Colorado Avalanche vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Avalanche

35-8-9, 79 PTS

3-7

Final

Canadiens

30-17-7, 67 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

COL shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
COL	5	12	12	29
MTL	9	12	7	28

In net

Scott Wedgewood21/28 SV, .750

Jakub Dobes26/29 SV, .897

Team	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	1	3
MTL	3	2	2	7

Who won: Canadiens 7-3

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 1-1. The Canadiens outscored the Avalanche 3-1 in the 1st period. Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (2). Joel Kiviranta led the Avalanche in goals (1).

COL

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	1	0	-2	12:36	0:00	1:06	11:30	17	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Zack BolducRW	2	0	0	2	15:12	0:41	0:01	14:30	17	0	10	2	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	3	0	1	12:49	1:27	0:00	11:22	21	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Kirby DachC	1	0	0	3	14:36	0:00	0:00	14:36	17	1	6	1	2	2	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	1	0	-2	14:50	0:00	2:35	12:15	19	0	2	0	0	1	6	6	50.0	0	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	1	0	0	0	15:05	1:46	0:00	13:19	17	0	11	2	2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Jake EvansC	2	1	1	1	16:12	0:00	2:35	13:37	18	1	7	0	1	0	8	7	53.3	1	0	0
Brendan GallagherRW	2	4	0	-1	13:25	1:00	0:00	12:25	19	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	1	0	0	3	14:24	0:44	1:25	12:15	18	0	16	2	0	1	5	4	55.6	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	2	1	0	1	16:57	1:43	0:00	15:14	18	1	20	1	4	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Nick SuzukiC	2	1	1	2	17:42	1:43	0:18	15:41	21	2	18	1	4	1	8	6	57.1	1	0	0
Alexandre TexierLW	1	1	0	0	14:33	0:44	0:00	13:49	18	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre CarrierD	2	1	0	1	19:26	0:00	2:51	16:35	20	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0
Noah DobsonD	2	2	1	2	19:34	0:49	0:43	18:02	26	1	10	0	5	1	0	0	0
Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	1	0	22:56	0:00	1:07	21:49	23	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0
Lane HutsonD	2	0	2	2	20:23	1:38	0:00	18:45	24	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike MathesonD	1	1	0	2	21:36	0:00	3:19	18:17	23	0	5	1	2	1	2	0	0
Arber XhekajD	0	4	0	-1	13:38	0:00	0:00	13:38	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2