MTL
Montréal Canadiens
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
W
L
W
W
W
L
L
W
L
Final
3—2
2024-12-31 · T-Mobile Arena
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
VGK controlled xG 2.5 to 2.4 but MTL won on execution
xG Flow
CUMULATIVEMTL xG
2.40
ACTUAL
3 — 2
VGK xG
2.52
Scoring Timeline
0.19
HIGH xG
1P 02:23Even Strength
28
Zach Whitecloud(2)
D · VGK · #28
Tomas Hertl (15), Keegan Kolesar (7)MTL 0 - 1 VGK
0.11
HIGH xG
1P 19:48Even Strength
15
Noah Hanifin(6)
D · VGK · #15
MTL 0 - 2 VGK
0.16
HIGH xG
2P 17:27Even Strength
13
Cole Caufield(19)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (25), Juraj Slafkovský (17)MTL 1 - 2 VGK
0.20
HIGH xG
3P 07:58Even Strength
51
Emil Heineman(9)
L · MTL · #51
David Savard (9)MTL 2 - 2 VGK
0.04
LOW xG
3P 10:09Even Strength
77
Kirby Dach(5)
C · MTL · #77
Josh Anderson (9)MTL 3 - 2 VGK
Three Stars
PUCKLAB PICKS★1
35
Sam Montembeault
G · MTL · #35
27/29 saves, .931 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★2
33
Adin Hill
G · VGK · #33
19/22 saves, .863 SV%, -0.9 GSAx
★3
13
Cole Caufield
R · MTL · #13
1G, 4 SOG, 2 HIT
Team Stats
MTLVGK
22Shots29
2.40xGF2.52
49.5CF%50.5
58.5FO%41.5
0/0PP0/1
39Hits22
11Blocks11
14Giveaways23
4Takeaways3
2PIM0
Period Breakdown
| Period | MTL SOG | VGK SOG | MTL xG | VGK xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | 6 | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| 2nd | 4 | 8 | 0.85 | 1.19 |
| 3rd | 6 | 13 | 0.72 | 0.58 |
| Total | 19 | 27 | 2.40 | 2.52 |
Penalties
1 TOTAL2P 09:11
Christian Dvoraktripping (2 min)
Drawn by William Karlsson