Montréal Canadiens vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Tuesday, March 26, 2024 · Ball Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 27–28

ColoradoAvalancheHome

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 28-27.

Goals came from Nathan MacKinnon, Nick Suzuki and Joel Armia.

Samuel Montembeault made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Justus Annunen stopped 25 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	0	0	2	27
COL	1	0	0	1	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nathan MacKinnon (45)Mikko Rantanen (58), Devon Toews (32)0–100:43 COL
Nick Suzuki (29)Juraj Slafkovský (25), David Savard (12)1–100:52 MTL
Joel Armia (12)Alex Newhook (13), Kaiden Guhle (14)2–114:53 MTL

Team stats

MTLCOL

27Shots on goal28

54%Faceoff %46%

0/3Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes6

18Hits13

20Blocked shots12

1Giveaways5

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 07:13Nick Suzuki · hooking2 min
1st 10:09Arber Xhekaj · cross checking2 min
2nd 09:12Jordan Harris · high sticking2 min
3rd 11:18Sean Walker · hooking2 min
3rd 14:57Sean Walker · high sticking double minor4 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

14Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	2	42	22:17
15Alex NewhookC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	69	17:28
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	–	21:57
40Joel ArmiaR	1	0	1	+1	6	1	0	0	–	17:03
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	–	23:01
58David SavardD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	17:26
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:03
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:43
22Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	100	21:16
36Colin WhiteC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	09:03
49Rafael Harvey-PinardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	11:40
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:27
56Jesse YlonenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	08:55
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	16:39
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	27:11
47Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	16:08
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	19:20
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	1	5	0	2	–	13:23

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	21	24:29
96Mikko RantanenR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	78	25:48
7Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	–	22:52
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:33
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:18
12Brandon DuhaimeR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:14
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	17:25
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	80	11:18
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	22:47
28Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	10:43
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	42	15:04
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	14:03
73Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	45	11:43
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:00
8Cale MakarD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	26:41
26Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	–	15:12
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	–	16:22
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	20:09

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Alexandar GeorgievG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Justus AnnunenG	L	27	25	2	.926	59:19