Avalanche vs. Canadiens (Jan 29, 2026)

Forward Matchup

N. MacKinnon

COL C #29

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

36

Goals

14

78

Points

48

197

Shots on Goal

94

Defenseman Matchup

C. Makar

COL D #8

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

51

Points

44

74

Blocks

69

21

Hits

20

Goalie Matchup

S. Wedgewood

COL G #41

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

19

Wins

13

.917

Save Pct

.889

2.19

Goals Against Avg

3.01

COL

Team Stats

MTL

4.05

Goals per Game

3.39

2.21

Goals Against per Game

3.18

34.44

Shots per Game

25.86

26.91

Shots Against per Game

27.05

16.8

Power Play Pct

22.7

85.4

Penalty Kill Pct

78.7

.918

Save Pct

.882

COL

Injuries

MTL

Joel Kiviranta

LW

Out (Lower Body)

RW

Josh Anderson

Day to day (Upper Body)

Logan O'Connor

RW

Out (Hip)

C

Alex Newhook

Out (Ankle)

Devon Toews

D

Out (Upper-Body)

D

Kaiden Guhle

Out (Groin)

Gabriel Landeskog

LW

Out (Upper-Body)

C

Kirby Dach

Out (Foot)

Mackenzie Blackwood

G

Out (Lower Body)

C

Jake Evans

Out (Lower Body)

RW

Patrik Laine

Out (Abdomen)

2025-26 Central Division

COLMTL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	32	4	7	71	76
Stars	26	10	8	60	29
Wild	26	11	8	60	22
Mammoth	21	20	3	45	8
Predators	20	19	4	44	-21
Blackhawks	18	18	7	43	-12
Blues	17	19	8	42	-43
Jets	15	22	5	35	-13

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Canadiens	25	13	6	56	7
Red Wings	26	15	4	56	-1
Lightning	26	13	3	55	34
Sabres	23	15	4	50	4
Maple Leafs	21	15	7	49	3
Bruins	23	19	2	48	-3
Panthers	22	18	3	47	-8
Senators	20	18	5	45	-6

COL

Last 5

MTL

Thu, Jan 8

Thu, Jan 8

Tue, Jan 6

Wed, Jan 7

Sun, Jan 4

Sun, Jan 4

Sat, Jan 3

Sat, Jan 3

Wed, Dec 31

Thu, Jan 1

Game Info

January 29, 2026

ESPN+

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Team Leaders

G

36

N. MacKinnon

A

42

N. MacKinnon

GWG

5

N. MacKinnon

SV%

.924

M. Blackwood

Season

Career vs MTL

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	28	28	19	3	4	715	656	.917	59	2.19	2	1614
Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	16	14	13	1	1	394	364	.924	30	2.07	2	870
Trent Miner T. Miner	2	1	0	0	2	44	40	.909	4	2.12	0	113

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	8	8	6	0	2	255	235	.922	20	2.41	0	497
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	1	1	0	1	0	18	14	.778	4	4.45	0	54

