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Colorado Avalanche at Montreal Canadiens

NHLJanuary 29, 2026Bell Centre

AvalancheColoradoCOL35-8-9

Avalanche 3, Canadiens 7

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon30-17-7
Score by period
Team123T
COL1113
MTL3227

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  3. 0:03Giveaway by Cale Makar
  4. 0:11Takeaway by Cale Makar
  5. 0:20Cale Makar Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 0:26Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  7. 0:28Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:28Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  9. 0:43Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  10. 0:44Artturi Lehkonen hit Kaiden Guhle
  11. 0:51Icing
  12. 0:51Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  13. 0:56Noah Dobson Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (45), Juraj Slafkovský (23)
  14. 0:56Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  15. 1:12Josh Manson shot blocked by Ivan Demidov
  16. 1:17Giveaway by Brent Burns
  17. 1:23Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  18. 2:02Giveaway by Ross Colton
  19. 2:07Ross Colton hit Alexandre Carrier
  20. 2:22Alexandre Carrier hit Ross Colton
  21. 2:31Samuel Girard shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  22. 2:33Puck in Netting
  23. 2:33Parker Kelly faceoff won against Jake Evans
  24. 2:34Josh Manson shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  25. 2:57Puck Frozen - Goalie
  26. 2:57Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  27. 3:13Puck in Benches
  28. 3:13Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  29. 3:19Artturi Lehkonen Backhand Wide Left
  30. 3:21Goalie Stopped
  31. 3:21Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  32. 3:25Martin Necas Snap Shot Wide Right
  33. 3:39Cole Caufield hit Sam Malinski
  34. 3:59Brock Nelson hit Lane Hutson
  35. 4:09Brock Nelson Goal (28) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Manson (18), Samuel Girard (9)
  36. 4:09Jake Evans faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  37. 4:51Keaton Middleton shot blocked by Jake Evans
  38. 5:14Joel Kiviranta hit Jake Evans
  39. 5:24Keaton Middleton Cross-checking against Kirby Dach
  40. 5:24Jack Drury faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  41. 5:29Parker Kelly hit Cole Caufield
  42. 5:37Giveaway by Jack Drury
  43. 5:49Nick Suzuki Deflected saved by Scott Wedgewood
  44. 5:51Nick Suzuki Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (33), Lane Hutson (46)
  45. 5:51Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  46. 5:59Phillip Danault Snap Shot Wide Right
  47. 6:04Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  48. 6:14Josh Anderson Tripping against Martin Necas
  49. 6:14TV Timeout
  50. 6:14Jake Evans faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  51. 7:33Nick Suzuki Goal (18) Backhand, assists: Oliver Kapanen (12), Mike Matheson (22)
  52. 7:33Jake Evans faceoff won against Gavin Brindley
  53. 8:32Josh Anderson hit Sam Malinski
  54. 8:42Icing
  55. 8:42Jack Drury faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  56. 8:45Josh Manson Snap Shot Wide Left
  57. 8:47Jack Drury shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  58. 8:50Puck in Netting
  59. 8:50Jack Drury faceoff won against Jake Evans
  60. 9:00Parker Kelly hit Arber Xhekaj
  61. 9:19Parker Kelly hit Jake Evans
  62. 9:47Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In Wide Left
  63. 9:52Cale Makar shot blocked by Alexandre Texier
  64. 9:56Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot Wide Right
  65. 9:56Cole Caufield hit Sam Malinski
  66. 10:15Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  67. 10:31Valeri Nichushkin hit Oliver Kapanen
  68. 10:48Valeri Nichushkin hit Alexandre Carrier
  69. 11:00Brent Burns shot blocked by Oliver Kapanen
  70. 11:26Arber Xhekaj hit Gavin Brindley
  71. 11:28Parker Kelly hit Arber Xhekaj
  72. 11:36Giveaway by Gavin Brindley
  73. 11:57Brendan Gallagher hit Zakhar Bardakov
  74. 12:04Off-side
  75. 12:04Jack Drury faceoff won against Jake Evans
  76. 12:45Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  77. 13:49Takeaway by Cale Makar
  78. 14:04Giveaway by Alexandre Texier
  79. 14:35Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  80. 14:44Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  81. 14:58Oliver Kapanen shot blocked by Brent Burns
  82. 15:05Puck in Crowd
  83. 15:05Phillip Danault faceoff won against Ross Colton
  84. 15:45Ross Colton hit Phillip Danault
  85. 16:02Icing
  86. 16:02Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  87. 16:27Nick Suzuki hit Sam Malinski
  88. 16:42Off-side
  89. 16:42Jake Evans faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  90. 17:13Giveaway by Zakhar Bardakov
  91. 17:19Parker Kelly hit Zachary Bolduc
  92. 17:38Kirby Dach Wrap-around Wide Right
  93. 17:44Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  94. 18:02Takeaway by Victor Olofsson
  95. 18:22Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  96. 19:00Sam Malinski Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  97. 19:00Mike Matheson hit Martin Necas
  98. 19:01Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  99. 19:26Puck in Crowd
  100. 19:26Jack Drury faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  101. 19:35Off-side
  102. 19:35Phillip Danault faceoff won against Joel Kiviranta
  103. 19:45Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  104. 19:54Josh Anderson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:07Mike Matheson Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  4. 0:21Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  5. 0:37Cole Caufield High-sticking against Artturi Lehkonen
  6. 0:37Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  7. 0:42Giveaway by Martin Necas
  8. 1:11Cale Makar Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  9. 1:13Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:13Jake Evans faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  11. 1:17Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  12. 1:19Goalie Stopped
  13. 1:19Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  14. 2:05Cale Makar Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  15. 2:27Martin Necas shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  16. 3:02Gavin Brindley Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  17. 3:04Goalie Stopped
  18. 3:04Jack Drury faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  19. 3:08Brent Burns shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  20. 3:14Sam Malinski High-sticking against Ivan Demidov
  21. 3:14Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  22. 3:34Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Brent Burns
  23. 4:11Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  24. 4:26Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  25. 4:47Josh Manson hit Alexandre Texier
  26. 5:08Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  27. 5:46Giveaway by Jake Evans
  28. 5:51Off-side
  29. 5:51Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  30. 6:03Cole Caufield shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  31. 6:06Samuel Girard hit Cole Caufield
  32. 6:11Cole Caufield hit Samuel Girard
  33. 6:17Martin Necas shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  34. 6:19Martin Necas shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  35. 6:32Giveaway by Martin Necas
  36. 6:48Zachary Bolduc Tip-In saved by Scott Wedgewood
  37. 6:50Zachary Bolduc Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  38. 6:53Keaton Middleton hit Zachary Bolduc
  39. 7:01Puck in Crowd
  40. 7:01Jake Evans faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  41. 7:07Parker Kelly hit Arber Xhekaj
  42. 7:20Parker Kelly Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  43. 7:26Arber Xhekaj hit Zakhar Bardakov
  44. 7:30Parker Kelly shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  45. 7:44Jake Evans hit Parker Kelly
  46. 8:08Kirby Dach Tip-In saved by Scott Wedgewood
  47. 8:46Samuel Girard Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  48. 8:48Goalie Stopped
  49. 8:48Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  50. 8:50Brent Burns shot blocked by Martin Necas
  51. 9:24Cole Caufield shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  52. 9:38Samuel Girard Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 9:44Martin Necas Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  54. 10:10Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  55. 10:26Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  56. 10:39Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  57. 11:08Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  58. 12:07Mike Matheson Slap Shot High and Wide Right
  59. 12:22Giveaway by Victor Olofsson
  60. 12:23Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  61. 12:23Ross Colton hit Mike Matheson
  62. 12:25Giveaway by Brent Burns
  63. 12:35Injury - Player
  64. 12:35Video Review
  65. 12:35TV Timeout
  66. 12:35Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  67. 12:50Nathan MacKinnon Snap Shot Wide Left
  68. 13:22Noah Dobson Backhand High and Wide Right
  69. 13:47Martin Necas Snap Shot Wide Left
  70. 13:56Icing
  71. 13:56Brock Nelson faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  72. 14:21Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In High and Wide Right
  73. 14:24Puck in Netting
  74. 14:24Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jack Drury
  75. 15:43Giveaway by Alexandre Texier
  76. 15:49Kaiden Guhle hit Artturi Lehkonen
  77. 16:24Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  78. 16:36Jake Evans Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Zachary Bolduc (11)
  79. 16:36Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jake Evans
  80. 16:42Icing
  81. 16:42Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jake Evans
  82. 17:04Brock Nelson hit Noah Dobson
  83. 17:16Kirby Dach Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (12)
  84. 17:16Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  85. 17:19Keaton Middleton hit Arber Xhekaj
  86. 17:26Arber Xhekaj hit Gavin Brindley
  87. 17:29Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  88. 18:04Sam Malinski Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  89. 18:06Joel Kiviranta Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Malinski (22), Jack Drury (10)
  90. 18:06Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jack Drury
  91. 18:15Icing
  92. 18:15Brock Nelson faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  93. 18:21Cale Makar Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  94. 18:41Noah Dobson hit Cale Makar
  95. 18:42Sam Malinski Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  96. 19:31Jack Drury hit Kaiden Guhle
  97. 19:47Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  98. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 1:18Josh Manson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  4. 1:52Jack Drury hit Alexandre Carrier
  5. 2:04Joel Kiviranta hit Alexandre Carrier
  6. 2:12Keaton Middleton shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  7. 2:21Keaton Middleton shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  8. 2:36Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  9. 2:36Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Jake Evans
  10. 2:50Sam Malinski Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  11. 3:05Sam Malinski shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  12. 3:28Icing
