Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 29, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 29, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	1	3		COL	5	12	12	29
MTL	3	2	2	7		MTL	9	12	7	28

: COL 62MTL 52
: COL 3.42MTL 3.51
PP goals: COL 0MTL 1
Hits: COL 25MTL 22
Blocks: COL 8MTL 21
PIM: COL 6MTL 6
: COL 45%MTL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Colorado Avalanche 7–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Colorado Avalanche 7–3 at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:38 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:42.Suzuki
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Juraj Slafkovský had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:57.Slafkovský
Points
Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:36.Dach
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Ivan Demidov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:05.Demidov
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Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:23.Hutson
Points
Oliver Kapanen had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:24.Kapanen
Points
Zachary Bolduc had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:12.Bolduc
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:38 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov

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 114 of 114 attempts · MTL 52 · COL 62

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 41% 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

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MTL side.

Matchup matrix

MTL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	COL	MTL
	70	56
	3.73	3.10
	3.53	3.03
	14	11
	2	10
	19	25
	−0.011	+0.011
	41%	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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
12:0253% CF
L2Kelly – Bardakov – Brindley
8:4336% CF
L3Olofsson – Drury – Kiviranta
4:1250% CF
L4Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
3:5444% CF
D1Makar – Malinski
16:0661% CF
D2Burns – Manson
11:3357% CF
D3Middleton – Girard
7:2945% CF

PP1Nelson – MacKinnon – Olofsson – Necas – Makar
3:1980% CF
PP2Burns – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Colton – Brindley
0:41
PK1FKelly – Drury
1:04
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
0:43
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:20
PK2DGirard – Makar
0:37

Current COL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
11:2743% CF
L2Suzuki – Texier – Caufield
10:4527% CF
L3Evans – Dach – Bolduc
10:2057% CF
L4Gallagher – Danault – Anderson
9:1450% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
14:3044% CF
D2Dobson – Hutson
11:0454% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
8:2825% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
1:38100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
0:41100% CF
PK1FDanault – Evans
2:27
PK2FAnderson – Kapanen
1:03
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:49
PK2DDobson – Guhle
0:41

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.23	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	55	64
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.49	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	56	62
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.59	2	1	0	17:55	—	—	59	56
Parker Kelly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	8	1	0	13:11	—	—	43	36
Gavin Brindley C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	46	42
Zakhar Bardakov C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	43	49
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	50	23
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	56	63
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	2	0	0	11:14	—	—	60	80
Brock Nelson C	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	56	54
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	58	47
Ross Colton C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.42	3	1	0	12:37	—	—	63	58
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	0	0	0	24:02	—	—	57	64
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.15	0	0	2	21:00	—	—	56	77
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:30	—	—	52	38
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	58	51
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	1	2	0	17:28	—	—	60	62
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	4	12:58	—	—	45	30

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	28	21	7	.750	3.51	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.58	1	2	0	16:57	—	—	49	58
Ivan Demidov R	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	39	45
Oliver Kapanen C	L1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.07	0	1	0	14:24	—	—	45	57
Nick Suzuki C	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	1.08	1	2	0	17:42	—	—	37	36
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	14:33	—	—	41	31
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	0	2	12:49	—	—	30	24
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	2	0	16:12	—	—	61	69
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.28	0	2	0	15:12	—	—	57	69
Kirby Dach C	L3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.34	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	53	71
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	35	20
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	2	0	13:25	—	—	38	26
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	1	0	2	12:36	—	—	41	26
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	22:56	—	—	42	31
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	50	41
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:23	—	—	56	56
Noah Dobson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.15	2	2	0	19:34	—	—	39	52
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	39	46
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	13:38	—	—	39	37

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	3.42	59:45

Goal anatomy

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

Noah Dobson (MTL) 1st 0:56 · assists Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský · Off the faceoff · 72.7 mph shot.

Noah Dobson · 1st 0:56 · MTL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brock Nelson · 1st 4:09 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 77.2 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 5:51 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Kirby Dach · 2nd 17:16 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 7:33 · MTL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 25.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Jake Evans · 2nd 16:36 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.8 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Joel Kiviranta · 2nd 18:06 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: rebound

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Ross Colton · 3rd 4:38 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 16.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Alexandre Carrier · 3rd 5:45 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 9:55 · MTL

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: deflection

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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 CanadiensJan 29, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens rout Colorado Avalanche 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Noah Dobson · 1st 0:56 · MTL

Brock Nelson · 1st 4:09 · COL

Nick Suzuki · 1st 5:51 · MTL PP

Kirby Dach · 2nd 17:16 · MTL

Nick Suzuki · 1st 7:33 · MTL SH

Jake Evans · 2nd 16:36 · MTL

Joel Kiviranta · 2nd 18:06 · COL

Ross Colton · 3rd 4:38 · COL

Alexandre Carrier · 3rd 5:45 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 9:55 · MTL