Montréal Canadiens vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 2022 · Ball Arena

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1–2

Final/OT

SOG 20–36

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 36-20.

Goals came from Anthony Richard, Artturi Lehkonen and Mikko Rantanen.

Alexandar Georgiev made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 34 of 36.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	1	0	0	0	1	20
COL	0	0	1	1	2	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Anthony Richard (1)Jake Evans (6), Joel Armia (3)1–001:48 MTL

3rd period

Artturi Lehkonen (9)Mikko Rantanen (18), Cale Makar (22)1–102:16 COL · PPG

OT period

Mikko Rantanen (22)Devon Toews (16)1–201:51 COL

Team stats

MTLCOL

20Shots on goal36

44%Faceoff %56%

0/1Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes2

24Hits26

23Blocked shots15

3Giveaways6

7Takeaways10

Penalties

2nd 18:16Arber Xhekaj · tripping2 min
3rd 02:09Anthony Richard · hooking2 min
3rd 09:55Denis Malgin · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

40Joel ArmiaR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:16
71Jake EvansC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	45	14:24
90Anthony RichardC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	09:44
14Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	60	19:14
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	19:29
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	12:59
22Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:27
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	25	14:32
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50	15:05
63Evgenii DadonovR	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	14:05
68Mike HoffmanL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:06
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	19:58
6Chris WidemanD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	4	0	–	15:58
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	25:23
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	20:21
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	–	21:04
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	22:54
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	2	–	14:34

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG	O	36	34	2	.944	61:44
35Samuel MontembeaultG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

96Mikko RantanenR	1	1	2	+1	8	3	0	0	33	25:57
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	0	3	4	1	0	–	19:16
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	27:34
8Cale MakarD	0	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	–	26:58
9Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	50	20:40
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	19:50
18Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	16:52
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	16:26
37J.T. CompherL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	22:51
59Ben MeyersC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	70	14:00
61Martin KautR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:45
81Denis MalginC	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	2	–	16:21
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	18:35
17Brad HuntD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:05
26Jacob MacDonaldD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:55
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	21:44
56Kurtis MacDermidD	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	03:06
88Andreas EnglundD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	12:06

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Pavel FrancouzG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Alexandar GeorgievG	W	20	19	1	.950	61:23