  13. 3:28Parker Kelly faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  14. 3:35Icing
  15. 3:35Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  16. 3:41Zakhar Bardakov Snap Shot Wide Right
  17. 4:09Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  18. 4:29Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  19. 4:38Ross Colton Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (18)
  20. 4:38Jack Drury faceoff won against Jake Evans
  21. 4:43Sam Malinski Backhand Wide Left
  22. 5:03Noah Dobson hit Joel Kiviranta
  23. 5:11Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  24. 5:27Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  25. 5:36Brent Burns shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  26. 5:45Alexandre Carrier Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (44), Kirby Dach (3)
  27. 5:45Parker Kelly faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  28. 6:14Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  29. 6:22Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  30. 6:29Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  31. 6:37Phillip Danault hit Brock Nelson
  32. 6:56Josh Anderson Snap Shot Wide Left
  33. 7:06Brendan Gallagher hit Valeri Nichushkin
  34. 7:09Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  35. 7:26Takeaway by Jake Evans
  36. 7:31Kirby Dach Snap Shot Wide Left
  37. 7:34Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot Wide Left
  38. 7:35Puck Frozen - Goalie
  39. 7:35Jake Evans faceoff won against Joel Kiviranta
  40. 8:25Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot Wide Right
  41. 8:43Artturi Lehkonen hit Kaiden Guhle
  42. 8:52Alexandre Texier hit Martin Necas
  43. 9:00Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
  44. 9:01Nick Suzuki Slap Shot Wide Right
  45. 9:14Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  46. 9:36Samuel Girard Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  47. 9:51Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Ross Colton
  48. 9:55Juraj Slafkovský Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Kapanen (13), Ivan Demidov (34)
  49. 9:55Parker Kelly faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  50. 10:06Giveaway by Brent Burns
  51. 10:57Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  52. 10:59Goalie Stopped
  53. 10:59Jack Drury faceoff won against Jake Evans
  54. 11:16Josh Manson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  55. 11:17Goalie Stopped
  56. 11:17Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  57. 11:21Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  58. 12:01Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Keaton Middleton
  59. 12:27Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  60. 12:40Takeaway by Ross Colton
  61. 12:46Artturi Lehkonen shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  62. 12:52Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  63. 12:53Artturi Lehkonen Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  64. 12:58Ross Colton shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  65. 13:06Josh Manson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  66. 13:07Ross Colton Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  67. 13:35Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot Wide Left
  68. 13:37Puck in Netting
  69. 13:37Brendan Gallagher faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  70. 14:12Brendan Gallagher hit Samuel Girard
  71. 14:18Brendan Gallagher hit Keaton Middleton
  72. 14:58Sam Malinski shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  73. 15:00Victor Olofsson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  74. 15:02Goalie Stopped
  75. 15:02Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  76. 15:21Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  77. 15:26Cole Caufield Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  78. 15:29Puck in Netting
  79. 15:29Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Ross Colton
  80. 15:35Juraj Slafkovský hit Ross Colton
  81. 15:51Artturi Lehkonen Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  82. 16:08Ivan Demidov Deflected Wide Right
  83. 16:51Parker Kelly hit Arber Xhekaj
  84. 17:29Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot Wide Left
  85. 17:37Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  86. 17:39Goalie Stopped
  87. 17:39Jake Evans faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  88. 17:41Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Artturi Lehkonen
  89. 17:58Jake Evans shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  90. 18:16Giveaway by Brent Burns
  91. 18:19Ivan Demidov Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  92. 18:22Goalie Stopped
  93. 18:22Brock Nelson faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  94. 18:34Valeri Nichushkin Snap Shot Wide Left
  95. 18:55Giveaway by Keaton Middleton
  96. 19:03Parker Kelly hit Arber Xhekaj
  97. 19:24Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot Wide Left
  98. 19:35Arber Xhekaj hit Gavin Brindley
  99. 19:39Arber Xhekaj Roughing against Keaton Middleton
  100. 19:39Keaton Middleton Roughing against Arber Xhekaj
  101. 19:39Kirby Dach faceoff won against Jack Drury
  102. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  103. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 0:56COL 0, MTL 1Noah Dobson Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (45), Juraj Slafkovský (23)
  2. 4:09COL 1, MTL 1Brock Nelson Goal (28) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Manson (18), Samuel Girard (9)
  3. 5:51COL 1, MTL 2Nick Suzuki Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (33), Lane Hutson (46)
  4. 7:33COL 1, MTL 3Nick Suzuki Goal (18) Backhand, assists: Oliver Kapanen (12), Mike Matheson (22)

