COL
COL
Colorado Avalanche
52-16-11 · OT1 · L10: 6-3-1
W
L
W
W
SO
W
W
W
W
W
Final/SO
5—4
2025-03-22 · Bell Centre
MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
OT
W
W
OT
W
L
OT
W
W
W
MTL controlled xG 4.3 to 3.8 but COL won on execution · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
COL xG
3.79
ACTUAL
5 — 4
MTL xG
4.30

Scoring Timeline

0.02
LOW xG
COL1P 07:35Even Strength
Sam Malinski
70
Sam Malinski(3)
D · COL · #70
Joel Kiviranta (7), Ross Colton (13)
COL 1 - 0 MTL
0.05
MED xG
COL1P 10:09Even Strength
Ryan Lindgren
55
Ryan Lindgren(4)
D · COL · #55
Brock Nelson (26), Artturi Lehkonen (16)
COL 2 - 0 MTL
0.15
HIGH xG
COL2P 05:24Power Play
Martin Necas
88
Martin Necas(24)
C · COL · #88
Jonathan Drouin (23), Valeri Nichushkin (11)
COL 3 - 0 MTL
0.06
MED xG
MTL2P 05:51Even Strength
Juraj Slafkovský
20
Juraj Slafkovský(15)
L · MTL · #20
Jayden Struble (9), Nick Suzuki (51)
COL 3 - 1 MTL
0.75
HIGH xG
COL3P 03:58Even Strength
Brock Nelson
11
Brock Nelson(23)
C · COL · #11
Devon Toews (27)
COL 4 - 1 MTL
0.79
HIGH xG
MTL3P 09:24Even Strength
Joshua Roy
89
Joshua Roy(2)
R · MTL · #89
Alex Newhook (10), Patrik Laine (13)
COL 4 - 2 MTL
0.84
HIGH xG
MTL3P 09:54Even Strength
Juraj Slafkovský
20
Juraj Slafkovský(16)
L · MTL · #20
Alexandre Carrier (20)
COL 4 - 3 MTL
0.79
HIGH xG
MTL3P 13:32Even Strength
Christian Dvorak
28
Christian Dvorak(9)
C · MTL · #28
Brendan Gallagher (13)
COL 4 - 4 MTL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Sam Montembeault
35
Sam Montembeault
G · MTL · #35
33/37 saves, .891 SV%, -0.1 GSAx
★2
Mackenzie Blackwood
39
Mackenzie Blackwood
G · COL · #39
25/29 saves, .862 SV%, +0.4 GSAx
★3
Juraj Slafkovský
20
Juraj Slafkovský
L · MTL · #20
2G, 3 SOG

Team Stats

COLMTL
37Shots29
3.79xGF4.30
54.4CF%45.6
44.6FO%55.4
1/2PP0/4
17Hits27
17Blocks18
7Giveaways16
12Takeaways8
17PIM13

Period Breakdown

PeriodCOL SOGMTL SOGCOL xGMTL xG
1st1460.910.32
2nd691.060.77
3rd691.093.00
OT710.720.21
Total33253.784.30

Penalties

12 TOTAL
1P 14:06
COL
Ross Coltonslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Lane Hutson
2P 02:46
COL
Keaton Middletonfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Arber Xhekaj
2P 02:46
MTL
Arber Xhekajfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Keaton Middleton
2P 04:35
MTL
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
2P 06:42
COL
Miles Woodtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Patrik Laine
2P 13:22
COL
Ross Coltonroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Josh Anderson
2P 13:22
MTL
Josh Andersonroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Ross Colton
2P 13:22
COL
Charlie Coylecross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Jayden Struble
2P 14:16
COL
Devon Toewshooking (2 min)
Drawn by Lane Hutson
2P 17:52
MTL
Mike Mathesonroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Nathan MacKinnon
2P 17:52
COL
Nathan MacKinnonhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Mike Matheson
OT 02:35
MTL
Juraj Slafkovskýholding (2 min)
Drawn by Cale Makar