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Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 15, 2024

Final· Centre Bell
away
COL
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MTL
4
Goals123TShots123T
COL1113COL1313935
MTL1124MTL1610834
COL 84MTL 47
COL 2.80MTL 3.73
PP goals
COL 1MTL 2
Hits
COL 11MTL 10
Blocks
COL 8MTL 25
PIM
COL 6MTL 10
COL 39%MTL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:47 together.

  1. Points
    Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 29:17.Makar
  2. Points
    Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:17.Caufield
  3. Points
    Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:24.Suzuki
  4. PP1
    MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:47 together.MathesonMonahanSuzukiCaufieldSlafkovský
  5. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 6:23 together.MacKinnonDrouinRantanenColtonMakar
  6. Usage
    Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 27:09, +9:05 up on his 18:04 season average over 78 games.Drouin
  7. Usage
    Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 29:18, +6:29 up on his 22:49 season average over 79 games.Rantanen
  8. Usage
    Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 28:56, +6:12 up on his 22:44 season average over 81 games.MacKinnon

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, COL at MTL: 131 attempts, 69 on goal, 7 goals, 6.53 expected goals; best chance Rafael Harvey-Pinard at 0.83 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MTL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 47 · COL 84

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, COL at MTL: expected goals 3.73 to 2.80 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 84, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdMTLCOLCSMHCTAnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • MTL
  • COL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MTLCOLcontrol2nd3rdColton · 1st 4:28Slafkovský · 1st 7:17Makar · 2nd 1:01Harvey-Pinard · 2nd 16:08Caufield · 3rd 1:52Toews · 3rd 9:37Armia · 3rd 15:50
  • MTL pressure
  • COL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 41% of the game, MTL 26%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, COL at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Allen (60:00) for MTL and Alexandar Georgiev (58:08) for COL, 7 goals.

MTL
COL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatCOLMTL
7448
1.922.46
1.852.17
86
20
1620
−0.086+0.085
41%26%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:28
    COLRoss ColtonPP (Jonathan Drouin, Cale Makar)wrist0.05 xG
    COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton, MakarMTL: Stephens, Kovacevic, Harvey-Pinard, Guhle
    COL 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 7:17
    MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP (Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield)wrist0.40 xG
    COL: Cogliano, Toews, Makar, O'ConnorMTL: Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
    COL 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

  1. 1:01
    COLCale Makar (Samuel Girard, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.03 xG
    COL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Girard, MakarMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Slafkovský
    COL 2 – 1 MTL
  2. 16:08
    MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard (Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher)wrist0.54 xG
    COL: Johnson, Manson, MacKinnon, Drouin, RantanenMTL: Gallagher, Evans, Harris, Harvey-Pinard, Struble
    COL 2 – 2 MTL

3rd period

  1. 1:52
    MTLCole CaufieldPP (Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson)wrist0.07 xG
    COL: Olofsson, Toews, Makar, KivirantaMTL: Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
    COL 2 – 3 MTL
  2. 9:37
    COLDevon Toews (Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar)snap0.13 xG
    COL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, MalinskiMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Guhle
    COL 3 – 3 MTL
  3. 15:50
    MTLJoel Armia (Sean Monahan, David Savard)backhand0.17 xG
    COL: Cogliano, Johansen, Manson, Girard, O'ConnorMTL: Savard, Armia, Monahan, Stephens, Struble
    COL 3 – 4 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikko Rantanen RL1011+140.3510229:18——6043
Nathan MacKinnon CL1011+170.7501028:56——5943
Jonathan Drouin LL1011000.0011027:09——6043
Ryan Johansen CL2000-110.0300015:35——5518
Andrew Cogliano CL2000-110.0101013:44——5418
Jason Polin RL2000010.0120010:05——6729
Ross Colton CL3101040.7500018:52——7987
Logan O'Connor RL3000-120.0700013:22——5954
Joel Kiviranta LL3000020.0600011:02——7475
Cale Makar DD1123+160.4500029:17——7164
Devon Toews DD1101+110.1401023:20——5753
Samuel Girard DD2011010.0801018:07——6454
Josh Manson DD2000-220.0820217:02——5532
Sam Malinski DD3000+130.0420212:18——6851
Jack Johnson DD3000-100.0001011:34——4412
Fredrik Olofsson L—000000.001108:08——4024
Caleb Jones D—000000.000005:23——5067
Kurtis MacDermid L—000000.002104:53——5067
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)L34304.8822.9058:08

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Suzuki CL1022-240.3521021:24——3842
Cole Caufield RL1112-230.1910020:17——3941
Juraj Slafkovský LL1101-160.8202018:10——3941
Jake Evans CL2011+110.0001219:01——3274
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LL2101+131.6501216:21——3169
Brendan Gallagher RL2011+110.0610012:01——3676
Joel Armia RL3101+130.2311219:49——4552
Sean Monahan CL3011+130.1501019:27——4253
Joshua Roy RL3000010.040109:33——3536
Mitchell Stephens CL4000+110.051007:35——6495
Jesse Ylonen RL4000000.000104:26——2977
Michael Pezzetta LL4000010.011024:07——5797
David Savard DD1011+120.1016023:44——3247
Jayden Struble DD1000+140.0712019:25——3874
Mike Matheson DD2011-110.0103028:05——3839
Kaiden Guhle DD2000-200.0004020:23——4750
Jordan Harris DD3000+100.0001213:36——4670
Johnathan Kovacevic DD3000000.0010013:18——3743
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)W35323.9142.8060:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ross Colton (COL PP) 1st 4:28 · assists Jonathan Drouin, Cale Makar · Rebound · 34.6 mph shot.

Devon Toews · 3rd 9:37 · COL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
50.6 mph
Distance
27 ft
Entry to goal
3.3 s
Type
one-timer

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