🏔️ Away Avalanche 44-19-5
3–6
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 37-25-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏔️ COL 1113
🇨🇦 MTL 0246

Avalanche at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Avalanche 6–3 at Bell Centre on March 18, 2014.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2013-14 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Thomas Vanek
3 G
5 shots · 17:18 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brandon Prust
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 11:46 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alexei Emelin
2 A
2 shots · 20:14 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon Go-ahead 1st · 18:03
Assists: Paul Stastny, Erik Johnson · beat Carey Price
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Thomas Vanek Tying 2nd · 07:44
Assists: David Desharnais · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–1
🏔️ Max Talbot Go-ahead 2nd · 09:33
Assists: Matt Duchene, Jamie McGinn · beat Carey Price
2–1
🇨🇦 Travis Moen Tying 2nd · 10:21
Assists: Brandon Prust, Mike Weaver · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Brandon Prust Go-ahead 3rd · 03:33
Assists: Andrei Markov, Alexei Emelin · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2–3
🏔️ Jamie McGinn Tying 3rd · 10:05
Assists: Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly · beat Carey Price
3–3
🇨🇦 Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:45
Assists: Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
3–4
🇨🇦 Thomas Vanek PP 3rd · 17:40
Assists: Alexei Emelin, Max Pacioretty · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
3–5
🇨🇦 Dale Weise Empty net 3rd · 19:00
Assists: Tomas Plekanec
3–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Stastny 20:55
L2 McGinn · Duchene · O'Reilly 18:54
L3 McLeod · Talbot · Cliche 12:45
L4 Bordeleau · Malone · Mitchell 8:20
D1 Johnson · Benoit 22:52
D2 Holden · Hejda 20:28
D3 Barrie · Guenin 16:40
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Vanek · Plekanec · Gionta 17:28
L2 Pacioretty · Desharnais · Eller 17:01
L3 Galchenyuk · Brière · Gallagher 12:38
L4 Moen · Prust · Weise 11:46
D1 Subban · Markov 24:12
D2 Bouillon · Emelin 21:17
D3 Tinordi · Weaver 14:36

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 36
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
37 Hits 17
15 Blocked shots 19
2 Takeaways 6
14 Giveaways 12
11 Penalty minutes 11
COL shooting 10.7% (3/28) MTL shooting 16.7% (6/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
30/35
.857 SV% · 5 GA · 58:37 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 59:29 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 18:03 · 1–0 Thomas Vanek · 2nd 07:44 · 1–1 Max Talbot · 2nd 09:33 · 2–1 Travis Moen · 2nd 10:21 · 2–2 Brandon Prust · 3rd 03:33 · 2–3 Jamie McGinn · 3rd 10:05 · 3–3 Thomas Vanek · 3rd 14:45 · 3–4 Thomas Vanek · 3rd 17:40 · 3–5 Dale Weise · 3rd 19:00 · 3–6
COL MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 17-3-1 (81% win rate, 21 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-6-3 (36% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 5-3 (62% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Nov 22013 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Oct 152011 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–5 SO Dec 192010 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL 2–3 Oct 152009 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 Feb 132009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL 4–2
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❓ COL vs MTL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Canadiens on March 18, 2014?

Canadiens won 6–3. The final score was Avalanche 3, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Jamie McGinn, Max Talbot, Nathan MacKinnon.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Thomas Vanek (3), Brandon Prust, Dale Weise, Travis Moen.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 16 🏔️COL @ 🏛️OTT 3–1 AfterMar 19 🏔️COL @ ✈️WPG 4–5
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 16 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–0 AfterMar 20 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
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