Avalanche 5-4 Islanders (3 Jan, 2024) Final Score

New York Islanders

17-10-10, 7-6-4 away

	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	2	2	0	0	4
COL	1	2	1	1	5

MacKinnon scores in OT as Avalanche rally to beat Islanders 5-4

— Nathan MacKinnon scored a power-play goal 32 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Jan 3, 2024, 05:47 am - AP

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Islanders	2	2	0	0	4
	Avalanche	1	2	1	1	5

1st Period		NYI	COL
5:39	Pierre Engvall (5) Assists: Brock Nelson (15)	1	0
6:11	Devon Toews (6) Assists: Logan O'Connor (7), Cale Makar (34)	1	1
19:28	Brock Nelson (17) (Power Play) Assists: Noah Dobson (30), Ilya Sorokin (1)	2	1

2nd Period		NYI	COL
1:09	Simon Holmstrom (11) Assists: Cal Clutterbuck (8)	3	1
4:18	Valeri Nichushkin (18) Assists: Samuel Girard (4), Jonathan Drouin (12)	3	2
8:24	Jonathan Drouin (6) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (27), Nathan MacKinnon (40)	3	3
10:18	Alexander Romanov (3) Assists: Mathew Barzal (27)	4	3

3rd Period			NYI	COL
12:21		Valeri Nichushkin (19) (Power Play) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (41), Cale Makar (35)	4	4

OT Summary			NYI	COL
0:32		Nathan MacKinnon (20) (Power Play) Assists: Cale Makar (36), Mikko Rantanen (28)	4	5

