Montréal Canadiens 3 — 2 Vegas Golden Knights
2024-12-31 · T-Mobile Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | MTL | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | 13 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill start | VGK | L | 19 | 22 | 3 | 18/21 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 58:02 |
| Samuel Montembeault start | MTL | W | 27 | 29 | 2 | 25/27 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
MTL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| Kirby Dach | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| Josh Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16:24 |
| David Savard | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:40 |
| Emil Heineman | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:35 |
| Juraj Slafkovský | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:36 |
| Nick Suzuki | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:23 |
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| Joel Armia | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14:28 |
| Jake Evans | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:20 |
| Kaiden Guhle | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:20 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:08 |
| Patrik Laine | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:03 |
| Alex Newhook | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:06 |
| Christian Dvorak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:27 |
VGK skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Hertl | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:11 |
| Keegan Kolesar | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:03 |
| Zach Whitecloud | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:28 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:23 |
| Tanner Pearson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 |
| Shea Theodore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23:24 |
| Nicolas Hague | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:23 |
| Brett Howden | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:00 |
| Cole Schwindt | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:17 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:58 |
| Mark Stone | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:18 |
| William Karlsson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| Alexander Holtz | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 08:28 |
| Jonas Rondbjerg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | 2025-26 | VGK | 2 | MTL | 3 | OT |
| 2025-11-28 | 2025-26 | MTL | 4 | VGK | 1 | |
| 2024-12-31 | 2024-25 | MTL | 3 | VGK | 2 | |
| 2024-11-23 | 2024-25 | VGK | 6 | MTL | 2 | |
| 2023-11-16 | 2023-24 | VGK | 6 | MTL | 5 | |
| 2023-10-30 | 2023-24 | MTL | 2 | VGK | 3 | SO |
| 2023-03-05 | 2022-23 | MTL | 3 | VGK | 4 | |
| 2022-11-05 | 2022-23 | VGK | 6 | MTL | 4 | |
| 2022-01-20 | 2021-22 | MTL | 3 | VGK | 4 | OT |
| 2021-11-06 | 2021-22 | VGK | 5 | MTL | 2 |