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Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in a shootout on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at home.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Vegas Golden Knights 4 39-24-8
at Montreal Canadiens 5 31-31-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 2 2 0 0 4
Montreal Canadiens 3 0 1 0 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 8 11 14 1 0 34
Montreal Canadiens 9 6 10 7 0 32

Three stars

  1. T. Tatar, Montreal Canadiens
  2. N. Cousins, Montreal Canadiens (2 goals)
  3. P. Stastny, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:51 Montreal Canadiens Nick Cousins (6) Dale Weise (2), Nate Thompson (8) Even strength VGK 0, MTL 1
1st 12:33 Montreal Canadiens Ilya Kovalchuk (7) Phillip Danault (24) Even strength VGK 0, MTL 2
1st 18:05 Montreal Canadiens Joel Armia (13) Brett Kulak (5), Max Domi (22) Even strength VGK 0, MTL 3
2nd 09:08 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault (16) Reilly Smith (19), Shea Theodore (23) Even strength VGK 1, MTL 3
2nd 14:47 Vegas Golden Knights Paul Stastny (14) Unassisted Even strength VGK 2, MTL 3
3rd 09:40 Montreal Canadiens Nick Cousins (7) Dale Weise (3) Even strength VGK 2, MTL 4
3rd 18:02 Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty (21) Shea Theodore (24) Even strength VGK 3, MTL 4
3rd 19:52 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (20) Paul Stastny (11), Shea Theodore (25) Even strength VGK 4, MTL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Montreal Canadiens Ilya Kovalchuk Goal
1 Vegas Golden Knights Jonathan Marchessault Goal
2 Montreal Canadiens Nick Cousins Saved
2 Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore Saved
3 Montreal Canadiens Joel Armia Saved
3 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch Saved
4 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Tatar Goal
4 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith Saved

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 34 32
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 2 4
Hits 41 23
Blocked shots 9 20
Giveaways 21 28
Takeaways 9 9
Faceoffs won 28/57 (49.1%) 29/57 (50.9%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0 71.4% 10:12
19 R. Smith R 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 0 15:21
20 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 33.3% 15:42
21 C. Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 68.8% 16:21
26 P. Stastny C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 1 35% 19:16
28 W. Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 7 0 13:31
61 M. Stone R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 20:45
67 M. Pacioretty L 1 0 1 +1 0 6 2 1 50% 19:57
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 9 0 11:25
81 J. Marchessault R 1 0 1 +3 0 3 2 0 18:56
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 1 50% 17:57
92 T. Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 12:48
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0 17:33
5 D. Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:19
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16:49
22 N. Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:54
27 S. Theodore D 0 3 3 +2 0 3 0 1 28:43
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 26:41
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 32 28 4 .875 63:36 OT loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
13 M. Domi C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 40% 17:45
14 N. Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 55.6% 16:32
15 J. Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 14:49
17 I. Kovalchuk L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 0 19:09
21 N. Cousins C 2 0 2 +1 0 2 0 0 11:16
22 D. Weise R 0 2 2 +2 0 1 4 1 09:10
24 P. Danault C 0 1 1 -1 0 6 1 1 66.7% 20:10
25 R. Poehling C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12:38
40 J. Armia R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 1 17:48
44 N. Thompson C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 46.7% 13:11
62 A. Lehkonen L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 33.3% 20:49
90 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 14:49
6 S. Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 20:09
8 B. Chiarot D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 22:48
26 J. Petry D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 3 26:54
28 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 21:02
53 V. Mete D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 15:45
77 B. Kulak D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 0 16:21
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31 C. Price 34 30 4 .882 65:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:23 Vegas Golden Knights William Carrier Hooking 2
1st 15:14 Montreal Canadiens Jesperi Kotkaniemi Holding 2
3rd 12:15 Montreal Canadiens Shea Weber Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Peter DeBoer
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Michel Cormier
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Jon Merrill, William Karlsson, Cody Glass
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Jordan Weal, Brendan Gallagher, Cale Fleury

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 18

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 6 at New York Islanders 4 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 3 at Edmonton Oilers 7 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 2 at Ottawa Senators 5 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 4 at Detroit Red Wings 1 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 0 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Nashville Predators 2 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 0 at Minnesota Wild 7 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 1 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final Game page

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