COL @ MTL 3–7 · 2026-01-29

Team	1	2	3	SOG
COL	1	1	1	29
MTL	3	2	2	28

Story

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Result MTL 7–3Call No lean · COL 54%xG 2.83–3.48 · deserved MTL 61%Swing Suzuki +17 1st 5:51Method

Goals and penalties with MTL win probability
Time	Event	MTL win before	MTL win after
1st 0:56	Goal MTL · N. Dobson	46%	62%
1st 4:09	Goal COL · B. Nelson	63%	46%
1st 5:24	COL penalty · K. Middleton · cross checking · 2 min
1st 5:51	Goal MTL · N. Suzuki (PP)	46%	63%
1st 6:14	MTL penalty · J. Anderson · tripping · 2 min
1st 7:33	Goal MTL · N. Suzuki (SH)	64%	78%
2nd 0:37	MTL penalty · C. Caufield · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 3:14	COL penalty · S. Malinski · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 16:36	Goal MTL · J. Evans	89%	97%
2nd 17:16	Goal MTL · K. Dach	97%	99%
2nd 18:06	Goal COL · J. Kiviranta	99%	97%
3rd 4:38	Goal COL · R. Colton	98%	93%
3rd 5:45	Goal MTL · A. Carrier	94%	99%
3rd 9:55	Goal MTL · J. Slafkovský	99%	100%
3rd 19:39	MTL penalty · A. Xhekaj · roughing · 2 min
3rd 19:39	COL penalty · K. Middleton · roughing · 2 min

On ice · final horn

COL4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
18J. DruryC	0:21	14:20	20	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	8-3
94J. KivirantaL	0:21	11:14	17	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0-2
42J. MansonD	0:21	19:13	26	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	–
84B. BurnsD	0:21	21:30	26	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	–
41S. WedgewoodG		60:00	SA28GA7SV%.750xGA3.48GSAx−3.52

MTL4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
77K. DachC	0:21	14:36	17	1	1	2	2	4	0	0	1	1-1
76Z. BolducR	0:21	15:12	17	0	2	2	3	5	0	0	3	–
21K. GuhleD	0:21	22:56	23	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	–
45A. CarrierD	1:38	19:26	20	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	2	–
75J. DobesG		59:45	SA29GA3SV%.897xGA2.83GSAx−0.17

Goals

1st
Noah Dobson(1)
L. Hutson (1), J. Slafkovský (1)
xG 0.03snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 MTL1st 00:56+16.462%
Brock Nelson(1)
J. Manson (1), S. Girard (1)
xG 0.04snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 04:09+16.954%
Nick Suzuki(1)PP
I. Demidov (1), L. Hutson (2)
xG 0.25snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 MTL1st 05:51+17.163%
Nick Suzuki(2)SH
O. Kapanen (1), M. Matheson (1)
xG 0.18backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 MTL1st 07:33+14.878%
2nd
Jake Evans(1)
K. Guhle (1), Z. Bolduc (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 MTL2nd 16:36+7.697%
Kirby Dach(1)
Z. Bolduc (2)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–5 MTL2nd 17:16+2.599%
Joel Kiviranta(1)
S. Malinski (1), J. Drury (1)
xG 0.07snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–5 MTL2nd 18:06+2.33%
3rd
Ross Colton(1)
V. Nichushkin (1)
xG 0.20snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–5 MTL3rd 04:38+5.37%
Alexandre Carrier(1)
N. Suzuki (1), K. Dach (1)
xG 0.19snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–6 MTL3rd 05:45+4.999%
Juraj Slafkovský(1)
O. Kapanen (2), I. Demidov (2)
xG 0.33snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–7 MTL3rd 09:55+0.1100%

Shots

COL2.83 xG40 unblocked · 22 blocked40 unblocked · 22 blocked

MTL3.48 xG43 unblocked · 9 blocked43 unblocked · 9 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