Team Leaders

G

21

C. Caufield

A

36

L. Hutson

GWG

5

C. Caufield

SV%

.889

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs COL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	33	20	11	31	+6	10	3	2	1	0	2	0	90	22.2	162	335	48.4	16	18	21	18	17:33
Brent Burns B. Burns	29	5	16	21	+21	18	2	4	0	0	3	0	89	5.6	2	3	66.7	28	28	15	35	21:35
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	20	8	12	20	+5	6	1	5	0	0	2	0	69	11.6	112	278	40.3	15	12	10	16	20:04
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	16	7	7	14	+4	14	1	0	0	1	2	1	45	15.6	43	74	58.1	32	8	4	12	19:27
Devon Toews D. Toews	13	2	9	11	+2	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	8.0	0	0	0	3	18	10	15	22:44
Cale Makar C. Makar	10	2	9	11	+7	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	31	6.5	0	0	0	7	14	4	7	25:47
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	13	4	6	10	+2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	31	12.9	0	1	0.0	17	13	9	2	16:27
Martin Necas M. Necas	14	2	8	10	+5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	8	21	38.1	10	7	11	14	15:43
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	6	3	4	7	+4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	23.1	1	2	50.0	7	3	2	3	16:04
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	12	2	4	6	-4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	31	6.5	0	1	0.0	2	1	5	3	14:28
Ross Colton R. Colton	12	2	3	5	-1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	8.0	23	41	56.1	24	11	7	2	13:39
Samuel Girard S. Girard	13	0	5	5	+3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	9	19	0	8	19:56
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	11	2	2	4	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	7	24	29.2	32	5	6	5	13:22
Jack Drury J. Drury	6	0	3	3	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	43	64	67.2	1	5	2	4	14:11
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	2	3	66.7	4	3	6	1	15:01
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	7	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	1	1	100.0	6	3	2	0	12:12
Josh Manson J. Manson	16	0	2	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.0	0	0	0	47	17	4	19	19:11
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	4	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	5	6	0	3	16:33
Zakhar Bardakov Z. Bardakov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	10	40.0	1	0	0	2	13:02

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Patrik Laine P. Laine	20	6	13	19	-1	10	3	4	0	1	62	9.7	6	11	54.5	16	6	6	11	18:06
Phillip Danault P. Danault	21	4	6	10	-9	10	1	0	1	0	39	10.3	176	326	54.0	18	10	9	14	17:34
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	10	2	8	10	-1	2	1	4	0	0	19	10.5	90	168	53.6	11	8	5	5	20:07
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	17	5	4	9	-3	4	2	0	0	0	50	10.0	8	16	50.0	17	5	11	4	15:17
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	13	0	6	6	+5	6	0	1	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	14	26	4	8	21:30
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	14	4	2	6	+2	10	0	2	0	0	26	15.4	0	0	0	8	19	8	13	22:51
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	9	1	5	6	-1	0	0	4	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	7	18	4	8	21:46
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	7	2	3	5	-4	2	1	3	0	0	21	9.5	1	2	50.0	3	3	5	2	19:21
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	6	3	2	5	-1	2	1	0	0	0	12	25.0	1	3	33.3	8	8	2	6	16:57
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	15	3	1	4	-5	10	0	0	0	1	24	12.5	4	12	33.3	26	11	1	10	14:49
Samuel Blais S. Blais	14	1	3	4	+1	2	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	1	3	33.3	40	5	3	6	11:17
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	6	3	0	3	-1	0	3	0	0	0	17	17.6	0	0	0	11	2	1	3	12:16
Jake Evans J. Evans	8	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	59	110	53.6	7	2	2	4	16:33
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	7	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	0	4	0.0	8	3	3	2	17:00
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	16	27	59.3	2	3	2	2	16:41
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	3	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	2	6	1	5	24:54
Joseph Veleno J. Veleno	10	1	0	1	-3	4	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	40	74	54.1	14	10	4	5	13:07
Kirby Dach K. Dach	10	1	0	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	23	65	35.4	6	6	6	8	17:37
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	5	0	1	1	-6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	10	19	2	6	22:14
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	5	13	38.5	0	1	0	1	16:32
Jayden Struble J. Struble	4	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	11	4	3	3	16:33
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	14:12
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	5	0	0	0	-2	9	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	21	3	0	4	13:48

Avalanche COL

Canadiens MTL

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Central Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	21	20	13	5	3	542	482	.889	60	3.01	0	1197
Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	18	16	8	6	1	427	371	.869	56	3.39	0	992
Jacob Fowler J. Fowler	8	8	4	2	2	215	196	.912	19	2.37	1	481

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	3	2	1	0	1	83	76	.916	7	2.61	0	161
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	2	2	1	1	0	59	51	.864	8	3.84	0	125