Colorado Avalanche at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

3 – 7

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 7–3 on Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at Centre Bell. Nick Suzuki scored twice. Jakub Dobes made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	1	1	3	29
MTL	3	2	2	7	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:56	MTL	EV	Noah Dobson (10) · snap	Lane Hutson (45), Juraj Slafkovský (23)	0–1
1st	04:09	COL	EV	Brock Nelson (28) · snap	Josh Manson (18), Samuel Girard (9)	1–1
1st	05:51	MTL	PP	Nick Suzuki (17) · snap	Ivan Demidov (33), Lane Hutson (46)	1–2
1st	07:33	MTL	SH	Nick Suzuki (18) · backhand	Oliver Kapanen (12), Mike Matheson (22)	1–3
2nd	16:36	MTL	EV	Jake Evans (7) · snap	Kaiden Guhle (3), Zachary Bolduc (11)	1–4
2nd	17:16	MTL	EV	Kirby Dach (6) · snap	Zachary Bolduc (12)	1–5
2nd	18:06	COL	EV	Joel Kiviranta (2) · snap	Sam Malinski (22), Jack Drury (10)	2–5
3rd	04:38	COL	EV	Ross Colton (6) · snap	Valeri Nichushkin (18)	3–5
3rd	05:45	MTL	EV	Alexandre Carrier (6) · snap	Nick Suzuki (44), Kirby Dach (3)	3–6
3rd	09:55	MTL	EV	Juraj Slafkovský (20) · snap	Oliver Kapanen (13), Ivan Demidov (34)	3–7

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:24	COL	Keaton Middleton	cross checking	2
1st	06:14	MTL	Josh Anderson	tripping	2
2nd	00:37	MTL	Cole Caufield	high sticking	2
2nd	03:14	COL	Sam Malinski	high sticking	2
3rd	19:39	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	roughing	2
3rd	19:39	COL	Keaton Middleton	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: COL 3.56 · MTL 2.74 · xG% COL 56.5

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	0		21:00	28
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0		19:13	26
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2		17:28	22
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	2	0	46.2	17:10	20
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0		15:13	19
18	Jack Drury	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	72.7	14:20	20
20	Ross Colton	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	1		12:37	17
94	Joel Kiviranta	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		11:14	17
8	Cale Makar	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		24:02	25
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2		21:30	26
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	42.9	21:09	20
88	Martin Necas	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0		20:57	20
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	1		17:55	22
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:21	17
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	40.0	13:11	16
67	Keaton Middleton	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	1		12:58	14
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:37	13
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:17	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	L	28	21	7	.750	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	2	1	3	+2	0	4	1	2	57.1	17:42	21
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2		20:23	24
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	2		16:57	18
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	2		15:12	17
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1		15:05	17
77	Kirby Dach	C	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	1	50.0	14:36	17
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	1	55.6	14:24	18
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		22:56	23
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1		21:36	23
53	Noah Dobson	D	1	0	1	+2	0	5	2	2		19:34	26
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2		19:26	20
71	Jake Evans	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2	53.3	16:12	18
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	50.0	14:50	19
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		14:33	18
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0		13:38	13
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	100.0	13:25	19
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0		12:49	21
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0		12:36	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	29	26	3	.897	59:45