National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 2, Colorado 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 4, 2025
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen: Jesse Marquis, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 18087
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Montreal 0011SO2
Colorado 10001
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:01 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (PP) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Cale Makar
Penalties
4:01 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (2) High sticking
 7:43 - Canadiens Alex Newhook (2) Slashing
 12:10 - Avalanche Ross Colton (2) Goaltender interference
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
15:52 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
13:25 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (EV) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Lane Hutson
Penalties
2:34 - Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen (2) High sticking
 3:13 - Canadiens Kirby Dach (2) Tripping
 18:16 - Canadiens Kaiden Guhle (2) Holding
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:32 - Avalanche Devon Toews (2) Cross checking
 1:32 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) Cross checking
 2:03 - Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen (2) Goaltender interference
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Dobes G 0 0 0 0 0 65:00 52:24 4:39 7:57 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 30 28:00 23:50 0:59 3:11 0 0 - 3 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 12:17 11:20 0:57 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 1 0 1 +1 2 3 26 22:41 18:59 3:42 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 20:34 16:21 3:42 0:31 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 E 2 0 18 17:23 16:26 0:56 0:01 0 0 2 1 3 4 43
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 20 14:50 10:55 0:00 3:55 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 13:25 11:38 1:47 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 E 2 1 29 24:19 20:37 0:00 3:42 0 0 5 9 - - -
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 16:09 12:37 0:00 3:32 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:45 12:34 0:57 3:14 0 0 2 - - - -
Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 23:04 17:36 0:00 5:28 0 0 2 3 - - -
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 10:03 10:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 26 23:21 19:39 3:40 0:02 0 0 1 1 - - -
Emil Heineman LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12 9:56 9:04 0:52 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6 4:32 4:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 17:17 12:52 0:00 4:25 0 0 1 - 6 6 50
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 15:43 12:12 0:00 3:31 0 0 2 1 - - -
Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 19:22 15:39 3:43 0:00 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mackenzie Blackwood G 0 0 0 0 0 64:54 52:18 7:57 4:39 0 0 - - - - -
Trent Miner G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Toews D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 31 25:46 21:35 2:33 1:38 0 0 - 2 - - -
Cale Makar D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 28 29:04 20:18 5:11 3:35 0 0 1 3 - - -
Juuso Parssinen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 8:07 6:12 1:55 0:00 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 15:28 12:57 0:02 2:29 0 0 3 - 5 6 45
Ross Colton C 0 0 0 E 2 2 21 14:01 12:43 1:18 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jere Innala LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:55 6:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Oskar Olausson RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 7 5:40 5:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Logan O'Connor RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:17 13:26 0:01 2:50 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 22:40 17:50 4:50 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Nathan MacKinnon C 0 1 1 E 0 2 25 25:24 19:13 6:09 0:02 0 0 2 - 7 8 47
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 18:35 12:58 5:37 0:00 0 0 1 2 5 4 56
Josh Manson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 21:39 18:38 0:00 3:01 0 0 2 1 - - -
Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 E 0 0 31 23:01 20:12 1:45 1:04 0 0 - 1 - - -
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 0 0 E 4 4 24 18:33 14:06 3:27 1:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Keaton Middleton D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:39 7:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 15:17 15:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Joel Kiviranta LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 13:45 12:48 0:00 0:57 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 0 1 E 0 7 24 25:14 18:33 6:41 0:00 1 0 - 1 2 4 33
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jakub Dobes W (2-0-0) 23 22 1 .957 0 65:00
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood L (12-10-4) 23 22 1 .957 0 64:54
Shootout
MON Score Score COL
Cole Caufield Jonathan Drouin
Nick Suzuki Mikko Rantanen
Kirby Dach N/A -
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