#NHLVideos: Avalanche vs. Kraken | NHL Highlights | December 16, 2025

Avalanche vs. Kraken | NHL Highlights | December 16, 2025

The Avalanche on a record setting pace to 
begin the season. Just two regulation losses and are underway in the Emerald City. Yet 
the Gulf is because of the offense. Well, that that's where the Kraken is going to have to 
try to stay competitive in this game is not let the Avalanche get their game going. There's Mason 
Marchman. A tough save the speed and quick puck movement. And that's what they need to do. They've 
got three players. Well, it's those two that you first mentioned, McCann and Schwarz, they're 
the the leaders of the offense for this team. say those are two significant injuries for them. 
Bouncing puck. Winter put right on. Blackwood with the save and they just got reinforcements 
with Mason Marchman returning the lineup after missing the last game of the novice. And here he 
is with the puck. Marchman a two-goal game against Utah recently. Straight past Beners kicked out by 
Blackwood. Lingren wrist shot save rebound swept out of trouble. Lingren to keep the zone. Bonour 
hard pass. Stevenson across the scene. The drill escape the stick. Blackwood has the puck in his 
grass. What a flurry of action for the Kraken. Well, even the Marshman play, right, Chris? In the 
offensive zone, he made the great pass to Demir on the on the rush chance, but in the offensive zone, 
he's got to make sure that it's a a sound play and not turn it over. Nas fires, scores. Martine Nous 
with a shot from the point into a maze of bodies. Colorado with the opening goal. Avalanche 
how good they've been even strength but off the entry. You see the little dish and then Nate 
just delays walks to the front. The quick release and even Manson I mean the D on this team have 
the freedom to go towards the net and you see h him high in that zone. You see Lean Lechinan 
right in front to take away the eyes of Brewower and just a great release and deflection by Le 
for Colorado. They get off to such fast starts early. Marchman driving drawing a penalty. 
Coven shot fumbled in front. Tolman to a loose puck. Lockwood hops on top. No whistle and 
finally play is stopped. Bringing in the former Seattle coach Dave Haxel to try to help out. 
The car wrist shot bounces around in front. Drew Bower agent for McKinnon. McKinnon with room. 
McKinnon hits the outside of the goal post. Olisonson once again dealing with right. 
Mike Burn behind the net. Tried to square it up for Colton. It jumped away. Taco 
carries it in. CS passes. Right. Fires. Loose puck. Save. Rebound. Score. Save. 
right cleans it up in front to tie the game and then he wanted him to make sure he was 
attacking with speed in the offensive zone that you see the drive and for right he's in tight and 
make sure that he stays persistent when he comes in he doesn't stay on the exterior of the ice 
so he gets the pass a great heads up look and releases the shot and he doesn't you see him there 
but then he comes back in towards the net stays relevant relevant and off the post and he gets the 
look but that Everly tucked past to Larson on for Doug back across off the bench moves in fires 
and hits the crossbar. The puck out of playing the zone here. Landiskar to pass 
out in front looking for Nelson. Seattle will counter. Marchman for centering. Oh, what a save. Rebound score Jordan Everly 
off the rebound. Seattle has the lead. Trust in the belief in this team. And this is 
started by speeding skating speed. It's Beneers that leads it. Look at how many Kraken players. 
You see three of them joining the rush. Larson's a part of it, but it's Beneers. quickly when he 
enters the zone, he has his head up and you have both Everly and Larson that are driving hard to 
the net, right? That's what Lane Lambert wanted. Not guys staying high in the zone waiting for 
the delay pass going hard to the net. Keeps it in. Toanin active stick trying to charge free 
from McKinnon. Landis got zipped at the goal. Gau the save and he gets the whistle. Awkward save. 
can quite control the rebound. Olison driving to the net. Followed the whole way by Evans. Nook 
darts to the middle. Beats Gerard. Handcuffed momentarily. Rolls it to the corner. Nuskin to 
steer it along. Foot race holds it in. Marksman. Marksman able to knock that puck free. Stays 
alive however for Burns. He has room. Burns on his backand into the skates of Italy. One Gerard. 
They score. Samuel Gerard. with a blast from the points. Is the one that joins the rush, the fourth 
man in to get the pass. But then after that, Marchman has the inside positioning. He should 
win this race to the puck. But instead, it's Colton that gets there. They don't clear the puck. 
The Avalanche maintain possession and then Gerard presents himself as an option and eventually gets 
that shot off. So, two key moments. The Colorado Avalanche is third D joining the attack. But 
then in those moments, if you're Mason Marshman, you are stronger. You've got to win that. 
Everly with speed over the line. Covenant up the boards. Dun keeps drifts across. Tolvin opens, 
passes. Stevenson surveying, passing, score. Seattle retakes the lead on the power play. Well, this is speed on the entry. They wanted 
