Montréal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche

Jan 4, 2025 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	2	23
Colorado Avalanche	1	23

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:01	COL	Mikko Rantanen (23) PP	Nathan MacKinnon (51), Cale Makar (36)	0 - 1
3rd Period
13:25	MTL	Cole Caufield (21)	Nick Suzuki (27), Lane Hutson (25)	1 - 1
Shootout
	MTL	Cole Caufield	Shootout winner	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:01	MTL	Cole Caufield	High sticking	2
07:43	MTL	Alex Newhook	Slashing	2
12:10	COL	Ross Colton	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd Period
15:52	MTL	Mike Matheson	Tripping	2
3rd Period
02:34	COL	Artturi Lehkonen	High sticking	2
03:13	MTL	Kirby Dach	Tripping	2
18:16	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	Holding	2
Overtime
01:32	COL	Devon Toews	Cross checking	2
01:32	MTL	Josh Anderson	Cross checking	2
02:03	COL	Artturi Lehkonen	Interference goalkeeper	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	55	36	23	1	2.5	48.3
Colorado Avalanche	65	44	23	1	2.9	51.7

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: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.9 expected, 1 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.

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 · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	8:50	52.9	48.6	0-0
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak	7:01	41.7	53.0	0-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman	5:09	61.5	95.0	0-0
Joel Armia · Kirby Dach · Alex Newhook	4:16	85.7	66.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Kaiden Guhle	10:40	43.5	26.1	0-0
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson	6:57	35.7	20.9	0-0
Jayden Struble · Arber Xhekaj	6:17	100.0	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

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
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	22:41	0.71	14-20	0.58-0.89
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	20:34	0.05	16-13	0.80-0.39
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	23:21	0.11	17-21	0.73-0.64
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:17		10-13	0.48-0.33
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	28:00	0.09	20-24	0.70-0.87
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	17:23		12-11	0.41-0.24
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	14:50	0.31	7-12	0.33-0.43
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:25	0.13	11-12	0.40-0.71
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	24:19	0.16	11-22	0.21-0.80
22	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:09	0.09	8-15	0.33-0.76
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:45	0.14	14-7	0.42-0.07
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	23:04	0.01	9-19	0.33-0.75
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:03	0.01	13-3	0.63-0.02
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	09:56	0.04	11-10	0.42-0.22
61	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	04:32		4-3	0.10-0.10
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	17:17	0.29	13-10	0.53-0.14
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:43	0.04	19-3	0.93-0.02
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	19:22	0.28	12-12	0.41-0.36

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	W	23	22	1	65:00	2.88	+1.88

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Parker Kelly · Logan O'Connor · Joel Kiviranta	10:01	59.1	35.7	0-1
Nathan MacKinnon · Jonathan Drouin · Mikko Rantanen	9:41	54.5	56.3	0-0
Artturi Lehkonen · Ross Colton · Casey Mittelstadt	5:37	30.0	28.1	0-0
Juuso Parssinen · Oskar Olausson · Jere Innala	4:25	37.5	9.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	15:47	65.5	53.6	0-1
Josh Manson · Samuel Girard	13:03	45.0	36.2	0-0
Keaton Middleton · Sam Malinski	6:53	25.0	36.8	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	0	1	0	0	7	0	25:14	0.65	16-12	0.51-0.44
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	29:04	0.14	20-11	0.60-0.46
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	25:24	0.23	20-12	0.86-0.35
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	25:46	0.09	27-12	0.81-0.49
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:35		5-16	0.25-0.57
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	15:28	0.28	18-10	0.42-0.58
22	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	13:45	0.21	14-13	0.35-0.53
22	Jere Innala	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:55		4-5	0.09-0.17
24	Oskar Olausson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	05:40	0.02	3-5	0.02-0.17
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:17	0.01	18-13	0.37-0.60
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	21:39	0.24	12-17	0.35-0.55
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:01		16-15	0.43-0.52
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	18:33	0.35	13-9	0.58-0.25
67	Keaton Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:39	0.12	4-12	0.27-0.47
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:17	0.05	13-19	0.62-0.85
71	Juuso Parssinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:07		3-5	0.02-0.17
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	14:01	0.25	7-12	0.30-0.53
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	22:40	0.21	17-17	0.87-0.65

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	OTL	23	22	1	64:54	2.48	+1.48