Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 5, 2019 · Centre Bell

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3–2

Final

SOG 35–40

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Avalanche 40-35.

Goals came from Ryan Graves, Gabriel Landeskog, Matt Calvert, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cousins.

Pavel Francouz made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 32 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	2	1	0	3	35
MTL	0	1	1	2	40

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Graves (4)Matt Calvert (10), Cale Makar (20)1–006:13 COL
Gabriel Landeskog (4)Mikko Rantanen (12)2–012:57 COL

2nd period

Matt Calvert (5)J.T. Compher (12)3–008:06 COL · SHG
Brendan Gallagher (12)Phillip Danault (15)3–117:42 MTL

3rd period

Nick Cousins (3)Max Domi (12)3–201:23 MTL · PPG

Team stats

COLMTL

35Shots on goal40

47%Faceoff %53%

0/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

20Hits38

22Blocked shots18

15Giveaways16

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 14:36Nathan MacKinnon · holding2 min
2nd 06:20Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · hooking2 min
2nd 08:43Ben Chiarot · tripping2 min
2nd 18:02Nate Thompson · tripping2 min
3rd 01:07Andre Burakovsky · holding2 min
3rd 03:49Jeff Petry · holding2 min

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

11Matt CalvertL	1	1	2	+1	5	2	0	0	–	13:19
37J.T. CompherL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	30	15:28
92Gabriel LandeskogL	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	79	18:34
96Mikko RantanenR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	50	21:33
8Cale MakarD	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	0	–	21:05
27Ryan GravesD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	5	0	–	18:18
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	15:29
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	11:18
29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	0	0	+2	2	1	2	2	24	21:56
36T.J. TynanC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	06:29
41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	64	13:32
72Joonas DonskoiR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:17
83Matt NietoL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	13:35
95Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	50	12:38
16Nikita ZadorovD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	22:09
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	–	18:58
44Mark BarberioD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	–	12:43
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:23

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Pavel FrancouzG	W	40	38	2	.950	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	67	19:47
13Max DomiC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	80	18:03
21Nick CousinsC	1	0	1	-1	4	4	2	0	–	13:47
24Phillip DanaultL	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	37	24:38
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	20	15:18
15Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	00:47
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	-1	6	5	1	0	–	19:33
43Jordan WealC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	14:24
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	60	10:10
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	50	17:14
63Matthew PecaC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100	09:10
90Tomas TatarL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	17:50
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	-1	4	3	5	0	–	25:24
8Ben ChiarotD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	2	–	28:54
17Brett KulakD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	15:54
20Cale FleuryD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	14:51
26Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	2	–	22:44
64Otto LeskinenD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	07:37

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG	L	35	32	3	.914	57:55
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00