Colorado Avalanche 3–7 Montréal Canadiens · Thursday, January 29, 2026 | Faceoff Week

TonightOct 15 · 11 games

Colorado AvalancheCOL · 29 shots3

Final

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Centre Bell, Montreal

ALT, TSN2, RDS

Montréal CanadiensMTL · 28 shots7

Scoring

1st period

00:56

ND

Noah Dobson (10)Lane Hutson (45), Juraj Slafkovský (23) · snap0–1

04:09

BN

Brock Nelson (28)Josh Manson (18), Samuel Girard (9) · snap1–1

05:51

NS

Nick Suzuki (17)ppIvan Demidov (33), Lane Hutson (46) · snap1–2

07:33

NS

Nick Suzuki (18)shOliver Kapanen (12), Mike Matheson (22) · backhand1–3

2nd period

16:36

JE

Jake Evans (7)Kaiden Guhle (3), Zachary Bolduc (11) · snap1–4

17:16

KD

Kirby Dach (6)Zachary Bolduc (12) · snap1–5

18:06

JK

Joel Kiviranta (2)Sam Malinski (22), Jack Drury (10) · snap2–5

3rd period

04:38

RC

Ross Colton (6)Valeri Nichushkin (18) · snap3–5

05:45

AC

Alexandre Carrier (6)Nick Suzuki (44), Kirby Dach (3) · snap3–6

09:55

JS

Juraj Slafkovský (20)Oliver Kapanen (13), Ivan Demidov (34) · snap3–7

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	B. Nelson	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	2	0	2	0	46	17:10	20
13	V. Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:13	19
17	P. Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	40	13:11	16
18	J. Drury	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	1	0	73	14:20	20
20	R. Colton	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	1	1	1	–	12:37	17
29	N. MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	1	0	43	21:09	20
54	G. Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	–	11:37	13
62	A. Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	1	0	0	–	17:55	22
88	M. Necas	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	2	0	–	20:57	20
93	Z. Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:17	11
94	J. Kiviranta	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0	0	–	11:14	17
95	V. Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	–	15:21	17
8	C. Makar	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	1	2	–	24:02	25
42	J. Manson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	0	0	–	19:13	26
49	S. Girard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2	1	0	–	17:28	22
67	K. Middleton	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:58	14
70	S. Malinski	D	0	1	1	+1	2	4	0	0	0	0	–	21:00	28
84	B. Burns	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	2	4	0	–	21:30	26

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	M. Blackwood		0	0	0	–	00:00
41	S. WedgewoodSTART	L	28	21	7	.750	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	0	0	100	13:25	19
13	C. Caufield	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	12:49	21
14	N. Suzuki	C	2	1	3	+2	0	4	1	2	1	1	57	17:42	21
17	J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	–	12:36	17
20	J. Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	1	2	3	0	–	16:57	18
24	P. Danault	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	14:50	19
71	J. Evans	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2	1	1	53	16:12	18
76	Z. Bolduc	R	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	2	1	0	–	15:12	17
77	K. Dach	C	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	1	0	0	50	14:36	17
85	A. Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	–	14:33	18
91	O. Kapanen	C	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	56	14:24	18
93	I. Demidov	R	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	–	15:05	17
8	M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	2	0	–	21:36	23
21	K. Guhle	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	–	22:56	23
45	A. Carrier	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2	0	0	–	19:26	20
48	L. Hutson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	20:23	24
53	N. Dobson	D	1	0	1	+2	0	5	2	2	0	1	–	19:34	26
72	A. Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	13:38	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	S. Montembeault		0	0	0	–	00:00
75	J. DobesSTART	W	29	26	3	.897	59:45

Head to head

Last 1: COL 1 · MTL 0

Nov 29, 252@7

Three stars

★₁NSN. SuzukiMTL · C · 2 G, 1 A
★₂JDJ. DobesMTL · G · .897 SV%
★₃JSJ. SlafkovskýMTL · L · 1 G, 1 A

Team stats

COL		MTL
29	Shots	28
25	Hits	22
8	Blocked shots	21
6	PIM	6
17	Giveaways	14
4	Takeaways	6

Penalties

1st period

05:24COL · 2 min cross checking
06:14MTL · 2 min tripping

2nd period

00:37MTL · 2 min high sticking
03:14COL · 2 min high sticking

3rd period

19:39MTL · 2 min roughing
19:39COL · 2 min roughing