Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Monday, March 13, 2023 · Centre Bell

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8–4

Final

SOG 33–19

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Montréal Canadiens 8-4 on Monday, March 13, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 33-19.

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice. Bowen Byram, Matt Nieto, Josh Anderson, Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher, Denis Gurianov, Nathan MacKinnon, Jesse Ylonen, Mike Matheson and Valeri Nichushkin also scored.

Alexandar Georgiev made 15 saves on 19 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 9 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	4	2	2	8	33
MTL	1	1	2	4	19

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Artturi Lehkonen (19)Logan O'Connor (15), Devon Toews (31)1–002:59 COL
Bowen Byram (6)Samuel Girard (25)2–006:09 COL
Matt Nieto (12)Lars Eller (10), Logan O'Connor (16)3–008:05 COL
Artturi Lehkonen (20)Mikko Rantanen (35), Cale Makar (38)4–016:00 COL · PPG
Josh Anderson (20)Johnathan Kovacevic (9), Nick Suzuki (29)4–118:58 MTL

2nd period

Mikko Rantanen (43)Evan Rodrigues (18), Devon Toews (32)5–101:48 COL
J.T. Compher (14)Valeri Nichushkin (21), Artturi Lehkonen (29)6–103:58 COL
Denis Gurianov (5)Nick Suzuki (30), Jonathan Drouin (22)6–219:18 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Nathan MacKinnon (29)Cale Makar (39), Valeri Nichushkin (22)7–208:09 COL · PPG
Jesse Ylonen (3)Chris Wideman (6), Alex Belzile (7)7–308:48 MTL
Mike Matheson (6)Josh Anderson (9), David Savard (14)7–410:35 MTL
Valeri Nichushkin (13)Cale Makar (40), Nathan MacKinnon (52)8–413:09 COL · PPG

Team stats

COLMTL

33Shots on goal19

44%Faceoff %56%

3/3Power play1/2

13Penalty minutes25

6Hits23

12Blocked shots22

7Giveaways10

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 15:22Mike Matheson · high sticking2 min
1st 16:48Devon Toews · boarding2 min
2nd 18:46Nathan MacKinnon · tripping2 min
2nd 18:46Jack Johnson · roughing2 min
2nd 18:46Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
3rd 07:24Rafael Harvey-Pinard · tripping2 min
3rd 12:42Josh Anderson · tripping2 min
3rd 13:23Michael Pezzetta · roughing2 min
3rd 13:23Bowen Byram · roughing2 min
3rd 13:23Michael Pezzetta · fighting5 min
3rd 13:23Bowen Byram · fighting5 min
3rd 19:16Chris Wideman · misconduct10 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

13Valeri NichushkinR	1	2	3	+1	2	2	0	0	–	16:09
62Artturi LehkonenL	2	1	3	+2	3	1	0	0	–	09:46
8Cale MakarD	0	3	3	+2	0	0	2	0	–	23:37
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	14:47
29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	2	27	17:36
96Mikko RantanenR	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	50	17:36
7Devon ToewsD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	3	2	–	19:44
9Evan RodriguesC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:10
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	46	16:10
37J.T. CompherL	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	47	17:06
83Matt NietoL	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:50
4Bowen ByramD	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	7	–	18:03
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	19:55
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:58
18Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	56	13:07
81Denis MalginC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	12:56
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	–	19:41
17Brad HuntD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	17:17

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Alexandar GeorgievG	W	19	15	4	.789	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	60	20:07
17Josh AndersonR	1	1	2	0	3	2	1	2	–	21:33
25Denis GurianovR	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	17:16
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	36	17:54
56Jesse YlonenR	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	15:41
60Alex BelzileR	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	63	12:39
6Chris WidemanD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	10	–	16:20
8Mike MathesonD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	2	–	22:12
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	–	21:40
58David SavardD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	2	0	–	18:50
32Rem PitlickC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	05:08
49Rafael Harvey-PinardL	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	17:47
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	7	–	09:57
67Chris TierneyC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	69	13:28
68Mike HoffmanL	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	–	16:47
90Anthony RichardC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50	13:32
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	2	–	18:06
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0	–	19:15

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG	L	15	9	6	.600	23:58
35Samuel MontembeaultG		18	16	2	.889	36:00