Vegas Golden Knights at Montréal Canadiens

Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Vegas Golden Knights

2 – 3

Final/OT

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime on Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at Centre Bell. Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice. Jakub Dobes made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
VGK	1	0	1	0	2	34
MTL	0	2	0	1	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:38	VGK	EV	Pavel Dorofeyev (23) · snap	Unassisted	1–0
2nd	04:24	MTL	EV	Phillip Danault (2) · tip-in	Zachary Bolduc (10)	1–1
2nd	08:55	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (30) · backhand	Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21)	1–2
3rd	16:52	VGK	EV	Pavel Dorofeyev (24) · tip-in	Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12)	2–2
OT	03:58	MTL	EV	Jake Evans (6) · backhand	Alexandre Texier (11)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	00:36	VGK	Ivan Barbashev	tripping	2
2nd	10:31	VGK	Alexander Holtz	holding	2
2nd	16:34	MTL	Cole Caufield	hooking	2
2nd	19:18	MTL	Lane Hutson	holding the stick	2
3rd	01:37	MTL	Oliver Kapanen	interference	2
3rd	09:01	VGK	Shea Theodore	slashing	2
3rd	19:27	VGK	Rasmus Andersson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: VGK 5.00 · MTL 3.46 · xG% VGK 59.1

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	2	0	2	+2	0	8	0	0		19:16	19
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0		15:26	17
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2		13:14	18
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	55.6	26:00	25
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		24:19	31
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		23:00	24
4	Rasmus Andersson	D	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	3		22:49	29
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	0	33.3	22:26	24
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		22:22	27
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	2		20:51	27
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	58.3	18:54	21
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		16:20	19
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		15:40	22
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1		15:13	20
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	100.0	14:44	18
28	Tanner Laczynski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	6:27	9
23	Cole Reinhardt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		5:33	8
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		5:18	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	OTL	26	23	3	.885	63:58

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2		24:25	26
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	3		20:41	25
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	0		19:27	21
71	Jake Evans	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	35.7	19:23	24
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	2		16:45	17
24	Phillip Danault	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	63.6	15:12	20
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		12:12	16
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2		25:04	22
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	4		21:23	27
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3		19:42	23
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	33.3	19:17	21
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		17:54	16
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:23	17
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	100.0	15:16	17
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:05	16
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	100.0	12:34	16
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		12:04	14
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		8:16	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	34	32	2	.941	63:47