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Vegas Golden Knights at Montreal Canadiens

NHLJanuary 27, 2026Bell Centre

Golden KnightsVegasVGK25-14-13

Golden Knights 2, Canadiens 3

Final/OT
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon29-17-7
Score by period
Team123OTT
VGK10102
MTL02013

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Jake Evans faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  3. 0:05Keegan Kolesar hit Lane Hutson
  4. 0:22Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  5. 0:39Nick Suzuki hit Noah Hanifin
  6. 0:46Rasmus Andersson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  7. 0:51Reilly Smith hit Mike Matheson
  8. 1:33Giveaway by Oliver Kapanen
  9. 1:37Juraj Slafkovský hit Braeden Bowman
  10. 1:49Mitch Marner Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  11. 2:56Josh Anderson hit Ben Hutton
  12. 3:03Keegan Kolesar hit Alexandre Carrier
  13. 3:46Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  14. 3:48Goalie Stopped
  15. 3:48Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  16. 4:01Noah Dobson shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon
  17. 4:03Puck in Netting
  18. 4:03Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  19. 4:20Alexandre Texier hit Jeremy Lauzon
  20. 4:28Jack Eichel shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  21. 4:29Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 5:09Braeden Bowman Deflected saved by Jakub Dobes
  23. 5:10Puck Frozen - Goalie
  24. 5:10Josh Anderson faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  25. 5:15Giveaway by Rasmus Andersson
  26. 5:20Josh Anderson hit Noah Hanifin
  27. 5:22Phillip Danault shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  28. 5:58Ben Hutton Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  29. 6:01Goalie Stopped
  30. 6:01Jake Evans faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  31. 6:20Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
  32. 6:46Keegan Kolesar hit Alexandre Carrier
  33. 6:54Keegan Kolesar hit Kaiden Guhle
  34. 7:04Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  35. 7:06Goalie Stopped
  36. 7:06Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  37. 7:10Alexandre Texier Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  38. 7:39Jeremy Lauzon hit Cole Caufield
  39. 8:38Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: none
  40. 8:38Phillip Danault faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  41. 9:05Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  42. 9:21Brendan Gallagher Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  43. 10:12Zachary Bolduc hit Shea Theodore
  44. 10:18Tomas Hertl hit Kirby Dach
  45. 10:24Jake Evans Tip-In Wide Left
  46. 10:30Ivan Barbashev hit Arber Xhekaj
  47. 10:41Jeremy Lauzon hit Kirby Dach
  48. 10:47Mike Matheson Slap Shot Wide Left
  49. 11:05Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Alexandre Texier
  50. 12:02Giveaway by Shea Theodore
  51. 12:03Giveaway by Ivan Demidov
  52. 12:20Mitch Marner Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 12:22Goalie Stopped
  54. 12:22Mitch Marner faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  55. 12:34Rasmus Andersson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  56. 12:47Juraj Slafkovský hit Noah Hanifin
  57. 12:49Kaiden Guhle hit Pavel Dorofeyev
  58. 13:18Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  59. 13:26Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  60. 13:29Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  61. 13:35Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  62. 13:58Josh Anderson Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  63. 14:01Mike Matheson shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
  64. 14:08Giveaway by Keegan Kolesar
  65. 14:15Tomas Hertl hit Arber Xhekaj
  66. 14:24Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  67. 15:20Reilly Smith shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  68. 15:40Noah Dobson shot blocked by Noah Hanifin
  69. 15:41Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  70. 16:06Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  71. 16:30Jake Evans shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
  72. 16:40Tomas Hertl Snap Shot Off Crossbar
  73. 16:49Kaiden Guhle hit Ben Hutton
  74. 16:55Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
  75. 17:03Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
  76. 17:10Lane Hutson shot blocked by Ben Hutton
  77. 17:12Oliver Kapanen Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  78. 17:15Mike Matheson shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
  79. 17:37Braeden Bowman shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  80. 17:39Braeden Bowman hit Noah Dobson
  81. 17:52Phillip Danault Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  82. 19:10Giveaway by Jeremy Lauzon
  83. 19:46Jake Evans Tip-In Wide Left
  84. 19:50Kirby Dach hit Kaedan Korczak
  85. 19:51Puck in Netting
  86. 19:51Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  87. 19:55Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In Wide Right
  88. 19:58Lane Hutson shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
  89. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  3. 0:36Ivan Barbashev Tripping against Jake Evans
  4. 0:36Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  5. 0:40Rasmus Andersson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 1:13Challenge Vis - off-side - no goal
  7. 1:13Off-side
  8. 1:13Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  9. 2:10Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  10. 2:49Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  11. 3:09Ben Hutton shot blocked by Alexandre Texier
  12. 3:11Puck in Netting
  13. 3:11Phillip Danault faceoff won against Braeden Bowman
  14. 3:29Jeremy Lauzon hit Juraj Slafkovský
  15. 3:35Off-side
  16. 3:35Tanner Laczynski faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  17. 3:47Rasmus Andersson shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  18. 3:54Arber Xhekaj hit Cole Reinhardt
  19. 4:04Cole Reinhardt hit Josh Anderson
  20. 4:11Takeaway by Kaiden Guhle
  21. 4:11Josh Anderson hit Cole Reinhardt
  22. 4:24Phillip Danault Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Zachary Bolduc (10)
  23. 4:24Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  24. 4:35Giveaway by Reilly Smith
  25. 4:40Noah Dobson shot blocked by Reilly Smith
  26. 4:42Puck in Netting
  27. 4:42Reilly Smith faceoff won against Cole Caufield
  28. 4:50Reilly Smith Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  29. 4:52Goalie Stopped
  30. 4:52Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  31. 5:01Jake Evans Deflected saved by Akira Schmid
  32. 5:07Zachary Bolduc hit Jack Eichel
  33. 5:20Jack Eichel shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  34. 5:26Kaedan Korczak shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  35. 5:29Jack Eichel hit Noah Dobson
  36. 5:46Ben Hutton Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  37. 6:11Braeden Bowman hit Oliver Kapanen
  38. 6:17Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Wide Left
  39. 6:33Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  40. 6:34Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  41. 6:35Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  42. 6:36Braeden Bowman Snap Shot Wide Right
  43. 6:44Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  44. 6:45Lane Hutson Slap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  45. 6:53Mitch Marner shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  46. 6:58Noah Hanifin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  47. 7:00Goalie Stopped
  48. 7:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  49. 7:03Takeaway by Tomas Hertl
  50. 7:08Tomas Hertl Snap Shot Short
  51. 7:09Keegan Kolesar shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  52. 8:14Jeremy Lauzon Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 8:16Goalie Stopped
