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Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights

NHLDecember 31, 2024T-Mobile Arena

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Canadiens 3, Golden Knights 2

Final
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Brett Howden faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  3. 0:05Tanner Pearson Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
  4. 0:22Puck in Benches
  5. 0:22Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Tanner Pearson
  6. 1:01Giveaway by Adin Hill
  7. 1:01Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  8. 1:04Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  9. 1:36Shea Theodore hit Nick Suzuki
  10. 1:48Keegan Kolesar Snap Shot Wide Left
  11. 2:09Giveaway by William Karlsson
  12. 2:09Arber Xhekaj Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  13. 2:15Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  14. 2:23Zach Whitecloud Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Tomas Hertl (15), Keegan Kolesar (7)
  15. 2:23Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Jake Evans
  16. 2:39Emil Heineman hit Alex Pietrangelo
  17. 3:00Joel Armia Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  18. 3:03Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:03Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Brett Howden
  20. 3:33Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  21. 3:44Tanner Pearson Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  22. 3:53Josh Anderson Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  23. 4:27Jack Eichel Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
  24. 4:41Juraj Slafkovsky hit Brayden McNabb
  25. 5:16Alex Pietrangelo Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  26. 5:18Goalie Stopped
  27. 5:18William Karlsson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  28. 5:26Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  29. 5:28Goalie Stopped
  30. 5:28Kirby Dach faceoff won against William Karlsson
  31. 5:56Giveaway by Keegan Kolesar
  32. 6:03Alex Newhook Wrist Shot Wide Left
  33. 7:01Joel Armia Tip-In Wide Left
  34. 7:05Cole Schwindt hit Jake Evans
  35. 7:13Icing
  36. 7:13Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
  37. 7:15Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  38. 7:19Cole Schwindt hit Josh Anderson
  39. 7:54Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  40. 8:13Juraj Slafkovsky shot blocked by Shea Theodore
  41. 8:15Puck in Crowd
  42. 8:15Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  43. 8:33Takeaway by Brayden McNabb
  44. 9:03Tomas Hertl hit Alex Newhook
  45. 9:14Puck in Benches
  46. 9:14William Karlsson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  47. 9:27Kirby Dach hit Alex Pietrangelo
  48. 9:44William Karlsson hit Kaiden Guhle
  49. 9:53Alex Newhook hit Alex Pietrangelo
  50. 9:57David Savard Wrist Shot Wide Left
  51. 10:32Puck in Benches
  52. 10:32Jake Evans faceoff won against Brett Howden
  53. 10:41Giveaway by Emil Heineman
  54. 10:48Brett Howden hit Alexandre Carrier
  55. 11:06Emil Heineman hit Tanner Pearson
  56. 11:11Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  57. 11:12Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Joel Armia
  58. 11:17Kaiden Guhle hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  59. 11:25Emil Heineman hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  60. 11:58Josh Anderson Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  61. 12:01Goalie Stopped
  62. 12:01William Karlsson faceoff won against Juraj Slafkovsky
  63. 12:15Giveaway by William Karlsson
  64. 12:27Mike Matheson hit Keegan Kolesar
  65. 12:46Brayden McNabb hit Nick Suzuki
  66. 13:22Giveaway by Mark Stone
  67. 13:30Jack Eichel hit Christian Dvorak
  68. 13:54Arber Xhekaj hit Jack Eichel
  69. 14:07Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  70. 14:14Alexandre Carrier Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  71. 14:15Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot Wide Left
  72. 14:31Mark Stone hit Alexandre Carrier
  73. 15:24Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  74. 15:40Emil Heineman Wrist Shot Wide Right
  75. 16:00Brett Howden hit Lane Hutson
  76. 16:45Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  77. 16:47Goalie Stopped
  78. 16:47Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  79. 17:13Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
  80. 17:15Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  81. 17:15Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  82. 17:18Juraj Slafkovsky hit Shea Theodore
  83. 17:54Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
  84. 18:11Takeaway by Arber Xhekaj
  85. 18:22William Karlsson shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
  86. 18:27Zach Whitecloud shot blocked by Kirby Dach
  87. 18:37Zach Whitecloud hit Arber Xhekaj
  88. 19:12Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  89. 19:15Goalie Stopped
  90. 19:15Alex Newhook faceoff won against Brett Howden
  91. 19:26Patrik Laine hit Alex Pietrangelo
  92. 19:45Tanner Pearson hit Patrik Laine
  93. 19:48Noah Hanifin Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  94. 19:48Cole Schwindt faceoff won against Jake Evans
  95. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  3. 0:10Puck in Crowd
