Montréal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche

Dec 21, 2022 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	1	20
Colorado Avalanche	2	36

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:48	MTL	Anthony Richard (1)	Jake Evans (6), Joel Armia (3)	1 - 0
3rd Period
02:16	COL	Artturi Lehkonen (9) PP	Mikko Rantanen (18), Cale Makar (22)	1 - 1
Overtime
01:51	COL	Mikko Rantanen (22)	Devon Toews (16)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
18:16	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	Tripping	2
3rd Period
02:09	MTL	Anthony Richard	Hooking	2
09:55	COL	Denis Malgin	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	42	27	20	1	1.6	37.0
Colorado Avalanche	74	51	36	2	3.0	63.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 1.6 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Kirby Dach · Cole Caufield	13:57	69.2	66.2	0-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Mike Hoffman · Christian Dvorak	9:58	17.6	10.4	0-0
Josh Anderson · Jonathan Drouin · Juraj Slafkovský	9:47	26.3	14.6	0-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Anthony Richard	6:33	30.8	47.6	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnathan Kovacevic · Jordan Harris	18:13	43.8	39.8	0-0
Joel Edmundson · Kaiden Guhle	16:28	36.4	21.0	0-0
Chris Wideman · Arber Xhekaj	13:33	28.6	33.9	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
90	Anthony Richard	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	09:44	0.14	6-15	0.16-0.27
40	Joel Armia	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	11:16		7-11	0.22-0.38
71	Jake Evans	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	14:24	0.01	6-20	0.18-0.51
6	Chris Wideman	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	15:58	0.02	12-26	0.52-0.84
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	21:04		10-19	0.15-0.51
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:21	0.04	16-18	0.47-0.71
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:27	0.34	20-10	0.72-0.39
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:14		21-14	0.73-0.44
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	19:29	0.20	10-27	0.23-1.03
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:59		6-22	0.13-1.12
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	25:23	0.01	13-21	0.25-0.78
22	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:05		5-19	0.19-0.75
33	Evgenii Dadonov	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:05	0.22	6-20	0.17-0.70
43	Jordan Harris	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:54	0.08	18-26	0.59-1.21
68	Mike Hoffman	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:06	0.02	5-14	0.09-0.59
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	14:34	0.04	11-27	0.43-0.95
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:58	0.26	20-15	0.67-0.50
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:32	0.20	8-16	0.12-0.82

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	OTL	36	34	2	61:44	2.94	+0.94

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
J.T. Compher · Artturi Lehkonen · Mikko Rantanen	13:32	66.7	78.7	0-0
Valeri Nichushkin · Evan Rodrigues · Alex Newhook	13:06	47.8	57.5	0-0
Denis Malgin · Logan O'Connor · Ben Meyers	10:27	70.0	75.2	0-1
J.T. Compher · Mikko Rantanen · Denis Malgin	1:10	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	18:06	44.8	42.8	0-0
Erik Johnson · Samuel Girard	14:18	41.4	53.8	0-1
Brad Hunt · Andreas Englund	6:31	92.9	100.0	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	1	2	1	0	8	3	25:57	0.57	33-15	1.12-0.36
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	19:16	0.37	20-10	0.58-0.16
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	27:34		30-18	1.21-0.55
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	26:58	0.23	21-19	0.66-0.66
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:35	0.02	14-19	0.74-0.55
9	Jacob MacDonald	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02:55		8-2	0.13-0.11
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:52	0.08	15-13	0.85-0.52
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:05	0.06	25-2	0.61-0.10
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	20:40	0.52	25-15	1.07-0.54
23	Kurtis MacDermid	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	03:06		6-0	0.12-0.00
24	Andreas Englund	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12:06	0.03	23-3	0.60-0.01
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:26	0.13	18-8	0.67-0.19
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:51	0.17	26-12	0.79-0.16
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	19:50	0.28	15-13	0.76-0.54
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:44	0.07	23-19	1.18-0.53
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	14:00	0.17	14-10	0.52-0.31
81	Denis Malgin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	16:21	0.24	19-14	0.68-0.41
87	Martin Kaut	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	05:45		5-8	0.20-0.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Alexandar Georgiev	W	20	19	1	61:23	1.57	+0.57