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Avalanche vs Canadiens

Final · Thu Jan 29 · 7:00 PM ET · Bell Centre

Colorado AvalancheAvalanche35-8-9
3
FinalJan 29, 2026
Montreal CanadiensCanadiens30-17-7
7
TVAltitude SportsStreamESPN+

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
COL−130
MTL+110
Puck line
COL −1.5+180
MTL +1.5−218
Total O/U
Over 6.5−130
Under 6.5+110
  • Puck line: Canadiens +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: over 6.5 (10 goals).

Recap

The Montreal Canadiens routed the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 at Bell Centre in Montreal on Jan 29, 2026, a 4-goal win to move to 30-17-7.

The Canadiens won despite being outshot 29-28.

Score by period

Colorado Avalanche and Montreal Canadiens, score by period
Team123T
COL1113
MTL3227

W: Dobes · L: Wedgewood

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. MTLGoal · 0:56Noah Dobson Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (45), Juraj Slafkovský (23)0-1
  2. COLGoal · 4:09Brock Nelson Goal (28) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Manson (18), Samuel Girard (9)1-1
  3. MTLGoal · 5:51Nick Suzuki Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Ivan Demidov (33), Lane Hutson (46)1-2
  4. MTLGoal · 7:33Nick Suzuki Goal (18) Backhand, assists: Oliver Kapanen (12), Mike Matheson (22)1-3

Second Period

  1. MTLGoal · 16:36Jake Evans Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Kaiden Guhle (3), Zachary Bolduc (11)1-4
  2. MTLGoal · 17:16Kirby Dach Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (12)1-5
  3. COLGoal · 18:06Joel Kiviranta Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Malinski (22), Jack Drury (10)2-5

Third Period

  1. COLGoal · 4:38Ross Colton Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (18)3-5
  2. MTLGoal · 5:45Alexandre Carrier Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (44), Kirby Dach (3)3-6
  3. MTLGoal · 9:55Juraj Slafkovský Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Kapanen (13), Ivan Demidov (34)3-7

Team stats

COLMTL
Shots
29
28
Power Play Goals
0
1
Faceoff Win Percent
45.3
54.7
Hits
25
22
Blocked Shots
8
21
Penalty Minutes
6
6

Top performers

Colorado AvalancheMontreal Canadiens

Goals

Joel Kiviranta1
Nick Suzuki2

Assists

Jack Drury1
Oliver Kapanen2

Points

Brock Nelson1
Nick Suzuki3

Player stats

Avalanche · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Zakhar Bardakov C000010:1700000.00
Gavin Brindley C000011:3700100.00
Ross Colton C131-112:3710200.00
Jack Drury C020114:20010072.70
Parker Kelly C180013:11001040.00
Joel Kiviranta LW020111:1410100.00
Artturi Lehkonen LW120-217:5500400.00
Nathan MacKinnon C000-321:09002042.90
Martin Necas C000-320:5700300.00
Brock Nelson C020-217:10101046.20
Valeri Nichushkin RW020-115:1301000.00
Victor Olofsson LW001015:2100100.00

Avalanche · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Brent Burns D200-321:3000100.00
Samuel Girard D210117:2801300.00
Cale Makar D002-224:0200300.00
Sam Malinski D000121:0001400.02
Josh Manson D010-119:1301200.00
Keaton Middleton D120-112:5800000.04

Avalanche · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Scott Wedgewood G72821.75060:000

Canadiens · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Josh Anderson RW010-212:3600100.02
Zack Bolduc RW200215:1202300.00
Cole Caufield RW030112:4900000.02
Kirby Dach C100314:36112050.00
Phillip Danault C010-214:50000050.00
Ivan Demidov RW100015:0502200.00
Jake Evans C211116:12101053.30
Brendan Gallagher RW240-113:250000100.00
Oliver Kapanen C100314:24020055.60
Juraj Slafkovsky LW210116:5711400.00
Nick Suzuki C211217:42214057.10
Alexandre Texier LW110014:3300100.00

Canadiens · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Alexandre Carrier D210119:2610200.00
Noah Dobson D221219:3410500.00
Kaiden Guhle D011022:5601100.00
Lane Hutson D202220:2302000.00
Mike Matheson D110221:3601200.00
Arber Xhekaj D040-113:3800000.02

Canadiens · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Jakub Dobes G32926.89759:450

Three stars

  1. Nick Suzuki (MTL)
  2. Jakub Dobes (MTL)
  3. Juraj Slafkovsky (MTL)

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