Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 22, 2025

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 22, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	2	1	1	0	1	5		COL	16	7	7	7	37
MTL	0	1	3	0	0	4		MTL	6	10	12	1	29

: COL 79MTL 66
: COL 4.87MTL 3.56
PP goals: COL 1MTL 0
Hits: COL 17MTL 27
Blocks: COL 17MTL 18
PIM: COL 17MTL 11
: COL 45%MTL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in a shootout at MTL. Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +10 against a season average of 27.1; the overtime loss.

Points
Juraj Slafkovský had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:23.Slafkovský
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:30.Nelson
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +10 against a season average of 27.1; the overtime loss.Montembeault
Usage
Jayden Struble (MTL) played 20:36, +5:45 up on his 14:51 season average over 55 games.Struble
New line
New look for COL: Vesey–Wood–Drury skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Wood Drury
Usage
Ross Colton (COL) played 9:34, −4:56 down on his 14:30 season average over 60 games.Colton
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 24:09, +4:31 up on his 19:38 season average over 42 games.Nichushkin
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 16:33, −3:53 down on his 20:26 season average over 68 games.Lehkonen

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 145 of 145 attempts · MTL 66 · COL 79

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 49% of the game, MTL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	COL	MTL
	74	62
	3.81	2.97
	3.65	2.91
	11	10
	7	6
	32	16
	−0.044	+0.044
	49%	27%

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

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin
14:5550% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Necas
12:1569% CF
L3Coyle – Colton – Kiviranta
8:4145% CF
L4Vesey – Wood – Drury
6:2760% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:5653% CF
D2Lindgren – Malinski
10:0058% CF
D3Johnson – Middleton
7:2867% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Necas – Makar
0:49100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
1:41
PK2FDrury – Kiviranta
1:40
PK1DToews – Makar
3:13
PK2DJohnson – Lindgren
1:45

Current COL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:4172% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
10:2726% CF
L3Armia – Evans – Heineman
8:2154% CF
L4Laine – Newhook – Roy
8:0842% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
18:2753% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
18:2136% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
8:3152% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
5:05100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Suzuki – Newhook – Heineman
1:38100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
0:49
PK1DSavard – Matheson
0:49

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: COL 5 – 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.37	2	2	0	24:09	—	—	44	41
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.48	0	0	2	22:09	—	—	46	42
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.60	1	1	0	22:04	—	—	46	41
Martin Necas C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.65	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	64	79
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	74	84
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	62	65
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	2	13:34	—	—	54	69
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:10	—	—	50	86
Ross Colton C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.33	1	1	4	9:34	—	—	46	62
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:34	—	—	59	41
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	2	8:43	—	—	44	29
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:47	—	—	59	35
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.74	0	2	0	31:06	—	—	51	62
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.53	0	2	2	28:05	—	—	52	61
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	1	2	0	20:40	—	—	51	40
Sam Malinski D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	2	2	0	17:39	—	—	60	56
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	58	41
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	10:31	—	—	61	77

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	29	25	4	.862	3.56	64:57

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	2	1	0	22:44	—	—	64	45
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.33	0	0	2	19:23	—	—	58	49
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.70	2	0	0	19:06	—	—	66	61
Christian Dvorak C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	16:21	—	—	25	17
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	38	19
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	2	14:35	—	—	30	17
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	46	28
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	5	0	0	11:50	—	—	50	40
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	39	50
Patrik Laine L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.55	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	39	62
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.49	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	46	60
Joshua Roy R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.29	0	3	0	11:07	—	—	36	65
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.19	1	0	2	26:35	—	—	54	50
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	2	2	0	21:23	—	—	53	59
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.28	0	4	0	28:51	—	—	38	40
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	5	1	0	20:36	—	—	35	34
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	50	37
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	5	11:35	—	—	56	44

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	O	37	33	4	.892	4.87	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Martin Necas (COL PP) 2nd 5:24 · assists Jonathan Drouin, Valeri Nichushkin · Cycle · carried in · 49.1 mph shot · 10.2 s from entry to goal.

Martin Necas · 2nd 5:24 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 10.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Sam Malinski · 1st 7:35 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 82.8 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Ryan Lindgren · 1st 10:09 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 5:51 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 3:58 · COL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 61 ft

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Joshua Roy · 3rd 9:24 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 9:54 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Christian Dvorak · 3rd 13:32 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Martin Necas · 2nd 5:24 · COL PP

Sam Malinski · 1st 7:35 · COL

Ryan Lindgren · 1st 10:09 · COL

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 5:51 · MTL

Brock Nelson · 3rd 3:58 · COL

Joshua Roy · 3rd 9:24 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 9:54 · MTL

Christian Dvorak · 3rd 13:32 · MTL