

Scoring summary

1st period

05:56 Kyle MacLean (1) Ryan Pulock (12), Marc Gatcomb (1) · snap 0–1
18:20 Anders Lee (6) Mathew Barzal (12) · snap 0–2

2nd period

06:58 Bo Horvat (17) Matthew Schaefer (12), Ryan Pulock (13) · snap 0–3
07:59 Adam Pelech (1) Mathew Barzal (13), Anders Lee (9) · snap 0–4
08:39 Valeri Nichushkin (6) Sam Malinski (12), Brock Nelson (9) · deflected 1–4
10:04 Martin Necas (14) Victor Olofsson (11), Brent Burns (10) · wrist 2–4
18:46 Mathew Barzal (8) PP Max Shabanov (6), Bo Horvat (12) · backhand 2–5

3rd period

01:27 Artturi Lehkonen (10) Cale Makar (24), Martin Necas (21) · slap 3–5
18:45 Casey Cizikas (2) EN Unassisted · snap 3–6

Three stars

Mathew Barzal NYI · C #13 · 1 G, 2 A
Anders Lee NYI · L #27 · 1 G, 1 A
Bo Horvat NYI · C #14 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	05:56	COL	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
1st	12:35	COL	Martin Necas	holding	2	Matthew Schaefer
2nd	01:16	COL	Artturi Lehkonen	cross checking	2	Matthew Schaefer
2nd	01:47	NYI	Mathew Barzal	tripping	2	Parker Kelly
2nd	18:12	COL	Cale Makar	tripping	2	Max Shabanov
3rd	08:11	NYI	Matthew Schaefer	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	16:42	NYI	Scott Mayfield	tripping	2	Martin Necas
3rd	20:00	COL	Josh Manson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Scott Mayfield

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Martin Necas #88	C	1	1	2	0	3	4	1	2	0.0	20:04
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	2	0.0	19:31
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	1	0	1	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	16:23
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	-2	1	0	2	0	71.4	18:42
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:49
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	18:25
Cale Makar #8	D	0	1	1	-2	2	1	2	2	0.0	23:09
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	16:53
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61.5	15:09
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	20.0	22:10
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	100.0	13:07
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	0.0	12:34
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50.0	04:34
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	83.3	16:06
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	100.0	08:56
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	21:17
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	2	0.0	18:02
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	17:58

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	L	41	36	5	.878	26/30	8/9	57:37

New York Islanders

Islanders skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mathew Barzal #13	C	1	2	3	+1	4	2	0	2	30.8	20:40
Bo Horvat #14	C	1	1	2	0	6	0	4	0	54.2	19:29
Anders Lee #27	L	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	100.0	17:40
Ryan Pulock #6	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	5	0	0.0	24:27
Casey Cizikas #53	C	1	0	1	+2	1	3	0	0	37.5	11:20
Kyle MacLean #32	C	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	12:05
Adam Pelech #3	D	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	22:20
Marc Gatcomb #16	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0.0	09:32
Max Shabanov #49	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	16:19
Matthew Schaefer #48	D	0	1	1	+2	3	0	2	2	0.0	25:41
Calum Ritchie #64	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	42.9	12:16
Anthony Duclair #11	L	0	0	0	-1	8	0	1	0	0.0	13:36
Emil Heineman #51	L	0	0	0	+1	3	3	1	0	0.0	15:03
Maxim Tsyplakov #7	R	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:54
Simon Holmstrom #10	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:25
Scott Mayfield #24	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	15:10
Tony DeAngelo #77	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	17:51
Travis Mitchell #38	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0.0	10:12

Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ilya Sorokin #30	W	38	35	3	.921	32/35	3/3	60:00

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.