Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 2, 2021 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Centre Bell. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 34-20.
Goals came from Valeri Nichushkin, Ben Chiarot, Cale Makar, Andre Burakovsky and Gabriel Landeskog.
Jonas Johansson made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Valeri Nichushkin (6)Logan O'Connor (6)1–003:11 COL · SHG
Ben Chiarot (5)Cole Caufield (3), Joel Armia (4)1–106:51 MTL · PPG
Cale Makar (10)Samuel Girard (9), Nathan MacKinnon (12)2–115:49 COL
3rd period
Andre Burakovsky (7)Valeri Nichushkin (5), Nazem Kadri (21)3–102:31 COL
Gabriel Landeskog (7)Mikko Rantanen (9), Devon Toews (8)4–117:11 COL · EN
Team stats
COLMTL
34Shots on goal20
43%Faceoff %57%
0/3Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes8
15Hits19
15Blocked shots16
13Giveaways17
3Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 03:46
Alex Newhook · hooking2 min - 1st 13:48Nicolas Aube-Kubel · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 17:08
Brett Kulak · tripping2 min - 2nd 03:00Tyson Jost · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:22Gabriel Landeskog · boarding2 min
- 2nd 09:14Ryan Poehling · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:34David Savard · interference2 min
- 3rd 13:59Gabriel Landeskog · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:45Tyson Jost · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 17:45Alexander Romanov · slashing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:43 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:34 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 25:08 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:49 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 12Jayson MegnaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:32 |
| 16Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 59:57 |
| 60Justus AnnunenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 25:39 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:20 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 28Christian DvorakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:13 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 20Chris WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 27Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 59:03 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |