National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 5, Montreal 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 22, 2025
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Colorado 2111SO5
Montreal 01304
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:35 - Avalanche Sam Malinski (EV) Assists: Joel Kiviranta , Ross Colton
10:09 - Avalanche Ryan Lindgren (EV) Assists: Brock Nelson , Artturi Lehkonen
Penalties
14:06 - Avalanche Ross Colton (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
5:24 - Avalanche Martin Necas (PP) Assists: Jonathan Drouin , Valeri Nichushkin
5:51 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (EV) Assists: Jayden Struble , Nick Suzuki
Penalties
2:46 - Canadiens Arber Xhekaj (5) Fighting
 2:46 - Avalanche Keaton Middleton (5) Fighting
 4:35 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 6:42 - Avalanche Miles Wood (2) Tripping
 13:22 - Avalanche Charlie Coyle (2) Cross checking
 13:22 - Avalanche Ross Colton (2) Roughing
 13:22 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) Roughing
 14:16 - Avalanche Devon Toews (2) Hooking
 17:52 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (2) Roughing
 17:52 - Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:58 - Avalanche Brock Nelson (EV) Assists: Devon Toews
9:24 - Canadiens Joshua Roy (EV) Assists: Alex Newhook , Patrik Laine
9:54 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (EV) Assists: Alexandre Carrier
13:32 - Canadiens Christian Dvorak (EV) Assists: Brendan Gallagher
Penalties
None.
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
2:35 - Canadiens Juraj Slafkovsky (2) Holding
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 64:57 55:14 2:49 6:54 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 16:44 14:32 0:00 2:12 0 0 2 - - - -
Devon Toews D 0 1 1 -1 2 3 34 28:05 24:30 0:00 3:35 0 0 - 2 - - -
Cale Makar D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 35 31:06 23:48 2:49 4:29 0 0 - 2 - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 E 2 2 22 13:34 11:45 0:00 1:49 0 0 1 - 5 6 45
Brock Nelson C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 23 16:30 16:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Valeri Nichushkin RW 0 1 1 -2 0 3 28 24:09 18:42 2:49 2:38 0 0 2 2 - - -
Jack Drury C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 10:34 7:26 0:00 3:08 0 0 1 1 4 6 40
Ross Colton C 0 1 1 E 4 1 18 9:34 9:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jimmy Vesey LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:47 7:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 24 22:04 19:15 2:49 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Miles Wood LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 12 8:43 8:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Nathan MacKinnon C 0 0 0 -2 2 6 25 22:09 19:16 2:49 0:04 0 0 - - 9 15 38
Ryan Lindgren D 1 0 1 E 0 2 30 20:40 17:33 0:00 3:07 0 0 1 2 - - -
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21 16:33 14:23 0:00 2:10 0 0 - 1 - - -
Keaton Middleton D 0 0 0 E 5 0 14 10:31 10:04 0:00 0:27 0 0 2 - - - -
Sam Malinski D 1 0 1 E 0 2 24 17:39 17:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Martin Necas C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19 17:56 17:07 0:49 0:00 1 0 - 1 1 0 100
Joel Kiviranta LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 20 13:10 10:19 0:00 2:51 0 0 2 1 - - -
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 65:00 55:17 6:54 2:49 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Dobes G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 25 26:35 22:07 1:39 2:49 0 0 1 - - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 20 15:38 13:53 1:45 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 +1 0 6 22 19:06 14:01 5:05 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 22:44 15:50 6:54 0:00 0 0 2 1 14 11 56
Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 15:13 13:24 1:49 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 2 50
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 18 14:35 13:46 0:00 0:49 0 0 4 1 - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 2 0 2 +1 2 3 22 19:23 14:14 5:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Christian Dvorak C 1 0 1 E 0 3 21 16:21 14:39 0:00 1:42 0 0 1 1 12 10 55
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 11:16 11:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Carrier D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 21:23 21:08 0:15 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Jayden Struble D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 20 20:36 20:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 1 - - -
Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 24 28:51 23:36 5:15 0:00 0 0 - 4 - - -
Emil Heineman LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 11:50 10:37 1:13 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
David Savard D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16 12:19 9:30 0:00 2:49 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 16:37 15:30 0:00 1:07 0 0 2 - 8 6 57
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -2 5 0 16 11:35 11:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Joshua Roy RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 17 11:07 11:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Patrik Laine RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 20 17:30 12:04 5:26 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Goaltending
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood W (25-17-6) 29 25 4 .862 0 64:57
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault L (25-21-6) 37 33 4 .892 0 65:00
Shootout
COL Score Score MON
Charlie Coyle Cole Caufield
Valeri Nichushkin Nick Suzuki
Nathan MacKinnon Patrik Laine
Brock Nelson Christian Dvorak
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