Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 8:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Playoffs Final/OT

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at home.

Final score, Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2020-2021 record
Vegas Golden Knights	2	40-14-2
at Montreal Canadiens	3	24-21-11

Goals by period, Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Vegas Golden Knights	1	0	1	0	2
Montreal Canadiens	1	1	0	1	3

Shots on goal by period, Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Vegas Golden Knights	10	12	15	2	39
Montreal Canadiens	8	13	10	1	32

Scoring summary

Every goal, Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	14:06	Montreal Canadiens	Shea Weber (1)	Unassisted	Power play	VGK 0, MTL 1
1st	14:54	Vegas Golden Knights	Reilly Smith (3)	Shea Theodore (9), William Karlsson (11)	Even strength	VGK 1, MTL 1
2nd	09:36	Montreal Canadiens	Cole Caufield (4)	Joel Edmundson (6), Jeff Petry (5)	Even strength	VGK 1, MTL 2
3rd	01:08	Vegas Golden Knights	Alec Martinez (4)	Alex Pietrangelo (8), William Karlsson (12)	Even strength	VGK 2, MTL 2
OT	01:39	Montreal Canadiens	Artturi Lehkonen (3)	Phillip Danault (3), Brendan Gallagher (3)	Even strength	VGK 2, MTL 3

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

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 N. Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	2	55.6%	14:43
Number 19 R. Smith	R	1	0	1	+2	0	5	2	0		18:20
Number 20 C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30%	17:50
Number 26 M. Janmark	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		15:42
Number 28 W. Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1		08:06
Number 55 K. Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		08:41
Number 61 M. Stone	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:10
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		14:57
Number 71 W. Karlsson	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	1	0	70.6%	18:47
Number 81 J. Marchessault	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	25%	17:46
Number 89 A. Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		17:56
Number 92 T. Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	56.3%	11:40
Number 2 Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		16:42
Number 3 B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		16:42
Number 7 A. Pietrangelo	D	0	1	1	+1	2	6	2	2		28:22
Number 14 N. Hague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2		10:31
Number 23 A. Martinez	D	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0		24:23
Number 27 S. Theodore	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		24:33

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 90 R. Lehner	32	29	3	.906	61:39	Loss

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 B. Gallagher	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	1	0	100%	15:20
Number 14 N. Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0	50%	18:38
Number 15 J. Kotkaniemi	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3%	16:01
Number 17 J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0		17:11
Number 21 E. Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	0	36.4%	10:40
Number 22 C. Caufield	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0		12:39
Number 24 P. Danault	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	4	1	0	61.1%	16:43
Number 40 J. Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	66.7%	11:03
Number 41 P. Byron	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	1	0		17:17
Number 62 A. Lehkonen	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	5	0	0		16:56
Number 73 T. Toffoli	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	2	0		17:23
Number 94 C. Perry	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		13:46
Number 6 S. Weber	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	1		26:53
Number 8 B. Chiarot	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		24:48
Number 26 J. Petry	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		25:59
Number 28 J. Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		08:45
Number 32 E. Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		05:31
Number 44 J. Edmundson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		28:45

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	39	37	2	.949	61:36	Win

Penalties, Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:56	Vegas Golden Knights	Nicolas Roy	High sticking	2
1st	12:36	Vegas Golden Knights	Alex Pietrangelo	Roughing	2
2nd	03:15	Montreal Canadiens	Tyler Toffoli	Hooking	2
2nd	05:42	Vegas Golden Knights	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	11:04	Montreal Canadiens	Eric Staal	Hooking	2

Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Peter DeBoer
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Dominique Ducharme
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, David Brisebois
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Ryan Reaves, Nick Holden, Carl Dahlstrom, Patrick Brown, Dylan Sikura, Dylan Coghlan, Cody Glass, Jonas Rondbjerg, Jack Dugan, Jiri Patera, Logan Thompson, Jimmy Schuldt, Peyton Krebs, Kaedan Korczak
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Michael Frolik, Tomas Tatar, Alex Belzile, Xavier Ouellet, Brett Kulak, Laurent Dauphin, Jake Evans, Lukas Vejdemo, Michael McNiven, Charlie Lindgren, Cale Fleury, Cayden Primeau, Alexander Romanov, Jesse Ylonen, Otto Leskinen

Every Vegas Golden Knights and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2020-2021 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights, Mon, Jun 14, 2021
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights, Wed, Jun 16, 2021
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens, Fri, Jun 18, 2021
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens, Sun, Jun 20, 2021
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights, Tue, Jun 22, 2021
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Jun 24, 2021
Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights	Not needed Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights, Sat, Jun 26, 2021