Ducks 2–3 Avalanche — Final Score & Stats (Dec 5, 2023)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Nathan MacKinnon

1 G, 2 A

5 shots · 22:45 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Jonathan Drouin

2 A

2 shots · 21:36 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Alexandar Georgiev

31 saves

0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Kurtis MacDermid Go-ahead 1st · 01:40

Assists: Nathan MacKinnon · beat John Gibson

0–1

2nd period

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon 2nd · 17:43

Assists: Jonathan Drouin, Josh Manson · beat John Gibson

0–2

3rd period

🏔️ Logan O'Connor 3rd · 06:21

Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin · beat John Gibson

0–3

🦆 Sam Carrick SH 3rd · 10:43

Unassisted · beat Alexandar Georgiev

1–3

🦆 Leo Carlsson PP 3rd · 14:11

Assists: Troy Terry, Cam Fowler · beat Alexandar Georgiev

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦆Ducks

L1 Killorn · Carlsson · Terry 19:00

L2 Henrique · Carrick · Vatrano 15:25

L3 McGinn · Strome · Leason 13:44

L4 Jones · Groulx · Silfverberg 11:39

D1 Fowler · Mintyukov 23:40

D2 Luneau · Lyubushkin 18:12

D3 LaCombe · Gudas 16:38

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Drouin · MacKinnon · Rantanen 22:24

L2 Wood · Colton · O'Connor 17:35

L3 Tatar · Johansen · Olausson 11:14

L4 Olofsson · Kiviranta · MacDermid 9:46

D1 Toews · Johnson 24:33

D2 Manson · Malinski 18:24

D3 Byram · Jones 14:12

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦆ANA COL🏔️

33 Shots on goal 30

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

21 Hits 18

15 Blocked shots 18

7 Takeaways 9

5 Giveaways 9

6 Penalty minutes 6

ANA shooting 6.1% (2/33) COL shooting 10.0% (3/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦆Ducks

John Gibson

27/30

.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:04 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Alexandar Georgiev

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

ANA COL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Ducks

Ducks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Ducks

Ducks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-7 (22% win rate, 9 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

All →

Avalanche lead the season series 2–1

Dec 22023 🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA 3–4 SO Nov 152023 🦆ANA @ 🏔️COL 2–8 Apr 92023 🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA 5–4 OT Mar 272023 🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA 5–1 Jan 262023 🦆ANA @ 🏔️COL 5–3

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Who won Ducks vs Avalanche on December 5, 2023?

Avalanche won 3–2. The final score was Ducks 2, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Ducks?

Leo Carlsson, Sam Carrick.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Kurtis MacDermid, Logan O'Connor, Nathan MacKinnon.

How did the Ducks goalie play?

John Gibson made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Alexandar Georgiev made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

Where is Ducks vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Ducks vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦆 Ducks

BeforeDec 2 🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA 3–4 AfterDec 7 🦆ANA @ 🪶CHI 0–1

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 3 🏔️COL @ 👑LAK 1–4 AfterDec 7 ✈️WPG @ 🏔️COL 4–2

Also on December 5

👑LAK 4–3 🧥CBJ 🗽NYR 2–6 🏛️OTT 🐙DET 5–3 ⚔️BUF 🦈SJS 5–4 🏝️NYI 🐯NSH 4–3 🪶CHI 🌲MIN 5–2 🔥CGY 😈NJD 6–5 🐋VAN

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