Vegas Golden Knights vs Montreal Canadiens
NHL
Bell Centre
TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS
On the ice
VGK shoots leftMTL shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 34 |
| MTL | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
In net
Akira Schmid23/26 SV, .885
Jakub Dobes32/34 SV, .941| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MTL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Who won: Canadiens 3-2
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at Bell Centre. The Canadiens win the series 2-0. The Canadiens outscored the Golden Knights 2-0 in the 2nd period. Jake Evans led the Canadiens in goals (1). Pavel Dorofeyev led the Golden Knights in goals (2).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan BarbashevLW | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:20 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 14:59 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Braeden BowmanRW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:26 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 14:03 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel DorofeyevRW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:16 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 14:42 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 26:00 | 4:55 | 4:22 | 16:43 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas HertlC | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 18:54 | 4:40 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander HoltzRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Keegan KolesarRW | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 12:09 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner LaczynskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6:27 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 5:23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch MarnerRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:26 | 4:44 | 3:22 | 14:20 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole ReinhardtLW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly SmithRW | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:44 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 14:05 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark StoneRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:00 | 4:37 | 3:06 | 15:17 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus AnderssonD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 | 1:26 | 2:43 | 18:40 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah HanifinD | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:22 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 19:02 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben HuttonD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 13:11 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan KorczakD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 14:25 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy LauzonD | 2 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 20:51 | 0:00 | 4:42 | 16:09 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:19 | 1:16 | 3:57 | 19:06 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira SchmidG | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .885 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 63:58 | 0 | 0 |
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