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Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, January 29, 2026 · Centre Bell

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3–7

Final

SOG 29–28

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Avalanche outshot the Canadiens 29-28.

Nick Suzuki scored twice. Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson, Jake Evans, Kirby Dach, Joel Kiviranta, Ross Colton, Alexandre Carrier and Juraj Slafkovský also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 21 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL111329
Montréal CanadiensMTL322728

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNick SuzukiMTL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJakub DobesMTL · .897 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:42

1–3 · 1st 7:33 · Suzuki. MacKinnon was 1:42 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 0:56 · Dobson

Lehkonen 0:56

1–1 COL

1st 4:09 · Nelson

Slafkovský 0:25

1–2 MTL

1st 5:51 · PP · Suzuki

Long shift: Drury 1:07

1–3 MTL

1st 7:33 · SH · Suzuki

Stuck out there: MacKinnon 1:42

1–4 MTL

2nd 16:36 · Evans

Colton 0:31

1–5 MTL

2nd 17:16 · Dach

Nichushkin 0:57

2–5 COL

2nd 18:06 · Kiviranta

Carrier 0:50

3–5 COL

3rd 4:38 · Colton

Long shift: Hutson 1:03

3–6 MTL

3rd 5:45 · Carrier

MacKinnon 0:33

3–7 MTL

3rd 9:55 · Slafkovský

Nichushkin 0:41

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

COLMTL
29Shots on goal28
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits22
8Blocked shots21
17Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 05:24Keaton Middleton · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 06:14Josh Anderson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 00:37Cole Caufield · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 03:14Sam Malinski · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 19:39Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 19:39Keaton Middleton · roughing2 min

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