2nd

  1. 16:36COL 1, MTL 4Jake Evans Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Zachary Bolduc (11)
  2. 17:16COL 1, MTL 5Kirby Dach Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (12)
  3. 18:06COL 2, MTL 5Joel Kiviranta Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Malinski (22), Jack Drury (10)

3rd

  1. 4:38COL 3, MTL 5Ross Colton Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (18)
  2. 5:45COL 3, MTL 6Alexandre Carrier Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (44), Kirby Dach (3)
  3. 9:55COL 3, MTL 7Juraj Slafkovský Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Kapanen (13), Ivan Demidov (34)

Game leaders

AvalancheColorado

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brock Nelson C10-2020017:1046.21762000202813:143:190:37
Joel Kiviranta LW101020011:140.0120000017210:290:000:45
Ross Colton C10-1031012:370.0220100117611:560:410:00
Artturi Lehkonen LW00-2021017:550.04000030221716:290:410:45
Gavin Brindley C000000011:370.0110100013510:560:410:00
Jack Drury C011020014:2072.7038100020813:150:001:05
Martin Necas C00-3000020:570.03002020202217:383:190:00
Nathan MacKinnon C00-3000021:0942.92861010203817:503:190:00
Parker Kelly C000081013:1140.01640000161112:040:001:07
Valeri Nichushkin RW01-1020015:130.00000010191213:550:410:37
Victor Olofsson LW000000015:210.01001001171012:023:190:00
Zakhar Bardakov C000000010:170.0000101011110:170:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Brent Burns D00-3002021:3010040000.026819:280:411:21
Cale Makar D00-2000024:0230010120.0251519:383:191:05
Josh Manson D01-1010019:1320000100.026417:250:001:48
Keaton Middleton D00-1021412:5800012000.014012:580:000:00
Sam Malinski D011000221:0040001100.028321:000:000:00
Samuel Girard D011012017:2830010000.022316:500:000:38
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Scott Wedgewood G28721.75060:0000192000

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