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Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 2025 · Centre Bell

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5–4

Final/SO

SOG 37–29

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 37-29.

Juraj Slafkovský scored twice. Sam Malinski, Ryan Lindgren, Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Joshua Roy and Christian Dvorak also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 33 of 37.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL21101537
Montréal CanadiensMTL01300429

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starBrock NelsonCOL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starMartin NecasCOL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:39

3–0 · 2nd 5:24 · Necas. Matheson was 1:39 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceMTL on ice

1–0 COL

1st 7:35 · Malinski

Savard 0:22

2–0 COL

1st 10:09 · Lindgren

Anderson 0:43

3–0 COL

2nd 5:24 · PP · Necas

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:39

3–1 MTL

2nd 5:51 · Slafkovský

Coyle 0:27

4–1 COL

3rd 3:58 · Nelson

Slafkovský 0:39

4–2 MTL

3rd 9:24 · Roy

Drouin 0:28

4–3 MTL

3rd 9:54 · Slafkovský

Drouin 0:58

4–4 MTL

3rd 13:32 · Dvorak

Long shift: Necas 1:03

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

COLMTL
37Shots on goal29
45%Faceoff %55%
1/2Power play0/4
17Penalty minutes13
17Hits27
17Blocked shots18
7Giveaways16
12Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 1st 14:06Ross Colton · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 02:46Arber Xhekaj · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 02:46Keaton Middleton · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 04:35Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 06:42Miles Wood · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:22Charlie Coyle · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 13:22Ross Colton · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:22Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:16Devon Toews · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 17:52Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 17:52Nathan MacKinnon · high sticking2 min
  • OT 02:35Juraj Slafkovský · holding2 min

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