to make sure they kept their feet moving and they did so even on the powers play to make sure 
you've got numbers and attack. You watch Everly. He doesn't go to the front initially, but the 
timing once Stevenson gets the puck. Ben Everly explodes. A few quick strides to get towards 
the middle of the net to create a little bit of confusion and in front gets behind and gets 
a piece of it. So there's Tolvin and the nice dish down low, but this is when Everly steps 
in. Timing to make sure he gets behind Kelly. Machuskin battling for the puck. Shane right 
pokes it free. Nachuskin emerges with it. Mar pass redirected right on a big save by Grubower. 
Become the goalender they thought he would be. Fortunes for this Seattle team will be quite 
different. This puck is put wide by Lucker. Nathan to the back. A car for 
McKinnon. They score off a deflection. Nathan McKinnon with the rocket and it hit a stick 
on the way to tie the game at three. Fourth line caught out there for this shift and you got 
the McKinnon line that comes out. So now they have the edge. They're in the offensive zone in 
control. Nate just talked about his play in tight and then you know all night Nathan McKinnon has 
been looking for that shot that one-time and what a blast. But Carr sets him up beautifully and 
it goes off of Larson and in. That's a tough, but that's just that's tough, right? I mean, I 
feel like when you get hemmed in with that line, it's not the matchup you're looking for 
and it's tough tough on the shift change, but they get caught. Walks up the wall. Shadowed 
by Drury. Stevenson for Everly on the doorstep. Walk to the front. Shot down by Blackwood. 
Stevenson to track down the loose puck. done up top. Covenan to the back door. Blackwood kept 
it out. Snow angels in the crease and he gets the whistle. Well, and his whole play there's extra 
time cuz Burns has gone to the bench. She breaks the stick. Seattle's been awarded a penalty shot 
for 42 covering the puck in the crease. And you see all the chaos and Manson sees that the puck is 
free on the far post. Here's a better look because it's loose and Manson sees it and jumps down and 
puts his glove on the puck to make sure that it does not cross the line. Jordan Everly here. He 
had a great view of that. And here goes Everly. Jordan Everly, the Seattle captain already with 
a goal tonight looking to give him the lead on a penalty shot. And he put it wide off the goal 
post. and creates that angle that he wants to. And so he's waiting. He knows he wants to lift it top 
shelf. He's just trying to wait out Blackwood. So Blackwood goes down and just wide instead of 
posting in. This one goes posted out, but he sets himself up here because then Blackwood has to 
respect if he goes for the fake to the backhand. So he moves, he goes down. Everly waits for it 
in a three-3 game here in Seattle. Mishandled by Dunn. Collision with Landis and a save out in 
front by Grubower on Brock Nelson. So they have the movement and the looks that they're hoping 
for on this power play. Colorado wins the face up. Mar for McKinnon a one-time wide off 
the endboards. They score. Brock Nelson capitalizing on a loose puck. Colorado with 
a breakthrough on their power play and the Avalanche lead four to three. About Nelson on 
the flank and how he could be a key part of this power play and how they could improve. 
So this is these two that were chatting in that break. Lar the kid the touch passes for 
them and then it's Nelson collapsing towards the net. So you know he's the lefty on that far 
side that comes in and the open net there as good as Grubower has been all night. can't close that 
gap. Nate just creates some confusion down low, but that's the key. Around it goes for right. 
Right centers. Newman shot down by Mart. Second bid and on the short side post was Blackwood as 
this involved. Short staffed as you mentioned. Missing Montour. They're starting to push. Here's 
Gerard stepping up. Gerard driving through keeps him at bay. Gerard hard up the far boards. Nous 
streaks in. Nous centers blacken and fan on the shot. Spins one to goal and Drew Bower comes up 
with a big stop off the wall. Don wrangling for position. Colorado gets it to the neutral zone. 
McKinnon fights through the stick check and puts it into the empty net. Number 28 for Nathan 
McKinnon will seal this one for Colorado. had some pressure in the offensive zone, some 
chances, but this is where they got the clear and Duskin with a strong play. And even here, 
you look at the strength that the McKinnon has on his stick. Well, Nathan McKinnon, right? 
Two goals and an assist here in the third. seemingly at every turn when the Avalanche 
have faced even a small bit of adversity this

Watch full game NHL highlights from the matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and the Seattle Kraken on December 16, 2025, condensing all the action to get you up to speed in a flash, where Nathan MacKinnon lit the lamp twice for the Avalanche and Shane Wright’s slick rebound got the Kraken on the board

00:00 1st Period
02:30 2nd Period
06:37 3rd Period

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