  54. 8:16Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  55. 8:26Nick Suzuki hit Jeremy Lauzon
  56. 8:44Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  57. 8:52Noah Dobson Backhand Wide Left
  58. 8:55Cole Caufield Goal (30) Backhand, assists: Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21)
  59. 8:55Jake Evans faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  60. 9:03Giveaway by Zachary Bolduc
  61. 9:13Braeden Bowman hit Lane Hutson
  62. 9:20Puck in Benches
  63. 9:20Mitch Marner faceoff won against Jake Evans
  64. 9:28Mitch Marner shot blocked by Jake Evans
  65. 10:28Phillip Danault Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  66. 10:31Alexander Holtz Holding against Phillip Danault
  67. 10:31TV Timeout
  68. 10:31Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  69. 10:39Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon
  70. 10:53Giveaway by Mark Stone
  71. 11:18Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  72. 11:41Zachary Bolduc hit Shea Theodore
  73. 11:44Hand Pass
  74. 11:44Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Mitch Marner
  75. 12:16Zachary Bolduc Tip-In Above Crossbar
  76. 12:28Off-side
  77. 12:28Jake Evans faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  78. 12:44Alexander Holtz Tip-In Wide Left
  79. 12:44Noah Dobson hit Reilly Smith
  80. 13:05Giveaway by Jack Eichel
  81. 13:11Takeaway by Pavel Dorofeyev
  82. 13:43Kaedan Korczak Wrist Shot Wide Right
  83. 13:55Icing
  84. 13:55Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  85. 14:28Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
  86. 14:40Kaiden Guhle Wrist Shot Wide Left
  87. 14:43Goalie Stopped
  88. 14:43Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  89. 14:48Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  90. 15:08Mike Matheson Slap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  91. 15:30Mark Stone Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  92. 15:33Mark Stone Snap Shot Wide Right
  93. 15:40Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  94. 15:58Alexandre Texier Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  95. 15:59Noah Dobson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  96. 16:22Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  97. 16:34Cole Caufield Hooking against Mitch Marner
  98. 16:34Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  99. 16:53Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  100. 16:56Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  101. 18:07Off-side
  102. 18:07Tanner Laczynski faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  103. 18:30Noah Dobson hit Tanner Laczynski
  104. 18:51Takeaway by Kirby Dach
  105. 19:13Takeaway by Ivan Barbashev
  106. 19:18Lane Hutson Holding the stick against Ivan Barbashev
  107. 19:18Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  108. 19:23Takeaway by Jake Evans
  109. 19:50Jack Eichel shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  110. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  3. 0:31Mark Stone Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  4. 0:32Mark Stone Snap Shot Wide Right
  5. 0:47Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 0:49Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes
  7. 0:50Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:50Jack Eichel faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  9. 1:04Mitch Marner Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  10. 1:06Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  11. 1:25Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  12. 1:37Oliver Kapanen Interference against Mark Stone
  13. 1:37Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  14. 1:46Mark Stone Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  15. 1:59Tomas Hertl Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  16. 4:02Lane Hutson hit Ivan Barbashev
  17. 4:24Giveaway by Arber Xhekaj
  18. 4:26Noah Hanifin Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  19. 4:35Ivan Barbashev hit Juraj Slafkovský
  20. 4:38Jake Evans hit Kaedan Korczak
  21. 4:43Kaiden Guhle hit Reilly Smith
  22. 5:44Alexandre Texier hit Jeremy Lauzon
  23. 5:46Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  24. 6:01Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  25. 6:53Mark Stone shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  26. 7:02Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
  27. 7:41Josh Anderson shot blocked by Ben Hutton
  28. 7:42Kirby Dach Snap Shot Wide Left
  29. 7:44Kirby Dach Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  30. 7:51Kirby Dach Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  31. 8:46Jeremy Lauzon hit Juraj Slafkovský
  32. 8:53Pavel Dorofeyev Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  33. 8:56Shea Theodore Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  34. 9:01Shea Theodore Slashing against Kaiden Guhle
  35. 9:01TV Timeout
  36. 9:01Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  37. 9:58Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  38. 10:42Mitch Marner Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  39. 10:49Rasmus Andersson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  40. 11:08Takeaway by Jack Eichel
  41. 11:29Zachary Bolduc Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  42. 11:37Mark Stone Slap Shot Wide Left
  43. 12:39Arber Xhekaj hit Tomas Hertl
  44. 12:59Keegan Kolesar hit Arber Xhekaj
  45. 13:15Icing
  46. 13:15Phillip Danault faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
  47. 13:17Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  48. 14:04Giveaway by Mark Stone
  49. 14:12Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson
  50. 14:38Ivan Demidov Deflected Wide Right
  51. 15:15Ben Hutton hit Ivan Demidov
  52. 15:25Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  53. 15:54Keegan Kolesar hit Kirby Dach
  54. 15:56Jeremy Lauzon hit Zachary Bolduc
  55. 16:49Kaiden Guhle hit Braeden Bowman
  56. 16:52Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (24) Tip-In, assists: Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12)
  57. 16:52Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jake Evans
  58. 17:13Alexandre Carrier hit Ivan Barbashev
  59. 17:29Jeremy Lauzon shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  60. 17:39Icing
  61. 17:39Jack Eichel faceoff won against Jake Evans
  62. 17:46Noah Hanifin Slap Shot Wide Left
  63. 17:48Rasmus Andersson Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  64. 17:50Goalie Stopped
  65. 17:50Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  66. 18:13Giveaway by Cole Caufield
  67. 18:36Braeden Bowman shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  68. 19:27Rasmus Andersson Tripping against Alexandre Texier
  69. 19:27Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  70. 19:42Lane Hutson shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  71. 19:48Jeremy Lauzon hit Ivan Demidov
  72. 19:57Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  73. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Phillip Danault faceoff won against Jack Eichel
  3. 1:03Cole Caufield shot blocked by Juraj Slafkovský
  4. 1:05Juraj Slafkovský Backhand saved by Akira Schmid
  5. 1:07Goalie Stopped
  6. 1:07Timeout - Home
  7. 1:07Jack Eichel faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  8. 1:13Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Akira Schmid
  9. 1:30Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Left
  10. 1:31Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Right
  11. 2:27Kaedan Korczak shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  12. 2:43Kaedan Korczak hit Lane Hutson
  13. 3:47Jack Eichel Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  14. 3:58Jake Evans Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Alexandre Texier (11)
  15. 3:58End of OT
  16. 3:58Game End

