Montreal Canadiens hold off Colorado Avalanche in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Colorado Avalanche 1, Montreal Canadiens 2. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 14-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Alexandre Texier opened the scoring for Montreal Canadiens at 0:33, Patrik Laine tied it for Colorado Avalanche at 12:51, and Morgan Frost put Montreal Canadiens in front at 16:17.

Linus Ullmark was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-2 while Montreal Canadiens went 0-for-1.

Colorado Avalanche owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Colorado Avalanche 1, Montreal Canadiens 0. Shots were even at 6 apiece Montreal Canadiens controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Evan Rodrigues tied it for Colorado Avalanche at 3:13.

Linus Ullmark was under siege with 5 highlighted stops.

Colorado Avalanche owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Colorado Avalanche 1, Montreal Canadiens 2. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 17-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Cole Caufield put Montreal Canadiens in front at 0:14, Alexandre Texier extended the lead for Montreal Canadiens at 2:38, and Nick Seeler cut the deficit for Colorado Avalanche at 3:41.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-1 while Montreal Canadiens went 0-for-1.

Montreal Canadiens owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.