Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 29, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	12	5	6	23
COL	2	3	2	7		COL	14	10	12	36

: MTL 45COL 73
: MTL 2.01COL 4.59
PP goals: MTL 1COL 1
Hits: MTL 27COL 13
Blocks: MTL 17COL 10
PIM: MTL 8COL 6
: MTL 45%COL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Montreal Canadiens 7–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 7–2 at home. Brock Nelson (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:31 together.

Points
Brock Nelson had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:00.Nelson
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:12.Landeskog
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:49.MacKinnon
Points
Martin Necas had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:06.Necas
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:14.Lehkonen
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:31 together.Landeskog Lehkonen MacKinnon Necas Makar
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Bolduc, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:47 together.Suzuki Caufield Bolduc Hutson Slafkovský
Usage
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 14:49, −7:32 down on his 22:21 season average over 79 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.

Strength

Period

Team

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

COL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · COL 73 · MTL 45

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 15% of the game, COL 55%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

COL 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	MTL	COL
	47	66
	1.71	3.92
	1.67	3.71
	6	12
	4	7
	20	22
	−0.047	+0.047
	15%	55%

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 – Bolduc
10:3543% CF
L2Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
10:1033% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Texier
9:2746% CF
L4Gallagher – Veleno – Xhekaj
8:3841% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
13:2636% CF
D2Hutson – Engstrom
12:4543% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
11:0226% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Bolduc – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:47100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Suzuki – Dobson – Kapanen – Demidov
0:46100% CF
PK1FVeleno – Kapanen
4:17
PK2FAnderson – Evans
1:55
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
6:12
PK2DDobson – Xhekaj
0:34

Current MTL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Nelson – Landeskog – Colton
9:4052% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
8:5472% CF
L3Olofsson – Kelly – Drury
8:0362% CF
L4Kiviranta – Bardakov – Ivan
7:4644% CF
D1Girard – Malinski
14:4041% CF
D2Toews – Makar
13:1263% CF
D3Burns – Manson
11:3870% CF

PP1Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
3:31100% CF
PP2Burns – Drury – Kiviranta – Bardakov – Malinski
1:57100% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
1:42
PK2FLehkonen – Kiviranta
0:41
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:26
PK2DToews – Makar
0:41

Current COL 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.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:43	—	—	41	34
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	43	33
Zachary Bolduc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	1	0	13:54	—	—	44	29
Oliver Kapanen C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	1	2	16:32	—	—	38	51
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	2	1	0	15:47	—	—	33	50
Ivan Demidov R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	14:12	—	—	37	61
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	4	13:55	—	—	46	27
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	3	0	2	13:53	—	—	46	23
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	43	24
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:08	—	—	39	29
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	2	0	0	11:09	—	—	37	6
Florian Xhekaj L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	1	1	0	10:35	—	—	47	30
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	0	1	0	23:10	—	—	43	36
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	1	1	0	21:46	—	—	39	44
Lane Hutson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	22:30	—	—	48	48
Adam Engstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:29	—	—	47	41
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	0	5	0	22:53	—	—	37	17
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	9	0	0	13:46	—	—	30	11

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	36	29	7	.806	4.59	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	2	2	4	+3	3	0.64	0	0	2	17:00	—	—	57	77
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	2	1	3	+3	5	1.15	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	50	77
Ross Colton C	L1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:57	—	—	62	83
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	74	67
Martin Necas C	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.31	0	0	2	18:06	—	—	75	68
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	1	2	3	+2	5	0.51	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	71	63
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	69	60
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	59	51
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	57	48
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	1	1	0	13:09	—	—	39	76
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	39	69
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:23	—	—	44	73
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	3	0	20:57	—	—	39	79
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	18:51	—	—	46	80
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	+4	3	0.33	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	65	77
Devon Toews D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.32	0	0	2	16:36	—	—	66	66
Brent Burns D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.23	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	66	54
Josh Manson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	3	1	0	17:10	—	—	65	54

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.01	59:58

Goal anatomy

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

Brock Nelson (COL) 1st 7:32 · assists Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Kiviranta · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 54.8 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Brock Nelson · 1st 7:32 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 13:25 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Brent Burns · 2nd 0:50 · COL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.1 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 3:55 · COL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s

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Ivan Demidov · 2nd 8:27 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 35.7 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 19:05 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: rebound

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Devon Toews · 3rd 2:51 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Lane Hutson · 3rd 5:10 · MTL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 6:52 · COL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.5 mph
Distance: 7 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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 29, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Montreal Canadiens 7–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Brock Nelson · 1st 7:32 · COL

Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 13:25 · COL

Brent Burns · 2nd 0:50 · COL

Brock Nelson · 2nd 3:55 · COL

Ivan Demidov · 2nd 8:27 · MTL

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 19:05 · COL

Devon Toews · 3rd 2:51 · COL

Lane Hutson · 3rd 5:10 · MTL PP

Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 6:52 · COL PP