Takeaway by Jack Johnson
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon
Mike Reilly shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen
Scott Mayfield shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Miles Wood Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Julien Gauthier shot blocked by Bowen Byram
Mike Reilly shot blocked by Cale Makar
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Josh Manson
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Josh Manson Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Devon Toews Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Logan O'Connor (7), Cale Makar (34)
Fredrik Olofsson hit Samuel Bolduc
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Josh Manson
Giveaway by Alexandar Georgiev
Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Wide Left
Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
Takeaway by Ryan Johansen
Joel Kiviranta shot blocked by Andrew Cogliano
Josh Manson hit Bo Horvat
Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Samuel Girard Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Ben Meyers Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Ross Colton hit Robert Bortuzzo
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov
Fredrik Olofsson Tip-In saved by Semyon Varlamov
Jonathan Drouin Backhand Above Crossbar
Mikko Rantanen hit Casey Cizikas
Takeaway by Devon Toews
Jack Johnson hit Pierre Engvall
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Andrew Cogliano
Ross Colton faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Miles Wood Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ross Colton Poke saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Nathan MacKinnon Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Cal Clutterbuck
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nathan MacKinnon Roughing against Scott Mayfield
Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Takeaway by Fredrik Olofsson
Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Noah Dobson shot blocked by Ryan Johansen
Anders Lee shot blocked by Josh Manson
Samuel Bolduc shot blocked by Josh Manson
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
Samuel Girard Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Valeri Nichushkin Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Samuel Girard (4), Jonathan Drouin (12)
Josh Manson hit Brock Nelson
Jack Johnson shot blocked by Joel Kiviranta
Jack Johnson hit Samuel Bolduc
Andrew Cogliano Holding against Kyle Palmieri
Samuel Bolduc shot blocked by Devon Toews
Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Cale Makar
Takeaway by Logan O'Connor
Miles Wood hit Brock Nelson
Jonathan Drouin Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Mikko Rantanen (27), Nathan MacKinnon (40)
Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ross Colton faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Samuel Girard
Jack Johnson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Wide Left
Samuel Girard Slap Shot Wide Right
Samuel Girard hit Kyle Palmieri
Devon Toews Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ben Meyers hit Samuel Bolduc
Andrew Cogliano hit Samuel Bolduc
Takeaway by Bowen Byram
Samuel Girard hit Robert Bortuzzo
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Devon Toews Slap Shot Wide Right
Bowen Byram Slap Shot Wide Right
Josh Manson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Logan O'Connor
Cal Clutterbuck shot blocked by Cale Makar
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin
Mikko Rantanen hit Noah Dobson
Jack Johnson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jack Johnson Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jack Johnson hit Bo Horvat
Takeaway by Devon Toews
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
Devon Toews hit Pierre Engvall
Ross Colton Deflected Wide Left
Takeaway by Nathan MacKinnon
Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin
Logan O'Connor Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Samuel Girard Slap Shot Wide Right
Too many men/ice served by Joel Kiviranta
Takeaway by Logan O'Connor
Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Cale Makar
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shot blocked by Josh Manson
Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Bowen Byram
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Valeri Nichushkin Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Cale Makar Slap Shot Wide Left
Valeri Nichushkin Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (41), Cale Makar (35)
Miles Wood hit Noah Dobson
Josh Manson shot blocked by Miles Wood
Ben Meyers Slap Shot Wide Right
Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Devon Toews Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ross Colton faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Takeaway by Cale Makar
Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Giveaway by Cale Makar
Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Takeaway by Valeri Nichushkin
Valeri Nichushkin Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Nathan MacKinnon Goal (20) Slap Shot, assists: Cale Makar (36), Mikko Rantanen (28)
Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Puck in Netting
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Scott Mayfield hit Devon Toews
Josh Manson shot blocked by Samuel Bolduc
Bowen Byram shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri
Off-side
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ben Meyers
Julien Gauthier Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Logan O'Connor shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Casey Cizikas hit Andrew Cogliano
Bowen Byram shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Samuel Girard shot blocked by Brock Nelson
Pierre Engvall Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Nelson (15)
Scott Mayfield hit Cale Makar
Fredrik Olofsson shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
Casey Cizikas hit Fredrik Olofsson
Bowen Byram shot blocked by Hudson Fasching
Giveaway by Mathew Barzal
Takeaway by Anders Lee
Puck in Netting
Mike Reilly Hooking against Miles Wood
Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Cale Makar shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Ryan Johansen shot blocked by Noah Dobson
Brock Nelson hit Devon Toews
Giveaway by Bo Horvat
Bo Horvat hit Jonathan Drouin
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Icing
Mike Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Left
Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Noah Dobson hit Mikko Rantanen
Cale Makar shot blocked by Julien Gauthier
Scott Mayfield Cross-checking against Fredrik Olofsson
TV Timeout
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Puck in Netting
Goalie Stopped
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Puck in Crowd
Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Icing
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan Johansen
Miles Wood shot blocked by Mike Reilly
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Goalie Stopped
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
Brock Nelson Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (30), Ilya Sorokin (1)
Puck in Netting
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Andrew Cogliano
Icing
Simon Holmstrom Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Cal Clutterbuck (8)
Anders Lee Wrist Shot Wide Left
Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot Wide Right
Bo Horvat Tip-In saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Mathew Barzal High-sticking against Bowen Byram
Cale Makar shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Cal Clutterbuck
Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Joel Kiviranta shot blocked by Samuel Bolduc
Jack Johnson shot blocked by Samuel Bolduc
Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Anders Lee faceoff won against Fredrik Olofsson
Kyle Palmieri Tip-In Wide Right
Casey Cizikas Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Robert Bortuzzo hit Valeri Nichushkin
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Alexander Romanov
Alexander Romanov Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Mathew Barzal (27)
Goalie Stopped
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Andrew Cogliano
Puck in Netting
Giveaway by Brock Nelson
Goalie Stopped
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan Johansen
Takeaway by Mathew Barzal
Hudson Fasching hit Josh Manson
Takeaway by Casey Cizikas
Casey Cizikas hit Jack Johnson
Icing
Pierre Engvall faceoff won against Ross Colton
Julien Gauthier hit Fredrik Olofsson
On-Ice Official
TV Timeout
Ross Colton shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Ben Meyers shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Takeaway by Pierre Engvall
Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Samuel Bolduc
Goalie Stopped
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ross Colton
Hudson Fasching hit Fredrik Olofsson
Cal Clutterbuck hit Joel Kiviranta
Off-side
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Takeaway by Kyle Palmieri
Hudson Fasching Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Icing
Devon Toews shot blocked by Julien Gauthier
Pierre Engvall Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Mike Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Left
Scott Mayfield hit Samuel Girard
Anders Lee hit Miles Wood
Icing
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Casey Cizikas
Puck in Netting
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Off-side
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
Takeaway by Mike Reilly
Anders Lee hit Miles Wood
Casey Cizikas Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Goalie Stopped
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Ryan Johansen
Samuel Bolduc Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Mike Reilly Interference against Andrew Cogliano
Cale Makar shot blocked by Noah Dobson
Puck in Netting
Puck in Netting
Cale Makar shot blocked by Casey Cizikas
Bo Horvat Wrap-around Wide Left
Goalie Stopped
Takeaway by Casey Cizikas
Cal Clutterbuck hit Mikko Rantanen
Icing
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ryan Johansen
Puck in Netting
Alexander Romanov hit Logan O'Connor
Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Scott Mayfield
Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri
Icing
Devon Toews shot blocked by Pierre Engvall
Puck in Crowd
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Goalie Stopped
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Josh Manson
Mike Reilly hit Miles Wood
Takeaway by Noah Dobson
Off-side
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
Mike Reilly Slap Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev
Goalie Stopped
Scott Mayfield Holding against Valeri Nichushkin
Video Review
Goalie Stopped
Cale Makar shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau

ISLANDERS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL wins 2-0

Avalanche
7
Islanders
4

Game 1

25/10

Islanders
4
Avalanche
5

Game 2

3/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

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New York Islanders

Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Nathan MacKinnonC - COL

Valeri NichushkinRW - COL

Cale MakarD - COL

Game Information

Video Highlights

Nathan MacKinnon's OT power-play goal wins it for Avalanche

Valeri Nichushkin narrowly misses scoring goal of the night for Avs

Nathan MacKinnon scores power-play goal vs. Islanders

New York Islanders vs. Colorado Avalanche: Full Highlights

Valeri Nichushkin capitalizes on the power play

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Shot Chart

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COL wins 2-0

2023-24 Metropolitan Division Standings

2023-24 Central Division Standings

NHL News

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