Colorado Avalanche @ Montreal Canadiens

35-8-9, 15-6-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Avalanche COL	1	1	1	3
Canadiens MTL	3	2	2	7

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

30-17-7, 16-11-1 Home

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Ross ColtonR. Colton#20
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Joel KivirantaJ. Kiviranta#94
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#95
defensemen
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
Keaton MiddletonK. Middleton#67

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	10:17	0:00	0:00	10:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	11:37	0:41	0:00	10:56	0	1	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	17	12:37	0:41	0:00	11:56	0	2	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	14:20	0:00	1:05	13:15	8	3	72.7
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	16	13:11	0:00	1:07	12:04	4	6	40.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	11:14	0:00	0:45	10:29	0	2	0.0
0	0	-2	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	17:55	0:41	0:45	16:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	21:09	3:19	0:00	17:50	6	8	42.9
0	0	-3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	20:57	3:19	0:00	17:38	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	20	17:10	3:19	0:37	13:14	6	7	46.2
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	15:13	0:41	0:37	13:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	15:21	3:19	0:00	12:02	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	26	21:30	0:41	1:21	19:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	22	17:28	0:00	0:38	16:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	25	24:02	3:19	1:05	19:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	28	21:00	0:00	0:00	21:00	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	19:13	0:00	1:48	17:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	1	14	12:58	0:00	0:00	12:58	0	0	0.0

goalies
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	7	21	.750	19	2	0	0	0	60:00	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Phillip DanaultP. Danault#24
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#85
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	17	12:36	0:00	1:06	11:30	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	15:12	0:41	0:01	14:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	21	12:49	1:27	0:00	11:22	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:36	0:00	0:00	14:36	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:50	0:00	2:35	12:15	6	6	50.0
0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	17	15:05	1:46	0:00	13:19	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	18	16:12	0:00	2:35	13:37	8	7	53.3
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	19	13:25	1:00	0:00	12:25	1	0	100.0
0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:24	0:44	1:25	12:15	5	4	55.6
1	1	1	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	18	16:57	1:43	0:00	15:14	0	0	0.0
2	1	2	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	21	17:42	1:43	0:18	15:41	8	6	57.1
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	18	14:33	0:44	0:00	13:49	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	19:26	0:00	2:51	16:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	5	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	26	19:34	0:49	0:43	18:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	23	22:56	0:00	1:07	21:49	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	24	20:23	1:38	0:00	18:45	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	23	21:36	0:00	3:19	18:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	13	13:38	0:00	0:00	13:38	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	3	26	.897	23	3	0	0	0	59:45	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Avalanche	1	1	1	3
	Canadiens	3	2	2	7

1st Period		COL	MTL
0:56	Noah Dobson (10) Assists: Lane Hutson (45), Juraj Slafkovsky (23)	0	1
4:09	Brock Nelson (28) Assists: Josh Manson (18), Samuel Girard (9)	1	1
5:51	Nick Suzuki (17) (Power Play) Assists: Ivan Demidov (33), Lane Hutson (46)	1	2
7:33	Nick Suzuki (18) (Shorthanded) Assists: Oliver Kapanen (12), Mike Matheson (22)	1	3

2nd Period		COL	MTL
16:36	Jake Evans (7) Assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Zack Bolduc (11)	1	4
17:16	Kirby Dach (6) Assists: Zack Bolduc (12)	1	5
18:06	Joel Kiviranta (2) Assists: Sam Malinski (22), Jack Drury (10)	2	5

3rd Period		COL	MTL
4:38	Ross Colton (6) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin (18)	3	5
5:45	Alexandre Carrier (6) Assists: Nick Suzuki (44), Kirby Dach (3)	3	6
9:55	Juraj Slafkovsky (20) Assists: Oliver Kapanen (13), Ivan Demidov (34)	3	7

Juraj Slafkovsky lights the lamp for Canadiens

0:48

Alexandre Carrier nets goal for Canadiens

0:29

Ross Colton nets goal for Avalanche

0:47

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Canadiens
2
Avalanche
7

Game 1

29/11

Avalanche
3
Canadiens
7

Game 2

30/1

Bell Centre

12:00 AM, 30 January 2026

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Frederick L'Ecuyer
Justin Kea

Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Devin Berg

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	35	8	9	79
Minnesota	31	14	10	72
Dallas	31	14	9	71
Utah	28	22	4	60
Nashville	24	23	6	54
Chicago	21	24	9	51
Winnipeg	21	25	7	49
St. Louis	20	25	9	49

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	34	14	4	72
Detroit	32	17	6	70
Buffalo	31	17	5	67
Montreal	30	17	7	67
Boston	32	20	3	67
Florida	28	22	3	59
Ottawa	25	21	7	57
Toronto	24	21	9	57

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Stars win 5-4 in shootout after blowing 3-goal lead to Golden Knights

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