  4. 0:10Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:17Juraj Slafkovsky hit Noah Hanifin
  6. 0:22Cole Caufield Slap Shot saved by Adin Hill
  7. 0:24Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:24Josh Anderson faceoff won against Tanner Pearson
  9. 0:27Lane Hutson shot blocked by Pavel Dorofeyev
  10. 0:30Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide Right
  11. 1:04Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  12. 1:10Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  13. 1:24Joel Armia hit Zach Whitecloud
  14. 1:33Joel Armia hit Tomas Hertl
  15. 1:37Arber Xhekaj shot blocked by William Karlsson
  16. 1:41Jake Evans Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  17. 1:59Emil Heineman hit Nicolas Hague
  18. 2:04William Karlsson shot blocked by David Savard
  19. 2:09Takeaway by William Karlsson
  20. 2:13William Karlsson Tip-In Wide Left
  21. 2:19Giveaway by David Savard
  22. 3:00Giveaway by Cole Schwindt
  23. 3:06Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Alexander Holtz
  24. 3:23Patrik Laine Snap Shot Wide Right
  25. 3:33Alex Newhook Wrist Shot Wide Left
  26. 3:38Mike Matheson shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  27. 3:57Juraj Slafkovsky hit Shea Theodore
  28. 4:34Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  29. 4:45Cole Caufield hit Brayden McNabb
  30. 4:53Kaiden Guhle hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  31. 5:40Josh Anderson shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  32. 5:41Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
  33. 5:46Josh Anderson hit Tanner Pearson
  34. 5:52Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  35. 5:53Goalie Stopped
  36. 5:53William Karlsson faceoff won against Joel Armia
  37. 6:05Keegan Kolesar hit Arber Xhekaj
  38. 6:09Off-side
  39. 6:09Jake Evans faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
  40. 6:17Cole Schwindt hit Emil Heineman
  41. 6:24Cole Schwindt Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  42. 6:55Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Wide Right
  43. 7:09Keegan Kolesar hit Arber Xhekaj
  44. 7:22Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  45. 7:25Goalie Stopped
  46. 7:25Jack Eichel faceoff won against Kirby Dach
  47. 7:46Giveaway by Victor Olofsson
  48. 7:51Jack Eichel hit Mike Matheson
  49. 8:07Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  50. 8:10Goalie Stopped
  51. 8:10Brett Howden faceoff won against Josh Anderson
  52. 8:20Brendan Gallagher hit Zach Whitecloud
  53. 8:34Brett Howden Wrist Shot Wide Left
  54. 8:39Nicolas Hague Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  55. 8:46Icing
  56. 8:46William Karlsson faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  57. 8:50Shea Theodore shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  58. 8:57Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  59. 9:11Christian Dvorak Tripping against William Karlsson
  60. 9:11Jake Evans faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  61. 9:36Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  62. 9:47Victor Olofsson Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  63. 10:10Kaiden Guhle hit Victor Olofsson
  64. 10:13Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  65. 10:54Shea Theodore shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  66. 11:03Shea Theodore shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  67. 11:05Josh Anderson Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  68. 11:18Alexander Holtz Wrist Shot Wide Right
  69. 11:34Giveaway by Christian Dvorak
  70. 11:37Josh Anderson hit Noah Hanifin
  71. 11:41Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  72. 12:12Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  73. 12:29Alex Newhook hit Nicolas Hague
  74. 12:44Patrik Laine hit Zach Whitecloud
  75. 12:48Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
  76. 13:04Kaiden Guhle hit Keegan Kolesar
  77. 13:11Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  78. 13:16Giveaway by Mark Stone
  79. 13:39Shea Theodore shot blocked by Victor Olofsson
  80. 13:45Puck in Crowd
  81. 13:45Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  82. 13:59Alexandre Carrier hit Victor Olofsson
  83. 14:31Juraj Slafkovsky Tip-In High and Wide Right
  84. 14:51Brendan Gallagher Backhand saved by Adin Hill
  85. 15:08Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Brett Howden
  86. 15:11Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  87. 15:13Tanner Pearson Tip-In High and Wide Left
  88. 15:18Brendan Gallagher hit Nicolas Hague
  89. 16:03Puck Frozen - Goalie
  90. 16:03William Karlsson faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  91. 16:12Puck in Benches
  92. 16:12Kirby Dach faceoff won against William Karlsson
  93. 16:20Takeaway by Alex Newhook
  94. 16:26Kirby Dach Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  95. 16:43Keegan Kolesar Wrist Shot Wide Right
  96. 16:47Arber Xhekaj hit Keegan Kolesar
  97. 17:24Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  98. 17:27Cole Caufield Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (25), Juraj Slafkovsky (17)
  99. 17:27Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  100. 17:35Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  101. 18:10Cole Caufield Tip-In Wide Right
  102. 18:38Icing
  103. 18:38Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  104. 18:44Takeaway by Victor Olofsson
