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Colorado Avalanche at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 22, 2025 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 5 37
Montréal Canadiens 4 29

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:35 COL Sam Malinski (3) Joel Kiviranta (7), Ross Colton (13) 1 - 0
10:09 COL Ryan Lindgren (4) Brock Nelson (26), Artturi Lehkonen (16) 2 - 0
2nd Period
05:24 COL Martin Necas (24) PP Jonathan Drouin (23), Valeri Nichushkin (11) 3 - 0
05:51 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (15) Jayden Struble (9), Nick Suzuki (51) 3 - 1
3rd Period
03:58 COL Brock Nelson (23) Devon Toews (27) 4 - 1
09:24 MTL Joshua Roy (2) Alex Newhook (10), Patrik Laine (13) 4 - 2
09:54 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (16) Alexandre Carrier (20) 4 - 3
13:32 MTL Christian Dvorak (9) Brendan Gallagher (13) 4 - 4
Shootout
COL Brock Nelson Shootout winner 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:06 COL Ross Colton Slashing 2
2nd Period
02:46 MTL Arber Xhekaj Fighting 5
02:46 COL Keaton Middleton Fighting 5
04:35 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2
06:42 COL Miles Wood Tripping 2
13:22 COL Charlie Coyle Cross checking 2
13:22 COL Ross Colton Roughing 2
13:22 MTL Josh Anderson Roughing 2
14:16 COL Devon Toews Hooking 2
17:52 MTL Mike Matheson Roughing 2
17:52 COL Nathan MacKinnon High sticking 2
Overtime
02:35 MTL Juraj Slafkovský Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 77 58 37 4 5.3 53.5
Montréal Canadiens 68 48 29 4 3.6 46.5

How the game went

1050Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadColorado Avalanche ahead

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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 5.3 expected, 4 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.6 expected, 4 scored

024Start2nd3rdOTCOL goal, 7:35 of 1st, a 3% chanceCOL goal, 10:09 of 1st, a 11% chanceCOL goal, 5:24 of 2nd, a 19% chanceCOL goal, 3:58 of 3rd, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 5:51 of 2nd, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 9:24 of 3rd, a 25% chanceMTL goal, 9:54 of 3rd, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 13:32 of 3rd, a 7% chanceCOL 5.3MTL 3.6

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

Colorado Avalanche
Montréal Canadiens

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan MacKinnon · Jonathan Drouin · Valeri Nichushkin14:5550.044.60-2
Brock Nelson · Artturi Lehkonen · Martin Necas12:1569.066.22-1
Charlie Coyle · Ross Colton · Joel Kiviranta8:4145.082.41-1
Jimmy Vesey · Miles Wood · Jack Drury6:2753.341.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar16:3551.353.21-1
Ryan Lindgren · Sam Malinski9:5853.845.42-1
Erik Johnson · Keaton Middleton7:2866.750.00-0

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
11 Brock Nelson C 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 16:30 0.14 21-13 0.89-0.63
55 Ryan Lindgren D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:40 0.12 20-21 0.84-0.98
70 Sam Malinski D 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 17:39 0.05 23-17 1.01-0.76
88 Martin Necas C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:56 0.55 25-14 1.08-0.49
7 Devon Toews D 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 28:05 0.44 27-25 1.92-1.43
22 Joel Kiviranta L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:10 11-11 0.79-0.13
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 24:09 0.48 15-19 0.95-1.23
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:33 0.42 26-9 1.30-0.44
79 Ross Colton C 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 09:34 0.45 10-12 0.59-0.26
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 22:04 0.66 16-19 0.96-1.24
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:34 0.21 15-13 0.90-0.28
6 Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:44 14-10 0.35-0.37
8 Cale Makar D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 31:06 0.96 25-24 1.94-1.36
11 Miles Wood L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 08:43 0.27 9-14 0.41-0.75
18 Jack Drury C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:34 0.03 9-8 0.31-0.46
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:47 9-8 0.41-0.60
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 22:09 0.57 16-19 0.96-1.19
67 Keaton Middleton D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 10:31 0.00 14-9 0.63-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Mackenzie Blackwood W 29 25 4 64:57 3.64 -0.36

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský10:4172.060.52-1
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak10:2726.334.40-1
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman8:2153.855.40-0
Patrik Laine · Alex Newhook · Joshua Roy8:0845.879.71-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier18:2252.854.22-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson18:2037.836.22-0
David Savard · Arber Xhekaj8:2850.041.80-2

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
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 19:23 0.29 19-14 0.88-1.03
22 Christian Dvorak C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:21 0.12 7-21 0.54-1.37
89 Joshua Roy R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:07 0.29 13-20 0.73-0.45
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:38 0.17 11-18 0.59-1.31
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 22:44 0.14 21-12 0.91-1.15
15 Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:13 0.57 19-20 0.88-0.61
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 21:23 0.16 20-18 1.35-1.07
47 Jayden Struble D 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 20:36 18-30 0.78-1.40
92 Patrik Laine L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:30 0.32 13-18 0.86-0.66
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 26:35 0.18 22-19 1.24-1.22
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 19:06 0.67 19-10 0.89-0.64
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 14:35 7-16 0.47-1.12
40 Joel Armia R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16 0.11 7-11 0.24-0.25
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 28:51 0.40 19-29 0.93-1.43
51 Emil Heineman L 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 11:50 0.03 10-10 0.46-0.65
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:19 13-13 0.39-0.63
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:37 0.11 12-14 0.25-0.70
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -2 5 0 3 11:35 0.06 15-12 0.44-0.54
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault OTL 37 33 4 65:00 5.38 +1.38