Avalanche 5-4 Islanders (3 Jan, 2024) Play-by-Play

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

TIME	NYI	COL
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Fredrik Olofsson faceoff won against Casey Cizikas	0	0
0:20	Takeaway by Jack Johnson	0	0
0:45	Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
0:52	Bo Horvat shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon	0	0
0:53	Mike Reilly shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen	0	0
0:56	Puck in Netting	0	0
0:56	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon	0	0
1:13	Scott Mayfield shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin	0	0
1:20	Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
1:31	Scott Mayfield hit Devon Toews	0	0
2:09	Josh Manson shot blocked by Samuel Bolduc	0	0
2:15	Bowen Byram shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri	0	0
2:16	Miles Wood Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
2:41	Julien Gauthier shot blocked by Bowen Byram	0	0
2:49	Off-side	0	0
2:49	Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ben Meyers	0	0
3:06	Julien Gauthier Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	0	0
3:18	Logan O'Connor shot blocked by Alexander Romanov	0	0
3:39	Casey Cizikas hit Andrew Cogliano	0	0
3:44	Mike Reilly shot blocked by Cale Makar	0	0
4:33	Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
4:35	Bowen Byram shot blocked by Alexander Romanov	0	0
4:43	Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	0
4:49	Takeaway by Josh Manson	0	0
4:50	Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
4:59	Josh Manson Slap Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	0	0
5:31	Samuel Girard shot blocked by Brock Nelson	0	0
5:39	Pierre Engvall Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Nelson (15)	1	0
5:39	Ben Meyers faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau	1	0
5:46	Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	0
6:07	Scott Mayfield hit Cale Makar	1	0
6:11	Devon Toews Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Logan O'Connor (7), Cale Makar (34)	1	1
6:11	Fredrik Olofsson faceoff won against Casey Cizikas	1	1
6:26	Fredrik Olofsson hit Samuel Bolduc	1	1
6:37	Fredrik Olofsson shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo	1	1
6:38	Casey Cizikas hit Fredrik Olofsson	1	1
6:41	Bowen Byram shot blocked by Hudson Fasching	1	1
6:56	Bo Horvat shot blocked by Josh Manson	1	1
6:56	Giveaway by Alexandar Georgiev	1	1
7:13	Giveaway by Mathew Barzal	1	1
7:24	Takeaway by Anders Lee	1	1
7:36	Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot Above Crossbar	1	1
7:38	Puck in Netting	1	1
7:38	Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Brock Nelson	1	1
7:44	Cale Makar Wrist Shot Hit Right Post	1	1
7:47	Mike Reilly Hooking against Miles Wood	1	1
7:47	Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau	1	1
8:06	Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Wide Left	1	1
8:24	Giveaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau	1	1
8:33	Cale Makar shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau	1	1
8:41	Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
8:51	Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon	1	1
9:32	Takeaway by Ryan Johansen	1	1
9:34	Ryan Johansen shot blocked by Noah Dobson	1	1
9:55	Brock Nelson hit Devon Toews	1	1
10:12	Joel Kiviranta shot blocked by Andrew Cogliano	1	1
10:44	Josh Manson hit Bo Horvat	1	1
10:44	Giveaway by Bo Horvat	1	1
10:55	Bo Horvat hit Jonathan Drouin	1	1
11:01	Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	1	1
11:31	Icing	1	1
11:31	Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau	1	1
11:49	Samuel Girard Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
12:17	Mike Reilly Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	1
12:20	Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	1	1
12:36	Ben Meyers Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
12:53	Ross Colton hit Robert Bortuzzo	1	1
13:38	Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
13:52	Noah Dobson hit Mikko Rantanen	1	1
14:23	Cale Makar shot blocked by Julien Gauthier	1	1
14:49	Fredrik Olofsson Tip-In saved by Semyon Varlamov	1	1
14:52	Scott Mayfield Cross-checking against Fredrik Olofsson	1	1
14:52	TV Timeout	1	1
14:52	Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen	1	1
15:39	Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo	1	1
16:00	Jonathan Drouin Backhand Above Crossbar	1	1
16:07	Mikko Rantanen hit Casey Cizikas	1	1
16:11	Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Alexander Romanov	1	1
16:45	Takeaway by Devon Toews	1	1
17:12	Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	1	1
17:18	Jack Johnson hit Pierre Engvall	1	1
17:20	Kyle Palmieri shot blocked by Andrew Cogliano	1	1
17:22	Puck in Netting	1	1
17:22	Ross Colton faceoff won against Brock Nelson	1	1
17:32	Miles Wood Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin	1	1
17:33	Ross Colton Poke saved by Ilya Sorokin	1	1
17:35	Goalie Stopped	1	1
17:35	Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon	1	1
17:40	Puck in Crowd	1	1
17:40	Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Bo Horvat	1	1
17:44	Nathan MacKinnon Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin	1	1
17:45	Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Alexander Romanov	1	1
18:13	Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Alexander Romanov	1	1
18:35	Icing	1	1
18:35	Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Ryan Johansen	1	1
18:36	Miles Wood shot blocked by Mike Reilly	1	1
18:49	Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Alexandar Georgiev	1	1
18:51	Goalie Stopped	1	1
18:51	Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Cal Clutterbuck	1	1
18:58	Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Scott Mayfield	1	1
19:03	Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin	1	1
19:13	Nathan MacKinnon Roughing against Scott Mayfield	1	1
19:13	Ryan Johansen faceoff won against Bo Horvat	1	1
19:28	Brock Nelson Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (30), Ilya Sorokin (1)	2	1
19:28	Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Fredrik Olofsson	2	1
20:00	End of 1st Period	2	1

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

0:56

Valeri Nichushkin narrowly misses scoring goal of the night for Avs

0:58

New York Islanders vs. Colorado Avalanche: Full Highlights

1:46

Regular Season Series

COL wins 2-0

Avalanche
7
Islanders
4

Game 1

25/10

Islanders
4
Avalanche
5

Game 2

3/1

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 3 January 2024

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,121

Referees:
Jon McIsaac
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Julien Fournier
Joe Mahon

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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