COLMTL3Goals72.83xG3.4829Shots2840Unblocked4362Attempts526High danger70/2Power play1/224Faceoffs2925Hits229Blocks224Takeaways617Giveaways146PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
8C. MakarCale MakarD	24:02	0	0	0	3	5	0.18	−0.18	0	0	2	1	—	0	-2
84B. BurnsBrent BurnsD	21:30	0	0	0	1	5	0.02	−0.02	0	2	0	4	—	0	-3
29N. MacKinnonNathan MacKinnonC	21:09	0	0	0	2	3	0.31	−0.31	0	0	0	1	43%	0	-3
70S. MalinskiSam MalinskiD	21:00	0	1	1	4	7	0.17	−0.17	0	0	0	0	—	2	+1
88M. NecasMartin NecasC	20:57	0	0	0	3	8	0.49	−0.49	0	0	0	2	—	0	-3
42J. MansonJosh MansonD	19:13	0	1	1	2	6	0.17	−0.17	1	0	0	0	—	0	-1
62A. LehkonenArtturi LehkonenL	17:55	0	0	0	4	9	0.47	−0.47	2	1	0	0	—	0	-2
49S. GirardSamuel GirardD	17:28	0	1	1	3	4	0.32	−0.32	1	2	0	1	—	0	+1
11B. NelsonBrock NelsonC	17:10	1	0	1	1	1	0.04	+0.96	2	0	0	2	46%	0	-2
95V. OlofssonVictor OlofssonL	15:21	0	0	0	1	1	0.06	−0.06	0	0	1	1	—	0	0
13V. NichushkinValeri NichushkinR	15:13	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	−0.04	2	0	0	0	—	0	-1
18J. DruryJack DruryC	14:20	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	1	73%	0	+1
17P. KellyParker KellyC	13:11	0	0	0	1	2	0.19	−0.19	8	1	0	0	40%	0	0
67K. MiddletonKeaton MiddletonD	12:58	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	1	—	4	-1
20R. ColtonRoss ColtonC	12:37	1	0	1	2	3	0.21	+0.79	3	1	1	1	0%	0	-1
54G. BrindleyGavin BrindleyC	11:37	0	0	0	1	1	0.07	−0.07	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0
94J. KivirantaJoel KivirantaL	11:14	1	0	1	1	1	0.07	+0.93	2	0	0	0	0%	0	+1
93Z. BardakovZakhar BardakovC	10:17	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
COL total		3	5	8	29	62	2.83	+0.17	25	8	4	17	45%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Kiviranta+0.50

Colton+0.47

Nelson+0.35

Nichushkin+0.16

Lehkonen−0.17

Drury−0.19

Necas−0.21

Bardakov−0.24

Brindley−0.29

Kelly−0.34

MacKinnon−0.37

Olofsson−0.39

Defence

Girard+0.19

Manson+0.15

Malinski+0.11

Burns−0.16

Makar−0.23

Middleton−0.37

Goalie

Wedgewood−3.50

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Lehkonen·MacKinnon·Necas	12:02	16	17	15	53.1%	6	9	0	2	0.61	0.80	43.3%	−0.19	0	1	0%
Kelly·Brindley·Bardakov	8:43	11	4	7	36.4%	1	3	0	0	0.22	0.52	29.2%	−0.31	1	1	50%
Olofsson·Nelson·Nichushkin	4:24	6	3	2	60.0%	1	1	1	0	0.04	0.21	17.0%	−0.17	0	0	—
Kiviranta·Olofsson·Drury	4:12	7	6	6	50.0%	2	2	0	0	0.10	0.17	37.7%	−0.07	0	0	—
Nelson·Colton·Nichushkin	3:54	7	4	5	44.4%	3	2	1	2	0.36	0.56	39.3%	−0.20	0	1	0%
Nelson·MacKinnon·Necas	3:25	4	5	3	62.5%	3	0	0	0	0.36	0.05	88.3%	+0.31	4	0	100%
Kiviranta·Drury·Colton	3:17	6	2	2	50.0%	1	2	0	0	0.14	0.08	63.3%	+0.06	0	1	0%
Occasional · 7 groups
Kiviranta·Kelly·Drury	1:30	2	2	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	1	1	50%
Lehkonen·Colton·Nichushkin	1:29	2	7	1	87.5%	4	0	0	0	0.21	0.22	49.5%	−0.00	0	1	0%
Lehkonen·Drury·Nichushkin	0:49	2	1	2	33.3%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	1	0	100%
Olofsson·Colton·MacKinnon	0:48	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Olofsson·Drury·Nichushkin	0:42	2	1	1	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.09	0.0%	−0.09	0	0	—
Lehkonen·Kelly·Nichushkin	0:32	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.07	0.0%	−0.07	0	0	—
Olofsson·Kelly·Colton	0:31	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
COL 5v5	52:57		58	47	55.2%	26	24	3	5	2.52	2.95	46.0%	−0.44

Goalies

Scott Wedgewood

COL · 60:00

Saves: 21/28
SV%: .750
xGA: 3.48
GSAx: −3.52

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/24	.792	2.95	−2.05
Power play	2/3	.667	0.35	−0.65
Shorthanded	0/1	.000	0.18	−0.82
High danger	2/6	.333	1.56	−2.44

Jakub Dobes

MTL · 59:45

Saves: 26/29
SV%: .897
xGA: 2.83
GSAx: −0.17

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/26	.885	2.52	−0.48
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.32	+0.32
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	5/6	.833	1.19	+0.19

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Colorado Avalanche

Minutes

24:02Makar
21:30Burns
21:00Malinski
19:13Manson
17:28Girard
12:58Middleton

21:09MacKinnon
20:57Necas
17:55Lehkonen
17:10Nelson
15:21Olofsson
15:13Nichushkin
14:20Drury
13:11Kelly
12:37Colton
11:37Brindley
11:14Kiviranta
10:17Bardakov

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareCOLMTL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

MalinskiD0 O2
MakarD1 O2
MiddletonD3 O0
GirardD3 O0
BurnsD4 O0
MansonD7 O2
NelsonD2 O6
MacKinnonD1 O4
NecasD1 O4
OlofssonD0 O2
BardakovD1 O1
BrindleyD1 O1
DruryD2 O1
KivirantaD2 O1
LehkonenD2 O0
NichushkinD2 O0
KellyD3 O1
ColtonD3 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period