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Montreal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche

NHLJanuary 4, 2025Ball Arena

CanadiensMontrealMTLWon

Canadiens 2, Avalanche 1

Final/SO
AvalancheColoradoCOL

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  3. 0:19Christian Dvorak Wrap-around Wide Left
  4. 0:22Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  5. 0:59Giveaway by Devon Toews
  6. 1:17Nathan MacKinnon hit Mike Matheson
  7. 1:19Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  8. 1:49Kirby Dach hit Sam Malinski
  9. 1:51Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt
  10. 1:56Puck in Netting
  11. 1:56Juuso Parssinen faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  12. 1:59Michael Pezzetta hit Josh Manson
  13. 2:00Kaiden Guhle hit Jere Innala
  14. 2:03Alex Newhook hit Oskar Olausson
  15. 2:13Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  16. 2:14Josh Manson shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  17. 2:16Oskar Olausson Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  18. 2:47Sam Malinski Wrist Shot Wide Left
  19. 2:51Emil Heineman hit Keaton Middleton
  20. 2:58Parker Kelly shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  21. 3:23Logan O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 3:25Goalie Stopped
  23. 3:25Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  24. 3:37Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
  25. 3:44Juraj Slafkovsky hit Devon Toews
  26. 4:01Cole Caufield High-sticking against Cale Makar
  27. 4:01Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  28. 5:24Devon Toews Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  29. 5:56Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  30. 6:08Ross Colton Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  31. 6:28Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  32. 6:47Logan O'Connor shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  33. 7:18Alex Newhook hit Casey Mittelstadt
  34. 7:43Alex Newhook Slashing against Samuel Girard
  35. 7:43TV Timeout
  36. 7:43Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  37. 7:50Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  38. 7:58Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
  39. 8:09Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  40. 8:18Christian Dvorak shot blocked by Cale Makar
  41. 9:01Mikko Rantanen Goal (23) Deflected, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (51), Cale Makar (36)
  42. 9:01Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Logan O'Connor
  43. 9:09Juraj Slafkovsky hit Samuel Girard
  44. 9:15Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  45. 9:29Devon Toews Wrist Shot Wide Left
  46. 9:30Joel Kiviranta Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  47. 9:39Logan O'Connor shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  48. 9:45Icing
  49. 9:45Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  50. 10:04Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  51. 10:30Takeaway by Cale Makar
  52. 10:41Jere Innala hit Kirby Dach
  53. 10:53Oskar Olausson hit Alex Newhook
  54. 11:07Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  55. 11:34Puck Frozen - Goalie
  56. 11:34Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Cole Caufield
  57. 11:51Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt
  58. 11:58Cole Caufield Wrist Shot Wide Right
  59. 12:08Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  60. 12:10Ross Colton Interference - Goalkeeper against Jakub Dobes
  61. 12:10Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  62. 12:37Juraj Slafkovsky Tip-In Wide Left
  63. 12:41Giveaway by Devon Toews
  64. 12:52Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  65. 14:03Mike Matheson shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  66. 14:09Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  67. 14:20Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Alex Newhook
  68. 14:40Mikko Rantanen Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  69. 14:42Goalie Stopped
  70. 14:42Josh Anderson faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  71. 14:52Giveaway by Michael Pezzetta
  72. 14:57Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen
  73. 15:09Michael Pezzetta hit Devon Toews
  74. 16:01Sam Malinski Backhand Wide Left
  75. 16:31Joel Armia hit Oskar Olausson
  76. 16:55Emil Heineman Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  77. 16:57Goalie Stopped
  78. 16:57Alex Newhook faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  79. 17:09Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  80. 17:30Parker Kelly Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  81. 17:34Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  82. 18:39Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Josh Manson
  83. 18:51Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  84. 18:57Jayden Struble hit Ross Colton
  85. 19:18Jayden Struble shot blocked by Joel Kiviranta
  86. 19:28Josh Manson hit Jake Evans
  87. 19:35Icing
  88. 19:35Jake Evans faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
  89. 19:39Joel Armia shot blocked by Casey Mittelstadt
  90. 19:42Emil Heineman Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  91. 19:55Parker Kelly hit Emil Heineman
  92. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  3. 0:40Joel Kiviranta Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  4. 0:57Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  5. 1:21Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  6. 1:38Nathan MacKinnon hit Josh Anderson
  7. 2:02Jayden Struble hit Casey Mittelstadt
  8. 2:37Off-side
  9. 2:37Jake Evans faceoff won against Juuso Parssinen
  10. 3:15Joel Armia hit Josh Manson
