Colorado Avalanche vs Montreal Canadiens — January 29, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on January 29, 2026. Despite the result, the Colorado Avalanche held the edge in expected goals (8.50 to 6.98) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Colorado Avalanche created 12 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Nick Suzuki scored 2 goals. Artturi Lehkonen was the most dangerous skater with 2.60 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Montreal Canadiens 29-28 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Colorado Avalanche vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Jan 29, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

COL3 - 7MTL

Jan 29, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	12	17	41.4	11	10	52.4	9	5	64.3	8	15	34.8	3	0	100.0	2.37	1.37	63.3	3	1	75.0
	P2	18	21	46.2	15	15	50.0	12	12	50.0	11	16	40.7	3	6	33.3	3.08	3.70	45.4	2	1	66.7
	P3	22	24	47.8	17	15	53.1	7	12	36.8	16	19	45.7	3	7	30.0	3.09	4.10	43.0	2	1	66.7
	Total	52	62	45.6	43	40	51.8	28	29	49.1	35	50	41.2	9	13	40.9	8.54	9.17	48.2	7	3	70.0
COL	P1	17	12	58.6	10	11	47.6	5	9	35.7	15	8	65.2	0	3	0.0	1.37	2.37	36.7	1	3	25.0
	P2	21	18	53.8	15	15	50.0	12	12	50.0	16	11	59.3	6	3	66.7	3.70	3.08	54.6	1	2	33.3
	P3	24	22	52.2	15	17	46.9	12	7	63.2	19	16	54.3	7	3	70.0	4.10	3.09	57.0	1	2	33.3
	Total	62	52	54.4	40	43	48.2	29	28	50.9	50	35	58.8	13	9	59.1	9.17	8.54	51.8	3	7	30.0

Win Probability

MTL Favored

COL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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COL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

COL Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

COL ShootMTL Shoot

Goal

Shot on Net

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (COL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = COL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / COL →	MacKinnon	Necas	Drury	Nelson	Colton	Kelly	Brindley	Bardakov	Lehkonen	Olofsson	Kiviranta	Nichushkin	Malinski	Makar	Burns	Manson	Girard	Middleton
Suzuki	39	39	100	63	100	100	100	100	36	100	—	100	29	39	75	100	50	100
Evans	58	55	50	33	75	57	57	50	70	47	55	50	53	46	75	58	25	63
Dach	56	50	43	50	67	55	56	63	50	50	46	43	43	50	67	53	29	57
Danault	50	50	27	33	56	100	75	50	80	14	22	60	40	33	50	80	50	50
Kapanen	50	50	100	47	31	86	88	86	47	44	100	44	100	75	48	33	50	56
Slafkovský	86	86	83	53	25	90	75	86	50	57	—	46	89	100	46	41	62	60
Texier	38	38	100	50	—	—	—	—	38	100	100	100	35	31	75	100	38	100
Demidov	80	80	57	50	25	89	75	67	44	43	0	42	67	78	44	38	58	56
Bolduc	75	71	46	50	50	50	43	50	67	50	54	33	54	50	63	62	33	63
Caufield	33	33	100	50	—	100	100	100	32	—	—	100	29	39	75	100	38	—
Gallagher	60	60	27	40	57	60	67	67	80	0	27	50	44	40	57	71	42	50
Anderson	43	43	27	29	67	67	100	60	100	0	20	67	44	25	75	71	45	60
Guhle	45	44	40	44	60	100	67	100	44	45	25	80	36	38	78	83	40	60
Matheson	46	45	100	36	67	100	100	100	48	50	100	75	38	36	77	83	62	100
Hutson	60	50	56	50	54	73	67	73	78	54	50	62	65	79	59	58	40	75
Dobson	42	45	40	50	33	80	71	67	36	38	36	38	41	40	43	40	25	70
Carrier	33	33	44	38	23	67	63	50	27	33	44	33	71	36	31	33	50	43
Xhekaj	100	100	0	67	50	56	71	56	100	0	0	75	33	33	80	43	56	57