Nick Suzuki closes in on 200 career goals
Montreal Canadiens meet Colorado Avalanche at Bell Centre, Sunday 11:00am (NHL). Colorado Avalanche have won 16 of the 26 meetings with Montreal Canadiens since 2009.
The big picture
Montreal Canadiens come in 9th on the ladder; Colorado Avalanche are 5th. Colorado Avalanche are the side higher up the table.
Montreal Canadiens are 10–6 in NHL 2026-27, averaging 3.6 goals for and 3.2 against.
Colorado Avalanche are 9–8 in NHL 2026-27, averaging 4 goals for and 3.3 against.
Form
Montreal Canadiens have won four of their last five and most recently beat Utah Mammoth 5–4.
Colorado Avalanche have won three of their last five and most recently lost to Nashville Predators 2–3.
Head to head
These sides have met 26 times on our records since 2009: Montreal Canadiens 10, Colorado Avalanche 16.
Last time out (2025-26), Montreal Canadiens won 7–3 at Bell Centre.
Biggest margin between these two: Montreal Canadiens by 9 goals in 2016-17 (10–1).
Players to watch
For Montreal Canadiens, watch Cole Caufield (0.7 goals a game, 5 assists in 2026-27) and Josh Anderson (0.4 goals a game, 4 assists in 2026-27).
For Colorado Avalanche, watch Artturi Lehkonen (0.6 goals a game, 7 assists in 2026-27) and Nathan MacKinnon (0.5 goals a game, 19 assists in 2026-27).
Milestone watch
Nick Suzuki is 1 goals short of 200 for their career.
At Bell Centre
Montreal Canadiens have won 9 of their last 20 at Bell Centre.
What the numbers say
On the numbers this is too close to split.
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