Game

Canadiens at Avalanche

Avalanche 7, Canadiens 2 · first star Brock Nelson (2 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 2 at Colorado Avalanche 7

Canadiens MTL

2 FINAL 7

Avalanche COL

Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 3:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	1	1	2	23
Avalanche	2	3	2	7	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 23, COL 36.

MTL in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 23 shots on goal (2 goals, 11 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 36 shots on goal (7 goals, 19 missed, 18 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	12	0	21	14	2	28
2nd	5	1	12	10	3	23
3rd	6	1	12	12	2	22
Total	23	2	45	36	7	73

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	17	1	27	6
Power play	5	1	9	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 61.9% of the shot attempts, and 58.5% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	57.1	54.0
2nd	65.7	69.2
3rd	64.7	65.4
Game	61.9	61.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

07:32 Brock Nelson (7) Artturi Lehkonen (14), Joel Kiviranta (1) · wrist 0–1
13:25 Gabriel Landeskog (4) Brock Nelson (7), Ross Colton (8) · wrist 0–2

2nd period

00:50 Brent Burns (3) Brock Nelson (8) · snap 0–3
03:55 Brock Nelson (8) Martin Necas (18), Artturi Lehkonen (15) · snap 0–4
08:27 Ivan Demidov (6) Juraj Slafkovský (6), Oliver Kapanen (6) · snap 1–4
19:05 Nathan MacKinnon (20) Gabriel Landeskog (7), Cale Makar (23) · wrist 1–5

3rd period

02:51 Devon Toews (1) Martin Necas (19), Nathan MacKinnon (23) · wrist 1–6
05:10 Lane Hutson (4) PP Cole Caufield (12), Nick Suzuki (21) · slap 2–6
06:52 Gabriel Landeskog (5) PP Nathan MacKinnon (24), Martin Necas (20) · tip-in 2–7

Three stars

Brock Nelson COL · C #11 · 2 G, 2 A
Gabriel Landeskog COL · L #92 · 2 G, 1 A
Martin Necas COL · C #88 · 0 G, 3 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:50	COL	Brock Nelson	high sticking	2	Zachary Bolduc
1st	13:25	MTL	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
2nd	18:04	MTL	Oliver Kapanen	roughing	2	Martin Necas
2nd	18:04	COL	Martin Necas	holding the stick	2	Oliver Kapanen
3rd	04:18	COL	Devon Toews	slashing	2	Zachary Bolduc
3rd	05:45	MTL	Jake Evans	high sticking	2	Nathan MacKinnon
3rd	09:22	MTL	Josh Anderson	cross checking	2	Martin Necas
3rd	15:07	MTL	Josh Anderson	slashing	2	Martin Necas

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ivan Demidov #93	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	14:12
Lane Hutson #48	D	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	22:30
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	37.5	18:43
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	38.5	16:32
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	0	33.3	15:47
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	17:05
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2	46.7	13:53
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	55.6	15:08
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:26
Florian Xhekaj #63	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	10:35
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	100.0	11:09
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	4	100.0	13:55
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	13:54
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	13:29
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	-3	1	0	5	0	0.0	22:53
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	-2	0	9	0	0	0.0	13:46
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	23:10
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0.0	21:46

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	L	36	29	7	.806	21/27	8/9	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brock Nelson #11	C	2	2	4	+3	3	0	0	2	30.8	17:00
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	2	1	3	+3	5	0	0	0	50.0	16:12
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	1	2	3	+2	5	0	0	0	66.7	14:49
Martin Necas #88	C	0	3	3	+2	3	0	0	2	0.0	18:06
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	0.0	18:14
Brent Burns #84	D	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:11
Devon Toews #7	D	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	2	0.0	16:36
Ross Colton #20	C	0	1	1	+3	0	3	2	0	0.0	14:57
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	13:09
Cale Makar #8	D	0	1	1	+4	3	0	0	0	0.0	21:14
Ivan Ivan #82	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	10:23
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	85.7	17:36
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	25.0	14:15
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40.0	13:02
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:28
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	0.0	17:10
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	0.0	20:57
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	18:51

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	23	21	2	.913	16/17	4/5	59:58

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.