Final
WPG at COL game report
Jets
2–5
Avalanche
Friday, September 25, 2026 · 6:30 p.m. MT · Ball Arena
Avalanche beat the Jets 5–2 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.4–2.8 in expected goals.
Team comparison
COLWPG
- 5Goals2
- 3.39Expected goals2.76
- 2.925-on-5 expected goals1.12
- 8High-danger chances12
- 33Shots on goal26
- 68Shot attempts42
- 585-on-5 shot attempts27
- 4:03Power-play time7:00
5-on-5 shares for COL: 68.2% of shot attempts, 72.2% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (COL 0.58, WPG 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
AvalancheJetsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
Jets shooting ←→ Avalanche shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| COL at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 45:09 | 58–27 | 2.92–1.12 | 4–1 |
| Power play | 4:03 | 4–10 | 0.15–1.46 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 7:00 | 2–1 | 0.03–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 3:48 | 4–4 | 0.86–0.18 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as COL–WPG. “Power play” means COL had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner WPG | 28/32 | .875 | 3.39 | -0.61 |
| Mackenzie Blackwood COL | 24/26 | .923 | 2.76 | +0.76 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nino Niederreiter WPG | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1.07 |
| T.J. Hughes COL | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.73 |
| Gabriel Landeskog COL | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.47 |
| Martin Necas COL | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.42 |
| Jaden Schwartz COL | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.33 |
| Nazem Kadri COL | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.33 |
| Vladislav Namestnikov WPG | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.30 |
| Taylor Makar COL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.29 |
| Gabriel Vilardi WPG | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.28 |
| Brett Kulak COL | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0.26 |
Three stars
- ★T. HughesCOL · 3G 1A
- ★★J. SchwartzCOL · 1G 2A
- ★★★V. NamestnikovWPG · 1G 1A
Scoring
Period 1
- 06:15WPG N. Niederreiter pp (from N. Pionk, V. Namestnikov)1–0
Period 2
- 06:07COL J. Schwartz (from T. Hughes, F. Svechkov)1–1
- 07:36WPG V. Namestnikov (from N. Niederreiter)2–1
- 18:28COL T. Hughes (from N. Kadri, J. Schwartz)2–2
- 19:49COL T. Hughes (from B. Kulak, A. Lehkonen)2–3
Period 3
- 15:25COL C. Makar (from N. MacKinnon, D. Toews)2–4
- 19:38COL T. Hughes (from N. Kadri, J. Schwartz)2–5