1st

  1. 8:38VGK 1, MTL 0Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: none

2nd

  1. 4:24VGK 1, MTL 1Phillip Danault Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Zachary Bolduc (10)
  2. 8:55VGK 1, MTL 2Cole Caufield Goal (30) Backhand, assists: Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21)

3rd

  1. 16:52VGK 2, MTL 2Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (24) Tip-In, assists: Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12)

OT

  1. 3:58VGK 2, MTL 3Jake Evans Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Alexandre Texier (11)

Game leaders

Golden KnightsVegas

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Pavel Dorofeyev RW202000019:160.08000001192414:424:340:00
Alexander Holtz RW00-100025:180.00000110825:180:000:00
Braeden Bowman RW012030015:260.0110001017714:031:230:00
Cole Reinhardt LW00-101005:330.00000000825:330:000:00
Ivan Barbashev LW000021216:200.01000101191214:591:210:00
Jack Eichel C00-2010026:0055.638101001251916:434:554:22
Keegan Kolesar RW000061015:130.0000100020412:090:003:04
Mark Stone RW00-1000023:000.04002030242015:174:373:06
Mitch Marner RW002000022:2633.34420000241214:204:443:22
Reilly Smith RW00-1011014:44100.0101100018814:050:000:39
Tanner Laczynski C00-100006:27100.00020000905:231:040:00
Tomas Hertl C00-1021018:5458.31570031212114:144:400:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Ben Hutton D011012013:1420000000.018613:110:000:03
Jeremy Lauzon D00-1062020:5110010000.027016:090:004:42
Kaedan Korczak D000013015:4000020100.022314:250:001:15
Noah Hanifin D00-1001022:2220020200.027219:020:003:20
Rasmus Andersson D000003222:4950011000.0291118:401:262:43
Shea Theodore D00-1000224:1910011000.031719:061:163:57
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Akira Schmid G26323.88563:5800184100

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