- Colorado wins 4–1 against Toronto
- Colorado’s Brock Nelson three-goal shooter
- Fourth straight loss for Toronto
Brock Nelson had a hat trick as Colorado beat Toronto on the road in the NHL 4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1).
With this, Toronto has four losses in a row.
Brock Nelson three-goal scorer for Colorado
Brock Nelson gave Colorado the lead six minutes into the game on a pass by Cale Makar. The team made it 0-2 again through Brock Nelson after preliminary work from Artturi Lehkonen and Valery Nityushkin after 7.31.
After 18.53 in the second period, Jack Drury netted on passes from Parker Kelly and Joel Kiviranta to make it 0–3.
17:41 into the third period, Brock Nelson put the puck forward again by Nathan MacKinnon and increased the lead. Max Domi scored as Toronto cut to 1-4 with 1.02 to play with assists from Bobby Mcmann and Easton Cowan. There were no more goals than that for Toronto.
Brock Nelson scored three goals for Colorado.
The result means that Toronto remains in sixth place in the Atlantic division and Colorado tops the table in the Central division.
The last time the teams met, Toronto won 4–3 after overtime.
Wednesday, January 28, 01:00, Toronto plays at home against Buffalo. Colorado faces Ottawa away at the Canadian Tire Center on Thursday, January 29 at 1:30 a.m.
Toronto–Colorado 1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
NHL, Scotiabank Arena
First period: 0–1 (6.19) Brock Nelson (Cale Makar), 0–2 (7.31) Brock Nelson (Artturi Lehkonen, Valerij Nitjusjkin).
Second period: 0–3 (38.53) Jack Drury (Parker Kelly, Joel Kiviranta).
Third period: 0–4 (57.41) Brock Nelson (Nathan MacKinnon), 1–4 (58.58) Max Domi (Bobby Mcmann, Easton Cowan).
Form last five games (wins-1 point-losses):
Toronto: 1-1-3
Colorado: 2-1-2
Next match:
Toronto: Buffalo Sabres, home, January 28 01:00
Colorado: Ottawa Senators, away, January 29 01:30
