Game

Avalanche at Red Wings

Avalanche 5, Red Wings 0 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (2 G, 1 A).

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

Colorado Avalanche 5 at Detroit Red Wings 0

Avalanche COL

5 FINAL 0

Red Wings DET

Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 1:00 PM ET · Little Caesars Arena, Detroit · TV ABC · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	2	2	1	5	21
Red Wings	0	0	0	0	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Red Wings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: COL 21, DET 28.

COL in red DET in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 21 shots on goal (5 goals, 25 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Red Wings 28 shots on goal (0 goals, 15 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	DET SOG	DET ATT
1st	8	2	18	11	21
2nd	9	2	27	9	19
3rd	4	1	16	8	17
Total	21	5	61	28	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	DET SOG
Even strength	16	5	24
Power play	4	0	4
Short-handed	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 51.7% of the shot attempts, and 49.0% of the 96 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 Red Wings 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 Red Wings
Period	DET CF%	DET FF%
1st	53.9	50.0
2nd	41.3	41.7
3rd	51.5	56.5
Game	48.3	48.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

06:44 Brent Burns (9) Nathan MacKinnon (51), Valeri Nichushkin (19) · snap 1–0
10:03 Nathan MacKinnon (39) Artturi Lehkonen (22) · wrist 2–0

2nd period

01:24 Ross Colton (7) Brock Nelson (20), Josh Manson (19) · snap 3–0
13:33 Nathan MacKinnon (40) Artturi Lehkonen (23) · slap 4–0

3rd period

07:35 Parker Kelly (12) Joel Kiviranta (5), Jack Drury (11) · backhand 5–0

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 1 A
Mackenzie Blackwood COL · G #39 · 0 GA, .000 SV%
Brent Burns COL · D #84 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:31	COL	Josh Manson	holding	2	Andrew Copp
1st	15:45	COL	Parker Kelly	tripping	2	J.T. Compher
2nd	02:40	DET	Erik Gustafsson	tripping	2	Parker Kelly
2nd	17:13	DET	J.T. Compher	tripping	2	Parker Kelly
2nd	19:52	COL	Brock Nelson	high sticking	2	J.T. Compher
2nd	19:52	DET	J.T. Compher	roughing	2	Brock Nelson

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	1	3	+3	4	0	2	0	44.4	21:36
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	2	2	+3	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:41
Parker Kelly #17	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	0.0	14:20
Ross Colton #20	C	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	33.3	14:56
Brent Burns #84	D	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:52
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	53.3	19:38
Jack Drury #18	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	52.9	15:38
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	13:35
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	0.0	22:57
Josh Manson #42	D	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	2	0.0	19:48
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	08:07
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	08:14
Taylor Makar #16	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	08:01
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:32
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	+3	1	1	0	0	0.0	26:30
Keaton Middleton #67	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	08:55
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	+4	2	0	4	0	0.0	20:44
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	18:56

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	28	28	0	1.000	24/24	4/4	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Andrew Copp #18	C	-1	0	0	1	0	40.0	17:25
Dylan Larkin #71	C	-2	4	0	0	0	50.0	19:11
Emmitt Finnie #58	C	-2	0	1	1	0	0.0	13:03
Marco Kasper #92	C	-2	2	0	0	0	60.0	14:33
Mason Appleton #22	C	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	13:46
Michael Rasmussen #27	C	0	3	0	1	0	80.0	12:26
Elmer Soderblom #85	L	0	1	7	2	0	100.0	10:56
J.T. Compher #37	L	-2	1	1	0	4	50.0	13:54
James van Riemsdyk #21	L	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	11:07
Lucas Raymond #23	L	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:44
Alex DeBrincat #93	R	-1	3	1	0	0	100.0	16:34
Patrick Kane #88	R	-1	2	0	0	0	100.0	17:00
Albert Johansson #20	D	-2	1	1	3	0	0.0	21:44
Axel Sandin-Pellikka #44	D	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	17:25
Ben Chiarot #8	D	-2	2	1	2	0	0.0	16:56
Erik Gustafsson #56	D	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	20:06
Jacob Bernard-Docker #25	D	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	17:44
Moritz Seider #53	D	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	24:26

Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
John Gibson #36	L	17	13	4	.765	8/12	4/4	40:00
Cam Talbot #39	—	4	3	1	.750	3/4	0/0	20:00

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.