Montréal Canadiens vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 2025 · Ball Arena

MontréalCanadiensAway

2–1

Final/SO

SOG 23–23

ColoradoAvalancheHome

SNE · TVAS · CITY · ALT

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at Ball Arena.

Goals came from Mikko Rantanen and Cole Caufield.

Jakub Dobes made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 22 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	1	0	1	2	23
COL	1	0	0	0	0	1	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Rantanen (23)Nathan MacKinnon (51), Cale Makar (36)0–109:01 COL · PPG

3rd period

Cole Caufield (21)Nick Suzuki (27), Lane Hutson (25)1–113:25 MTL

SO period

Cole CaufieldUnassisted2–100:00 MTL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalMTL on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

1st 9:01 · PP · Rantanen

Xhekaj 0:47

NormalXhekaj 0:47

1–1 MTL

3rd 13:25 · Caufield

Toews 0:23

Fresh legsToews 0:23

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLCOL

23Shots on goal23

54%Faceoff %46%

0/3Power play1/5

12Penalty minutes8

29Hits17

20Blocked shots17

26Giveaways17

2Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 04:01Cole Caufield · high sticking2 min
1st 07:43Alex Newhook · slashing2 min
1st 12:10Ross Colton · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 15:52Mike Matheson · tripping2 min
3rd 02:34Artturi Lehkonen · high sticking2 min
3rd 03:13Kirby Dach · tripping2 min
3rd 18:16Kaiden Guhle · holding2 min
OT 01:32Devon Toews · cross checking2 min
OT 01:32Josh Anderson · cross checking2 min
OT 02:03Artturi Lehkonen · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

13Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	22:41
14Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	67	20:34
48Lane HutsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	23:21
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:17
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	43	17:23
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	100	14:50
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:25
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	62	16:09
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	16:45
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	09:56
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	04:32
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	50	17:17
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	19:22
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	2	–	28:00
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	2	–	24:19
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	23:04
47Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:03
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	15:43

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Samuel MontembeaultG		0	0	0	–	00:00
75Jakub DobesG	W	23	22	1	.957	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	47	25:24
96Mikko RantanenR	1	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	33	25:14
8Cale MakarD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	3	0	–	29:04
16Juuso ParssinenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	08:07
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	45	15:28
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	–	14:01
22Jere InnalaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:55
24Oskar OlaussonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	05:40
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	16:17
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	22:40
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	56	18:35
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	4	–	18:33
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	100	13:45
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	–	25:46
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	21:39
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	23:01
67Keaton MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:39
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:17

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG	O	23	22	1	.957	64:54
50Trent MinerG		0	0	0	–	00:00