Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche — January 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Ottawa Senators 8-2 on January 8, 2026. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (COL 5.73, OTT 6.29), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Ottawa Senators created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Colorado Avalanche at 5-on-5. Brock Nelson scored 2 goals. Josh Manson scored 2 goals. Valeri Nichushkin was the most dangerous skater with 0.97 individual expected goals on 1 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Ottawa Senators 34-31 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche progressed on Jan 8, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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OTT2 - 8COL

Jan 8, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
COL	P1	23	19	54.8	17	14	54.8	11	11	50.0	14	9	60.9	3	2	60.0	2.27	2.70	45.7	2	0	100.0
	P2	25	20	55.6	19	11	63.3	17	10	63.0	18	13	58.1	4	5	44.4	3.97	1.28	75.5	6	1	85.7
	P3	15	27	35.7	11	17	39.3	6	10	37.5	10	18	35.7	2	6	25.0	1.68	3.29	33.8	0	1	0.0
	Total	63	66	48.8	47	42	52.8	34	31	52.3	42	40	51.2	9	13	40.9	7.92	7.27	52.1	8	2	80.0
OTT	P1	19	23	45.2	14	17	45.2	11	11	50.0	9	14	39.1	2	3	40.0	2.70	2.27	54.3	0	2	0.0
	P2	20	25	44.4	11	19	36.7	10	17	37.0	13	18	41.9	5	4	55.6	1.28	3.97	24.5	1	6	14.3
	P3	27	15	64.3	17	11	60.7	10	6	62.5	18	10	64.3	6	2	75.0	3.29	1.68	66.2	1	0	100.0
	Total	66	63	51.2	42	47	47.2	31	34	47.7	40	42	48.8	13	9	59.1	7.27	7.92	47.9	2	8	20.0

Win Probability

COL Favored

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Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

OTT Attempts

COL Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Attempt Blocked

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (COL) performed against every skater on the away team (OTT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = COL players, Columns = OTT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the COL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

COL ↓ / OTT →	Greig	Stützle	Pinto	Cozens	Cousins	Eller	Tkachuk	Perron	Zetterlund	Giroux	Batherson	Amadio	Matinpalo	Chabot	Kleven	Sanderson	Zub	Spence
Necas	53	50	56	43	100	88	43	50	64	60	50	50	80	67	75	44	58	40
Nelson	64	62	67	45	50	—	45	45	100	75	50	60	71	29	71	88	78	29
MacKinnon	50	45	53	43	100	88	38	50	62	53	50	56	79	71	73	42	56	38
Colton	92	75	90	53	75	50	44	53	50	92	53	60	77	31	76	91	83	40
Drury	17	38	14	36	40	57	17	50	56	20	33	20	36	33	14	67	50	27
Kelly	17	25	33	7	33	43	25	9	44	20	8	20	36	25	14	29	17	17
Bardakov	50	75	11	44	75	73	30	44	70	14	33	50	88	44	80	33	100	35
Brindley	67	86	86	75	58	60	67	75	67	83	60	33	79	60	73	80	80	50
Ivan	100	80	50	43	73	60	100	43	67	100	38	57	75	56	67	100	100	46
Lehkonen	44	45	47	57	100	100	31	67	54	57	50	56	77	71	70	44	63	33
Olofsson	75	55	86	33	33	40	25	100	43	63	25	25	56	60	50	67	56	33
Nichushkin	82	79	50	50	75	100	25	50	—	56	53	67	76	18	75	90	83	22
Manson	77	59	47	36	75	71	26	36	44	50	33	69	63	40	67	64	83	35
Burns	56	42	50	41	57	55	17	44	33	64	37	46	56	42	50	60	67	33
Makar	50	53	50	50	91	75	44	57	65	60	50	56	78	78	67	46	59	29
Girard	57	70	75	64	73	67	80	69	78	67	64	57	83	53	80	100	67	55
Solovyov	57	57	36	50	40	100	36	56	50	30	53	44	69	30	64	80	50	33
Malinski	29	30	33	17	69	75	25	20	60	38	14	29	75	13	40	36	52	7