Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights
NHL
T-Mobile Arena
TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS
On the ice
MTL shoots leftVGK shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| VGK | 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
In net
Sam Montembeault27/29 SV, .931
Adin Hill19/22 SV, .864| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| VGK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Who won: Canadiens 3-2
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Canadiens outscored the Golden Knights 2-0 in the 3rd period. Cole Caufield led the Canadiens in goals (1). Tomas Hertl led the Golden Knights in assists (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh AndersonRW | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 15:11 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel ArmiaRW | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 13:41 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole CaufieldRW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:12 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby DachC | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:57 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:36 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake EvansC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 15:09 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan GallagherRW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil HeinemanLW | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik LaineRW | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:03 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex NewhookC | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj SlafkovskyLW | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:36 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 17:03 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre CarrierD | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:08 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 21:55 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 24:20 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 23:07 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane HutsonD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:23 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 21:19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MathesonD | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21:27 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 20:41 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David SavardD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 14:55 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber XhekajD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam MontembeaultG | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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