  11. 3:19Emil Heineman hit Samuel Girard
  12. 3:20Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  13. 3:21Giveaway by Jake Evans
  14. 3:24Giveaway by Oskar Olausson
  15. 3:38Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
  16. 3:47Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  17. 3:49Puck in Netting
  18. 3:49Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  19. 4:21Jonathan Drouin Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  20. 4:29Sam Malinski shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin
  21. 4:30Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 4:46Keaton Middleton Slap Shot Wide Left
  23. 5:06Parker Kelly Backhand Wide Left
  24. 5:21Takeaway by Logan O'Connor
  25. 5:35Joel Kiviranta Tip-In Above Crossbar
  26. 6:01Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  27. 6:20Puck Frozen - Goalie
  28. 6:20Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  29. 6:31Cale Makar Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  30. 6:38Jonathan Drouin hit Nick Suzuki
  31. 7:36Kirby Dach Wrist Shot Wide Left
  32. 7:54Jere Innala shot blocked by Arber Xhekaj
  33. 8:14Lane Hutson shot blocked by Oskar Olausson
  34. 8:14Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  35. 8:21Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  36. 8:37Giveaway by Keaton Middleton
  37. 8:37Jake Evans hit Keaton Middleton
  38. 8:54Keaton Middleton hit Juraj Slafkovsky
  39. 8:56Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  40. 9:03Alexandre Carrier Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  41. 9:05Goalie Stopped
  42. 9:05Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  43. 9:14Artturi Lehkonen hit Lane Hutson
  44. 9:29Ross Colton Snap Shot Wide Left
  45. 9:43Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  46. 10:23Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Mikko Rantanen
  47. 11:02Icing
  48. 11:02Jake Evans faceoff won against Juuso Parssinen
  49. 11:04Arber Xhekaj Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  50. 11:07Joel Armia Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  51. 11:11Emil Heineman hit Oskar Olausson
  52. 11:24Jayden Struble Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  53. 11:56Off-side
  54. 11:56Parker Kelly faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  55. 12:17Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  56. 12:25Parker Kelly shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  57. 12:27Puck in Netting
  58. 12:27Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Jake Evans
  59. 12:33Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  60. 13:22Kaiden Guhle hit Mikko Rantanen
  61. 13:24Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  62. 13:37Josh Anderson Tip-In saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  63. 13:39Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  64. 14:30Sam Malinski hit Nick Suzuki
  65. 14:32Josh Anderson Slap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  66. 15:04Josh Manson hit Cole Caufield
  67. 15:42Mikko Rantanen Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  68. 15:52Mike Matheson Tripping against Mikko Rantanen
  69. 15:52TV Timeout
  70. 15:52Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  71. 15:58Giveaway by Mikko Rantanen
  72. 16:24Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  73. 16:52Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  74. 17:13Alexandre Carrier hit Samuel Girard
  75. 17:16Joel Armia Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  76. 17:21Puck Frozen - Goalie
  77. 17:21Juuso Parssinen faceoff won against Jake Evans
  78. 18:10Off-side
  79. 18:10Joel Kiviranta faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  80. 18:30Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  81. 18:33Lane Hutson hit Joel Kiviranta
  82. 18:56Kaiden Guhle hit Logan O'Connor
  83. 19:06Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  84. 19:18Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  85. 19:35Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot Wide Left
  86. 19:37Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  87. 19:48Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  88. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Parker Kelly faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  3. 0:29Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  4. 0:31Puck in Netting
  5. 0:31Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  6. 0:33Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot Wide Right
  7. 0:42Kirby Dach shot blocked by Devon Toews
  8. 0:48Alex Newhook shot blocked by Cale Makar
  9. 0:53Joel Armia shot blocked by Devon Toews
  10. 0:57Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  11. 1:12Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  12. 1:24Giveaway by Artturi Lehkonen
  13. 1:38Puck in Crowd
  14. 1:38Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Juuso Parssinen
  15. 1:58Emil Heineman hit Sam Malinski
  16. 2:06Arber Xhekaj hit Jere Innala
  17. 2:09Jayden Struble hit Sam Malinski
  18. 2:24Jake Evans Snap Shot Wide Left
  19. 2:25Emil Heineman Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  20. 2:27Jake Evans shot blocked by Ross Colton
  21. 2:29Puck in Netting
  22. 2:29Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
  23. 2:34Artturi Lehkonen High-sticking against Cole Caufield
  24. 2:34Parker Kelly faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  25. 3:05Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  26. 3:13Kirby Dach Tripping against Logan O'Connor
  27. 3:13Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  28. 3:19Josh Manson Snap Shot Wide Right
