🍁 Away Maple Leafs 13-21-0 before this game

6–2

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 21-9-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	2	2	2	6
COL	0	2	0	2

Maple Leafs at Avalanche

Maple Leafs beat Avalanche 6–2 at Ball Arena on December 21, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Dec 21, 1996 · 21:30 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🍁 TOR

Mats Sundin

3 G, 1 A

11 shots · +3

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Doug Gilmour

3 A

1 shots · +4

3rd star 🍁 TOR

David Cooper

1 G, 1 A

2 shots

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 David Cooper PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:31

Assists: Sergei Berezin, Doug Gilmour

1–0

🍁 Mats Sundin 1st · 19:21

Assists: Todd Warriner, David Cooper

2–0

2nd period

🏔️ Scott Young 2nd · 01:32

Assists: Adam Foote, Mike Ricci

2–1

🍁 Mats Sundin 2nd · 03:35

Assists: Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun

3–1

🍁 Freddy Modin 2nd · 04:04

Assists: Mats Sundin

4–1

🏔️ Keith Jones PP 2nd · 08:59

Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, Joe Sakic

4–2

3rd period

🍁 Mats Sundin 3rd · 04:35

Assists: Doug Gilmour

5–2

🍁 Larry Murphy 3rd · 12:52

Assists: Kelly Fairchild

6–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR COL🏔️

40 Shots on goal 32

1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

14 Penalty minutes 16

TOR shooting 15.0% (6/40) COL shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Felix Potvin

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Craig Billington

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 05:47 TOI

Patrick Roy

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 54:12 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–5 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs COL, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Avalanche on December 21, 1996?

Maple Leafs won 6–2.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Avalanche?

The final score was Maple Leafs 6, Avalanche 2.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Mats Sundin (3), David Cooper, Freddy Modin, Larry Murphy.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Keith Jones, Scott Young.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Felix Potvin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Craig Billington made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Avalanche season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 20

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 18

Also on December 21, 1996

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