  105. 18:44Victor Olofsson hit Alexandre Carrier
  106. 19:09Joel Armia shot blocked by Zach Whitecloud
  107. 19:48Jake Evans hit Nicolas Hague
  108. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Brett Howden
  3. 0:09Josh Anderson hit Zach Whitecloud
  4. 0:24Nicolas Hague Wrist Shot Wide Right
  5. 0:55Cole Caufield shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
  6. 0:58Lane Hutson Slap Shot Wide Right
  7. 1:08Mike Matheson Slap Shot Wide Right
  8. 1:34Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  9. 1:34Brayden McNabb hit Alex Newhook
  10. 1:52Shea Theodore Wrist Shot Wide Right
  11. 1:59Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  12. 2:03Giveaway by Tomas Hertl
  13. 2:15Giveaway by David Savard
  14. 2:23Brayden McNabb Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  15. 2:25Goalie Stopped
  16. 2:25Jake Evans faceoff won against Cole Schwindt
  17. 3:23Icing
  18. 3:23Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brett Howden
  19. 3:28Nick Suzuki hit Zach Whitecloud
  20. 3:46Brett Howden Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  21. 3:55Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot Wide Right
  22. 4:16Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  23. 4:25Tanner Pearson hit Juraj Slafkovsky
  24. 4:38Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  25. 4:45Victor Olofsson shot blocked by David Savard
  26. 4:59Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  27. 5:10Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  28. 6:30Kirby Dach Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  29. 6:35Alex Newhook hit William Karlsson
  30. 6:41Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  31. 6:57Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  32. 7:01Juraj Slafkovsky shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
  33. 7:34Lane Hutson Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  34. 7:45Juraj Slafkovsky Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  35. 7:47Goalie Stopped
  36. 7:47Jake Evans faceoff won against Brett Howden
  37. 7:56Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
  38. 7:56David Savard Snap Shot saved by Adin Hill
  39. 7:58Emil Heineman Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: David Savard (9)
  40. 7:58Jake Evans faceoff won against Tanner Pearson
  41. 8:26Emil Heineman hit Nicolas Hague
  42. 8:32Joel Armia hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  43. 8:52Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  44. 10:00Shea Theodore shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  45. 10:09Kirby Dach Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Josh Anderson (9)
  46. 10:09Brett Howden faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  47. 10:34Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  48. 11:09Keegan Kolesar Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
  49. 11:11Goalie Stopped
  50. 11:11Christian Dvorak faceoff won against William Karlsson
  51. 11:20Giveaway by Jake Evans
  52. 11:21Joel Armia hit William Karlsson
  53. 11:53Noah Hanifin hit Emil Heineman
  54. 12:25Josh Anderson hit Jack Eichel
  55. 12:27Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  56. 12:30Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  57. 12:30Mike Matheson hit Jack Eichel
  58. 13:23Tanner Pearson Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  59. 13:26Goalie Stopped
  60. 13:26William Karlsson faceoff won against Jake Evans
  61. 13:28Noah Hanifin Slap Shot Wide Right
  62. 13:38Jake Evans hit Tomas Hertl
  63. 13:53Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill
  64. 13:58Alex Pietrangelo hit Emil Heineman
  65. 14:18Lane Hutson Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
  66. 14:56Cole Caufield hit Nicolas Hague
  67. 15:08Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  68. 15:12Jack Eichel hit Alexandre Carrier
  69. 15:23Giveaway by Mark Stone
  70. 15:38Giveaway by Mark Stone
  71. 16:03Nicolas Hague Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  72. 16:11Zach Whitecloud shot blocked by Joel Armia
  73. 16:14Puck in Netting
  74. 16:14Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  75. 16:45Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovsky
  76. 17:04Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  77. 17:06Goalie Stopped
  78. 17:06Christian Dvorak faceoff won against William Karlsson
  79. 17:13Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  80. 17:17Puck in Crowd
  81. 17:17Christian Dvorak faceoff won against William Karlsson
  82. 18:53Icing
  83. 18:53Jake Evans faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  84. 19:02Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  85. 19:39Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  86. 19:46Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  87. 19:47Victor Olofsson Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  88. 19:48Goalie Stopped
  89. 19:48Jack Eichel faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  90. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  91. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 2:23MTL 0, VGK 1Zach Whitecloud Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Tomas Hertl (15), Keegan Kolesar (7)
  2. 19:48MTL 0, VGK 2Noah Hanifin Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: none

