Avalanche vs. Islanders | NHL Highlights | December 04, 2025

Avalanche vs. Islanders | NHL Highlights | December 04, 2025

295 goals as an Islander. Brock Nelson now on 
the other side and he takes the opening face off against Matt Barzel. Our puck drop presented 
by Vander Pharmaceuticals. He doesn’t get many of the headlines anymore in this matchup. And what 
a player he’s turned into. Here is Tes at the line. Aister tip save made rebound and Shabanov 
got it away from a car who had crept in from the blue line. Marty Nas had that one taken him by 
D’Angelo. This one played at the line. Deontaves down the boards taken by Nature’s centering 
feed. McKinnon had a stick lifted by Shabanov and the rebound tapped wide. Two on three into 
the zone. Barcel crisscrosses. Lee with it. Arista that went off the tip of the glove of Blackwood. 
Mayfield sent it wide, but it’s gloved and held by Blackwood anyway. One of the worst teams in modern 
history. And he’s built he’s grown with that group with the stars and turned them into a powerhouse. 
Yeah, Brock said the same thing to me last night. I was asking him about that. That shot from 
Molinsky denied. Schaefer off the bench. Matthew Schaer trying to get away from Kiri Ronto. Gatle 
lays it down for Mlan. Wraparound try. Rolled off his stick right to Pullock. Let it fly. It’s 
behind Blackwood. They dig away. They score. No, he didn’t. Now they do. The first one didn’t go 
in. The light went on and it was Mlan who stayed with it and puts it in. Saying goal after this. 
How about the fourth line? Go to work. There’s Mlan. tries to wrap it. The big bomb from the 
point comes in and uh we might be waiting a minute after this one to see how it sorts up. 
But Mlan’s the one that stuck with it all the way through there as Jared Jared Bedar looks down 
at his bench and says, “I don’t know. We might need to take another look at this one.” Cal, could 
you see anything from down there? I just saw it on the replay there. A little Mark Gatcom push of the 
pads and Mackenzie Blackwood while Kyle Mlan was trying to fish that thing out. That might be what 
they’re looking at as far as the fourth line goes. This is exactly what you want out of this group. I 
think for the first time this year, you have three guys that are very, very equipped to play on that 
fourth line. They all play the similar style and I think that goal is exactly what you would expect 
out of these three guys without a doubt. So, I guess on this one, we saw Mlan do that. Let’s 
look at Gako from here on forward, right? He gets shoved a little bit right there. I mean, I don’t 
want to say we’re rolling dice, but it complicates the equation when you’ve got to co review. The 
call on the ice is confirmed. We have a good goal. Defensive benchmark looks for the entry, gets 
it, leaves it off for Shabanov and Shabanov. Short pass for Duclair and Duclair to Shabanov 
and now Schaefer at the top. Duclair to the net. He tipped it on goal. The rebound battled for 
Blackwood trying to gather it up but eventually does. And then Brian Pock skated right through 
McKinnon. Neil Heidman for Horvat in stride. Horvette down the lane. Lost it. rolled on goal. 
It’s covered up by McKenzie Blackwood this season. He’ll hit it at some point after 901 with the 
Islanders. Here’s Gabe Landisk with a shot that just caught a piece of the shoulder of Sroken. 
Tricky release there. I think he held on to it a touch longer than Sroken was expecting. Good 
reactionary save. Islanders had had the last eight shots of the game before that try from 
Landis. Islanders with a one- nothing lead on a Kyle Mlan goal as Anthony Duclair tries to go to 
the net. Backhand shot knocked down. Still alive as D’Angelo got a stick in it before it could 
be covered by Blackwood. Centering feed for Duclair. It’s loose again. Holstrom trying 
to get it to go. Sends it across for Marty Nas in stride for McKinnon. NHL point and goal 
leader. Made himself a nice shot and a rebound that came through. Sroken able to stop it on 
the try from Nes and he picks up the puck. Got the pass for Kiri. Angelo back. Ki Rotha blocker 
save followed up by Ki Rotha Gerard Landisk. That shot sailed through the legs of Ross Colton 
and Sroken made the save and now the Owners trying to push a threeon two. Barcel trying to 
turn Landis quick turn hangs onto it trying to the seam pass for Lee. He scores. Barcel’s 
pass was slowed up. It still got through and Anders Lee scores the goal. ties Brock Nelson 
on the alltime list with number 11 on the ice into existence out of Done. That’s Anders Lee 
right there that gets that thing started. Similar to the other night, Barzel is a former back. He 
wants Lee. Look at him. I want to see. I want to see. I want to see it. That thing’s sort of 
rolling as well. Anders Lee. He’s an underrated part of his game. He shoots rolling pucks really 
at a at a rate that not many other guys do. He catches that one clean. Huge goal. Two nothing 
lead of that pass. And had a pellet driving in the middle on that play. Confusing the call. 
Dropped off for Nous. Marty Nous to the outside. Got around Shabanov. Lost his footing on a book 
check from Pock. Pull to Schaefer. Islanders come out. Schaefer will take the middle of the ice. 
Kick it to Horvat. Horvat with space. He shoots. Save made. Rebound. Horvat again. Shot couldn’t 
get through. Schaefer turns to the net. Score. Corvat the put back and it’s 
a three nothing Islanders lead with a couple saves but this the young gun 
Schaefer up the ice. Poor job sorting out from Colorado. But watch this thing continue to 
pinball around. That was that Horvat sequence I was talking about right there. And a smart 
play from Schaefer just throwing it at the net. It was sort of harmless. There’s the first 
shot. There’s that puck going back to Horvat. as he turns around. Schaefer does. Horvat Johnny 