  29. 3:31Joel Kiviranta Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  30. 4:11Lane Hutson shot blocked by Cale Makar
  31. 4:24Cale Makar Backhand Wide Left
  32. 4:31Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  33. 5:04Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  34. 5:18Casey Mittelstadt hit Alexandre Carrier
  35. 5:40Kirby Dach hit Artturi Lehkonen
  36. 5:47Icing
  37. 5:47Alex Newhook faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  38. 6:12Mike Matheson Slap Shot Short
  39. 6:19Takeaway by Brendan Gallagher
  40. 6:22Jere Innala hit Brendan Gallagher
  41. 6:48Cale Makar hit Nick Suzuki
  42. 7:08Parker Kelly Tip-In Wide Left
  43. 7:23Parker Kelly Wrist Shot Wide Right
  44. 7:26Emil Heineman hit Josh Manson
  45. 7:35Icing
  46. 7:35Jake Evans faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  47. 7:58Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  48. 8:09Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  49. 8:12Goalie Stopped
  50. 8:12Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  51. 8:55Mike Matheson shot blocked by Ross Colton
  52. 9:03Kirby Dach Wrap-around Wide Right
  53. 9:06Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  54. 9:15Ross Colton Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. 9:21Off-side
  56. 9:21Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  57. 9:39Kaiden Guhle hit Mikko Rantanen
  58. 9:48Icing
  59. 9:48Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  60. 9:57Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  61. 10:04Giveaway by Logan O'Connor
  62. 10:11Jonathan Drouin shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  63. 10:32Parker Kelly hit Jake Evans
  64. 11:00Arber Xhekaj hit Logan O'Connor
  65. 11:31Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  66. 11:48Kirby Dach shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  67. 11:57Icing
  68. 11:57Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
  69. 12:09Cale Makar Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  70. 12:23Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  71. 12:29Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  72. 12:37Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  73. 12:39Puck in Netting
  74. 12:39Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Casey Mittelstadt
  75. 13:01Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  76. 13:02Goalie Stopped
  77. 13:02Jake Evans faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  78. 13:25Cole Caufield Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (27), Lane Hutson (25)
  79. 13:25Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  80. 13:37Alexandre Carrier hit Jonathan Drouin
  81. 13:44Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  82. 14:19Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  83. 14:52Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by Casey Mittelstadt
  84. 14:54Goalie Stopped
  85. 14:54Parker Kelly faceoff won against Jake Evans
  86. 15:09Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  87. 15:15Parker Kelly Wrist Shot Wide Left
  88. 15:39Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Left
  89. 16:29Giveaway by Joel Armia
  90. 16:34Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  91. 16:42Kirby Dach Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  92. 16:44Goalie Stopped
  93. 16:44Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Jake Evans
  94. 17:09Off-side
  95. 17:09Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  96. 17:18Giveaway by Mackenzie Blackwood
  97. 17:19Parker Kelly hit Christian Dvorak
  98. 17:25Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  99. 17:29Christian Dvorak Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  100. 17:55Jonathan Drouin hit Kaiden Guhle
  101. 18:05Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  102. 18:09Kaiden Guhle hit Nathan MacKinnon
  103. 18:12Mikko Rantanen Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  104. 18:16Kaiden Guhle Holding against Nathan MacKinnon
  105. 18:16Mikko Rantanen faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  106. 18:25Mikko Rantanen shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  107. 18:27Puck in Netting
  108. 18:27Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  109. 19:33Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  110. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  3. 0:12Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  4. 0:18Nathan MacKinnon Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  5. 0:23Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  6. 0:59Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  7. 1:02Goalie Stopped
  8. 1:02Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jake Evans
  9. 1:10Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  10. 1:11Puck in Netting
  11. 1:11Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Jake Evans
  12. 1:30Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  13. 1:32Puck in Netting
  14. 1:32Devon Toews Cross-checking against Josh Anderson
  15. 1:32Josh Anderson Cross-checking against Devon Toews
  16. 1:32Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Mikko Rantanen
  17. 2:03Artturi Lehkonen Interference - Goalkeeper against Jakub Dobes
  18. 2:03Timeout - Visitor
  19. 2:03Parker Kelly faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  20. 2:35Cole Caufield Snap Shot Wide Right
  21. 2:48Lane Hutson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  22. 3:10Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Logan O'Connor
  23. 3:40Giveaway by Josh Manson
  24. 3:58Cole Caufield Slap Shot Wide Left
  25. 4:10Artturi Lehkonen Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  26. 5:00End of OT

