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
Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	10:17	0:00	0:00	10:17	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	0	11:37	0:41	0:00	10:56	13	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	1
Ross ColtonC	1	3	1	-1	12:37	0:41	0:00	11:56	17	1	6	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	1
Jack DruryC	0	2	0	1	14:20	0:00	1:05	13:15	20	0	8	1	0	0	8	3	72.7	1
Parker KellyC	1	8	0	0	13:11	0:00	1:07	12:04	16	0	11	0	1	0	4	6	40.0	0
Joel KivirantaLW	0	2	0	1	11:14	0:00	0:45	10:29	17	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	0
Artturi LehkonenLW	1	2	0	-2	17:55	0:41	0:45	16:29	22	0	17	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
Nathan MacKinnonC	0	0	0	-3	21:09	3:19	0:00	17:50	20	0	38	0	2	1	6	8	42.9	1
Martin NecasC	0	0	0	-3	20:57	3:19	0:00	17:38	20	0	22	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	2
Brock NelsonC	0	2	0	-2	17:10	3:19	0:37	13:14	20	1	28	0	1	0	6	7	46.2	2
Valeri NichushkinRW	0	2	0	-1	15:13	0:41	0:37	13:55	19	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
Victor OlofssonLW	0	0	1	0	15:21	3:19	0:00	12:02	17	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Brent BurnsD	2	0	0	-3	21:30	0:41	1:21	19:28	26	8	0	1	0	4	0	0
Samuel GirardD	2	1	0	1	17:28	0:00	0:38	16:50	22	3	1	3	0	1	0	0
Cale MakarD	0	0	2	-2	24:02	3:19	1:05	19:38	25	15	0	3	1	1	0	0
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	1	21:00	0:00	0:00	21:00	28	3	1	4	1	0	1	2
Josh MansonD	0	1	0	-1	19:13	0:00	1:48	17:25	26	4	1	2	1	0	0	0
Keaton MiddletonD	1	2	0	-1	12:58	0:00	0:00	12:58	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	4