on the spot. Just keep that puck alive. Right. Hicks. This is what was lacking I think in the 
first three or four games of this home stand. They were having trouble scoring. I think they wanted 
to do it. But here you are. Kyle Mlan hits the red line. He will float this one in and send half. 
Ross Colton with the puck. A little short pass for Nelson. Anders Lee stopped it from leaving 
the zone. Barcelon for Pel. Pelster. He scores. It went off the cuff of the glove of Blackwood 
and in a long time coming for Adam Pelock as the Oers now lead by four. Doesn’t really matter. 
Hey, one thing that remains from this group, what we talked about, Cal, a forcheing group, 
a group that hunts pucks down. And watch this from Pel activating off the point. It’s an ugly 
one. It doesn’t really matter. He’s going to take it right there and act like you’ve done 
it before. How about the celebration Cal from number three? Nothing there. I did put my arms 
up too here as a quickly put them down. 11 and a half to go here in the period. Well, you saw 
Matt Barzell on his first touch of the other zone. Put it on net. Test the goalie out. 
Clearly not feeling it. Minsky that shot. They score. Val Nuskin gets a piece of that 
and after the Islanders had taken control, Nachus 40 seconds later swings it back to Colorado 
to be played. And we talked in the open Brendan, it’s not just Mar. It’s not just Burns. Colorado 
does a better job than any team in the NHL at delivering the puck from the point. And Nushkin, a 
big guy, just finding separation. As a defenseman, you want to take away a stick if you possibly 
can. I think Matt Barzel maybe a little switch up there in the coverage, but it’s Nushkin tipping 
from that angle. No one on him. And that one beats Siroken. Holstrom with the support. Takes it away. 
Cal Richie. What a move there between his skates now. Hands off for Holstrom. Saved by Blackwood. 
And the rebound cleared out quickly by Burns. What a play by Richie. My goodness. That was something 
Hicks. I mean with Josh Manson. Here we go. Nes slipped around Mayfield. Put it into a good spot 
and it banked in. Marty Nes what a play. Colorado responds quickly and get those two goals right 
back as they eventually go on. There’s Barney Nas. patience on Sroken, waiting, waiting, waiting. And 
that uh that’s unfortunate as it goes off Young Mitchell and in the net. And of course, it’s going 
to be their top guys that find their way back into the game. First to Shushkin and now a lucky bounce 
here for Nous Islanders continued with this type of identity. I mean, haven’t seen them play below 
the goal line this much, but look out now. Caves and Leaner in Lechin. Kicked down by Sroen. He’s 
going to want that one back. Fourth power play of the game for the Islanders. 0 for three with 
eight shots so far. This power play will take them to the intermission unless they can score 
first. Barcel moves around Drury. Barcel scores. Five on four. Doesn’t matter. It’s the Matt 
Barcel showing for the power play goal. Just taking everything that’s possibly given to him. 
Nice entry by the Islanders. But watch Matt Barzel at the top as he wiggles up and try to cut the 
ice in half as Ross Colton and oh my goodness. I mean it’s just a beautiful job and steps back 
along the wall. McKinnon shoots that one blocked. Snapped the stick in half a forbat. Meanwhile, 
the puck comes around for Natious. Here’s Mar stepping in. His shot deflected and knuckled 
wide. That took the stick out of the hands of Ryan Pulock. Now here’s Mar again. Slides it. 
They score Arturi Lechen and off the one-time feed from Mar and Colorado gets one early here in 
the third period. You’re going to give him five, six feet. He’s going to take much more than that. 
Watch him shrink the ice. I mean, this chance right here. Obviously, that’s off a broken 
stick. Someone go to the bench. Survived it, right? Watch this thing as Mar rolls top left 
of your screen. That’s not a good look for you. And you get stuck. Yes, a broken stick. Yet, 
someone else needing to go get one themselves. He sells the shot and a beautiful finish there 
by Lea. Yeah, and just two unfortunate events, but I think the Islanders could have done better 
job of sorting that out after Bor and they put a little more risk in their game. How tough it will 
be to hang on to it as Duclair calling for it. Caught it. Here’s Duclair. Denied by Blackwood 
still alone in front. Ziplov and Richie and then Landiskog. And you’re eventually going to 
find this guy and Anthony Duclair. Watch that play develop. as the sticks come in in the frame 
behind Adam Pelic. It’s enough for him to just lay a beauty right there and ended up flat for 
Anthony Duclair and that gets pushed off at the end but that’s something else. I mean not the 
prettiest pass but you just get it there and the degree of difficulty extremely high. That’s right 
Hicks just get it there and Anthony Duclair you can see trying to go quick five hole and Mayfield 
out in five. Islanders have gotten through the first part of this. They’ve killed off the penalty 
against Mayfield. Zikas the steal and the finish. Casey Sikis from the wrong side of center 
into the empty net. 63 with a minute 15 to go. Bite you. How about this from 
Sikas reading the play, patience, waiting to the weeds and near center of 
the net on that one. Wasn’t going to miss. Just a great job by him baiting that pass, Cal. 
Yeah, I can see I had a perfect perfect view of that. Seemed to elevate their play when the big 
teams come in. And just the fact that the Colorado Avalanche entered this game with one regulation 
loss and things are getting heated. Here we go.

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4:48 2nd Period
9:04 3rd Period

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