Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 4, 2025

Final / SOSaturday, Jan 4, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	0	1	0	1	2		MTL	4	8	10	1	23
COL	1	0	0	0	0	1		COL	8	5	7	3	23

: MTL 54COL 66
: MTL 2.52COL 2.65
PP goals: MTL 0COL 1
Hits: MTL 29COL 17
Blocks: MTL 20COL 17
PIM: MTL 12COL 8
: MTL 54%COL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 in a shootout at COL. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:52 together.

PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:52 together.MacKinnon Drouin Rantanen Mittelstadt Makar
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 22:41, +4:40 up on his 18:01 season average over 81 games.Caufield
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 2.65 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 25:14, +4:02 up on his 21:12 season average over 81 games.Rantanen
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.52 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Cale Makar (COL) played 29:04, +3:24 up on his 25:40 season average over 79 games.Makar
Usage
Jayden Struble (MTL) played 10:03, −5:00 down on his 15:03 season average over 55 games.Struble
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 22:40, +4:35 up on his 18:05 season average over 42 games.Drouin

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

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

COL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · COL 66 · MTL 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 28% of the game, COL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

MTL

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	MTL	COL
	50	56
	2.24	1.79
	2.20	1.71
	7	6
	4	7
	18	30
	+0.017	−0.017
	28%	31%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
8:5047% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
7:0150% CF
L3Armia – Evans – Heineman
5:0962% CF
L4Pezzetta – Dach – Newhook
1:570% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
10:4639% CF
D2Carrier – Hutson
6:5936% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
6:17100% CF

PP1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:40100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Armia – Matheson – Newhook – Heineman
0:52100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
3:26
PK2FArmia – Evans
3:05
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:14
PK2DGuhle – Xhekaj
1:42

Current MTL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta
10:0159% CF
L2MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
9:4159% CF
L3Lehkonen – Colton – Mittelstadt
5:3720% CF
L4Parssinen – Olausson – Innala
4:2538% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:5162% CF
D2Manson – Girard
13:0850% CF
D3Middleton – Malinski
6:5431% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Makar
4:5286% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Colton – Parssinen
1:140% CF
PK1FKelly – O'Connor
1:34
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
0:55
PK1DToews – Makar
1:34
PK2DManson – Girard
0:55

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:01
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)deflected0.11 xG
MTL: Armia, Evans, Guhle, XhekajCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt, Makar
MTL 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

13:25
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, Caufield, HutsonCOL: Toews, Makar, Kelly, O'Connor, Kiviranta
MTL 1 – 1 COL

Decided in the shootout: MTL 2 – 1 COL.

Box score

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

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.75	0	0	2	22:41	—	—	35	45
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	46	63
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	0	0	13:25	—	—	39	42
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	35	34
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	2	14:50	—	—	42	44
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	48	57
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	57	81
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	16:45	—	—	67	87
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	5	0	0	9:56	—	—	52	63
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	2	1	2	19:22	—	—	50	56
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	17:23	—	—	52	64
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:32	—	—	57	69
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	3	2	28:00	—	—	43	53
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	9	2	24:19	—	—	30	25
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	1	1	0	23:21	—	—	45	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	23:04	—	—	32	32
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:43	—	—	84	99
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:03	—	—	81	97

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.65	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan O'Connor R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:17	—	—	58	39
Parker Kelly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.29	3	0	0	15:28	—	—	64	39
Joel Kiviranta L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	1	0	13:45	—	—	52	39
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	2	0	0	25:24	—	—	69	63
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	7	0.48	0	1	0	25:14	—	—	61	50
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	22:40	—	—	56	54
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:35	—	—	19	37
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	1	4	18:33	—	—	59	62
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	2	2	14:01	—	—	32	40
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:07	—	—	38	3
Jere Innala L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:55	—	—	44	25
Oskar Olausson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	5:40	—	—	38	3
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	1	3	0	29:04	—	—	61	57
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	2	2	25:46	—	—	67	62
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:01	—	—	55	44
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	1	0	21:39	—	—	45	41
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	44	32
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	31	20

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	23	22	1	.957	2.52	64:54

Goal anatomy

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

Mikko Rantanen (COL PP) 1st 9:01 · assists Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Deflection · 24.1 mph shot.

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 9:01 · COL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 13:25 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 51.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.