SO

  1. 0:00Start of Shootout
  2. 0:00Cole Caufield Goal Wrist Shot
  3. 0:00Jonathan Drouin Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  4. 0:00Nick Suzuki failed shot attempt on Mackenzie Blackwood
  5. 0:00Mikko Rantanen Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 0:00Kirby Dach Goal Snap Shot
  7. 0:00End of Shootout
  8. 0:00End of OT
  9. 0:00Game End

1st

  1. 9:01MTL 0, COL 1Mikko Rantanen Goal (23) Deflected, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (51), Cale Makar (36)

3rd

  1. 13:25MTL 1, COL 1Cole Caufield Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (27), Lane Hutson (25)

SO

  1. 0:00MTL 2, COL 0Cole Caufield Goal Wrist Shot

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

AvalancheColorado

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Cole Caufield RW101000222:410.03101130262118:593:420:00
Alex Newhook C000021217:2342.9043110018716:260:560:01
Brendan Gallagher RW000001012:170.00000001181011:200:570:00
Christian Dvorak C000000016:0961.5158001020312:370:003:32
Emil Heineman LW00005009:560.0200001012109:040:520:00
Jake Evans C001010017:1750.02661010231012:520:004:25
Joel Armia RW000020016:450.0200100020712:340:573:14
Josh Anderson RW000000214:50100.0401210020610:550:003:55
Juraj Slafkovsky LW000020013:250.0000201014411:381:470:00
Kirby Dach C000021219:220.0120512019515:393:430:00
Michael Pezzetta LW00002004:320.00001000604:320:000:00
Nick Suzuki C011000020:3466.71480000221116:213:420:31
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D000023023:0410000000.030117:360:005:28
Arber Xhekaj D000021015:4310030000.021112:120:003:31
Jayden Struble D000030010:0310000000.014210:030:000:00
Kaiden Guhle D000059224:1910021110.029220:370:003:42
Lane Hutson D011011023:2120040100.026219:393:400:02
Mike Matheson D001003228:0010031200.030223:500:593:11
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Jakub Dobes G23122.95765:0000202000

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