2nd

  1. 17:27MTL 1, VGK 2Cole Caufield Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (25), Juraj Slafkovsky (17)

3rd

  1. 7:58MTL 2, VGK 2Emil Heineman Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: David Savard (9)
  2. 10:09MTL 3, VGK 2Kirby Dach Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Josh Anderson (9)

Game leaders

CanadiensMontreal

Golden KnightsVegas

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Cole Caufield RW101020015:120.04001010151915:120:000:00
Emil Heineman LW101050010:350.0100101014910:350:000:00
Kirby Dach C10-1011014:5766.7312100013514:570:000:00
Alex Newhook C00-1030014:0625.0031102113714:060:000:00
Brendan Gallagher RW000020013:340.02000020171013:340:000:00
Christian Dvorak C000000214:3672.7038110021314:360:000:00
Jake Evans C001020015:5272.71381010151015:090:000:43
Joel Armia RW001042014:280.0110001016713:410:000:47
Josh Anderson RW010043016:2450.0311000019615:110:001:13
Juraj Slafkovsky LW011040015:360.0110201015415:360:000:00
Nick Suzuki C011010018:1950.00440010181117:030:001:16
Patrik Laine RW00-1020014:030.0000001013814:030:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alexandre Carrier D00-1011023:0810000100.025121:550:001:13
Arber Xhekaj D001020014:2010020010.016114:200:000:00
David Savard D011002015:4010020100.019114:550:000:45
Kaiden Guhle D00-1040024:2010010000.025223:070:001:13
Lane Hutson D001001021:2320010200.020221:190:000:04
Mike Matheson D001021021:2700000120.023220:410:000:46
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Sam Montembeault G29227.93160:0000252000

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