VGK
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
37-26-17 · W1 · L10: 6-1-3
L
W
L
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
Final/OT
23
2026-01-27 · Bell Centre
MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
L
L
W
W
L
OT
W
L
W
W
VGK controlled xG 3.8 to 3.2 but MTL won on execution · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
VGK xG
3.77
ACTUAL
23
MTL xG
3.22

Scoring Timeline

0.07
MED xG
VGK1P 08:38Even Strength
Pavel Dorofeyev
16
Pavel Dorofeyev(23)
L · VGK · #16
VGK 1 - 0 MTL
0.07
MED xG
MTL2P 04:24Even Strength
Phillip Danault
24
Phillip Danault(2)
C · MTL · #24
Zack Bolduc (10)
VGK 1 - 1 MTL
0.26
HIGH xG
MTL2P 08:55Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(30)
R · MTL · #13
Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21)
VGK 1 - 2 MTL
0.11
HIGH xG
VGK3P 16:52Even Strength
Pavel Dorofeyev
16
Pavel Dorofeyev(24)
L · VGK · #16
Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12)
VGK 2 - 2 MTL
0.16
HIGH xG
MTLOT 03:584 on 4
Jake Evans
71
Jake Evans(6)
C · MTL · #71
Alexandre Texier (11)
VGK 2 - 3 MTL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
1
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
32/34 saves, .941 SV%, +1.9 GSAx
2
Akira Schmid
40
Akira Schmid
G · VGK · #40
23/26 saves, .884 SV%, +1.2 GSAx
3
Pavel Dorofeyev
16
Pavel Dorofeyev
L · VGK · #16
2G, 8 SOG

Team Stats

VGKMTL
34Shots26
3.77xGF3.22
48.5CF%51.5
55FO%45
0/3PP0/4
24Hits24
15Blocks18
12Giveaways8
4Takeaways5
8PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodVGK SOGMTL SOGVGK xGMTL xG
1st980.430.96
2nd10101.151.31
3rd1232.130.34
OT120.060.60
Total32233.773.21

Penalties

7 TOTAL
2P 00:36
VGK
Ivan Barbashevtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jake Evans
2P 10:31
VGK
Alexander Holtzholding (2 min)
Drawn by Phillip Danault
2P 16:34
MTL
Cole Caufieldhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Mitch Marner
2P 19:18
MTL
Lane Hutsonholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Ivan Barbashev
3P 01:37
MTL
Oliver Kapaneninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Mark Stone
3P 09:01
VGK
Shea Theodoreslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
3P 19:27
VGK
Rasmus Anderssontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Alexandre Texier