Montréal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights

Sat, Feb 17, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 6

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. Reilly Smith scored twice. Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	0	1	3	33
VGK	3	2	1	6	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:16	VGK	PP	Reilly Smith (18) · slap	Nate Schmidt (24), Jonathan Marchessault (35)	0–1
1st	04:32	MTL	EV	Charles Hudon (8) · wrist	Max Pacioretty (19), Joe Morrow (6)	1–1
1st	06:50	VGK	EV	Brad Hunt (3) · slap	Luca Sbisa (10)	1–2
1st	09:51	VGK	EV	Tomas Nosek (5) · wrist	Erik Haula (20), Ryan Carpenter (3)	1–3
1st	11:47	MTL	EV	Nikita Scherbak (1) · wrist	Alex Galchenyuk (22), Karl Alzner (8)	2–3
2nd	03:07	VGK	EV	Ryan Carpenter (5) · snap	Colin Miller (25), Jonathan Marchessault (36)	2–4
2nd	03:46	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (19) · backhand	Deryk Engelland (16), Jonathan Marchessault (37)	2–5
3rd	04:02	VGK	EV	Nate Schmidt (5) · wrist	Reilly Smith (32), William Karlsson (21)	2–6
3rd	08:44	MTL	PP	Jonathan Drouin (9) · slap	Jeff Petry (19), Brendan Gallagher (13)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:06	MTL	Victor Mete	hooking	2
1st	14:57	MTL	Nikita Scherbak	tripping	2
2nd	15:30	VGK	Nate Schmidt	tripping	2
3rd	08:30	VGK	Marc-Andre Fleury	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 2.29 · VGK 2.14 · xG% MTL 51.7

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
45	Joe Morrow	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0		23:48	31
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4		22:34	32
22	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	3		19:41	32
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	4	0		16:38	22
38	Nikita Scherbak	R	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0		16:23	22
54	Charles Hudon	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	0	36.8	15:32	19
27	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		14:44	18
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	-3	0	3	2	0		14:35	20
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	66.7	14:06	19
8	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		19:19	32
21	David Schlemko	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	4		17:46	25
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		16:56	23
41	Paul Byron	L	0	0	0	-4	0	4	1	0	100.0	16:35	24
53	Victor Mete	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		15:43	22
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	1	75.0	15:42	23
42	Byron Froese	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	44.4	13:25	18
43	Daniel Carr	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		11:43	17
49	Logan Shaw	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		11:40	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Carey Price	L	28	25	3	.893	50:09
37	Antti Niemi		6	3	3	.500	9:51

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	3	3	+2	0	2	1	0	50.0	17:08	21
19	Reilly Smith	R	2	1	3	+1	0	4	0	1		17:02	22
88	Nate Schmidt	D	1	1	2	+1	2	3	0	1		20:55	25
40	Ryan Carpenter	C	1	1	2	+3	0	4	1	2	33.3	13:53	16
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	2		21:23	24
47	Luca Sbisa	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	2		20:58	26
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		19:57	23
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1	36.4	18:30	22
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	58.3	18:08	22
77	Brad Hunt	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		15:42	20
92	Tomas Nosek	L	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	0	100.0	13:58	16
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	6		20:16	26
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		18:09	19
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	16:41	19
21	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	44.4	16:17	19
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		15:15	17
13	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		11:32	13
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2:02	4

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	33	30	3	.909	60:00