Montréal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights

Tue, Dec 31, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 2

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 on Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. Samuel Montembeault made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	2	3	22
VGK	2	0	0	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:23	VGK	EV	Zach Whitecloud (2) · wrist	Tomas Hertl (15), Keegan Kolesar (7)	0–1
1st	19:48	VGK	EV	Noah Hanifin (6) · wrist	Unassisted	0–2
2nd	17:27	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (19) · wrist	Nick Suzuki (25), Juraj Slafkovský (17)	1–2
3rd	07:58	MTL	EV	Emil Heineman (9) · wrist	David Savard (9)	2–2
3rd	10:09	MTL	EV	Kirby Dach (5) · backhand	Josh Anderson (9)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	09:11	MTL	Christian Dvorak	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MTL 2.28 · VGK 2.49 · xG% MTL 47.7

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	18:19	18
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	3	50.0	16:24	19
58	David Savard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		15:40	19
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0		15:36	15
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0		15:12	15
77	Kirby Dach	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	1	66.7	14:57	13
51	Emil Heineman	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	5	0		10:35	14
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0		24:20	25
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		23:08	25
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		21:27	23
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		21:23	20
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	72.7	15:52	15
28	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	72.7	14:36	21
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	2		14:28	16
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		14:20	16
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	25.0	14:06	13
92	Patrik Laine	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		14:03	13
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		13:34	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
15	Noah Hanifin	D	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1		24:11	25
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1		19:28	21
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0		18:19	17
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	1	1	0	1	2	0		13:03	17
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		23:24	25
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	50.0	22:23	19
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		21:18	19
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		20:27	19
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		19:23	20
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:00	19
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1		17:39	20
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	58.3	14:57	18
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	33.3	14:14	17
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0		13:58	19
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		13:51	18
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		9:38	12
22	Cole Schwindt	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	40.0	9:17	12
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1		8:28	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Adin Hill	L	22	19	3	.864	58:02