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Montréal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights

Dec 31, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 3 22
Vegas Golden Knights 2 29

Scoring

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

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
09:11 MTL Christian Dvorak Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 54 38 22 3 2.3 53.5
Vegas Golden Knights 54 42 29 2 2.6 46.5

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdVegas Golden Knights aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.3 expected, 3 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 2.6 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 17:27 of 2nd, a 9% chanceMTL goal, 7:58 of 3rd, a 21% chanceMTL goal, 10:09 of 3rd, a 4% chanceVGK goal, 2:23 of 1st, a 12% chanceVGK goal, 19:48 of 1st, a 11% chanceVGK 2.6MTL 2.3

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Vegas Golden Knights

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský12:1776.280.61-0
Patrik Laine · Kirby Dach · Alex Newhook12:1154.245.51-2
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak11:2641.752.80-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman9:2453.360.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Lane Hutson18:3170.676.21-0
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle17:4852.050.20-1
David Savard · Arber Xhekaj12:2637.039.32-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:12 0.20 18-6 0.75-0.21
51 Emil Heineman L 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 10:35 0.25 10-8 0.46-0.29
77 Kirby Dach C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 14:57 0.36 14-15 0.72-0.96
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:19 0.23 17-9 0.68-0.32
17 Josh Anderson R 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 16:24 0.21 12-19 0.37-0.51
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 15:36 0.13 17-7 0.64-0.22
58 David Savard D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:40 0.02 12-20 0.66-1.07
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:34 0.34 13-15 0.54-0.33
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21:27 0.02 24-11 1.00-0.32
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:06 0.14 13-11 0.72-0.86
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 24:20 0.01 16-17 0.49-0.50
22 Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:36 11-17 0.43-0.51
40 Joel Armia R 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14:28 0.06 9-10 0.40-0.30
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:08 0.09 14-12 0.46-0.36
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:23 0.05 29-12 1.29-0.37
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:52 0.09 11-9 0.47-0.27
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:20 0.07 11-20 0.71-1.14
92 Patrik Laine L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:03 0.05 14-12 0.72-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault W 29 27 2 60:00 2.62 +0.62

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Stone · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel13:3542.124.40-0
William Karlsson · Tomas Hertl · Keegan Kolesar11:0150.055.01-1
Tanner Pearson · Brett Howden · Pavel Dorofeyev10:5957.742.71-1
Jonas Rondbjerg · Cole Schwindt · Alexander Holtz5:2114.340.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Noah Hanifin19:4641.744.41-0
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud17:0760.758.10-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore12:4142.336.90-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
15 Noah Hanifin D 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 24:11 0.29 17-22 0.65-0.64
28 Zach Whitecloud D 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 19:28 0.12 18-15 0.82-0.75
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:19 0.28 15-15 0.84-0.74
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:03 0.53 14-13 0.81-0.67
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:58 0.03 11-15 0.48-0.83
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:24 0.13 16-23 0.56-0.84
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 22:23 0.37 13-16 0.41-0.82
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:00 0.03 18-16 0.51-0.71
21 Brett Howden C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:14 0.06 15-12 0.40-0.60
26 Alexander Holtz R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:28 0.11 6-7 0.37-0.17
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 17:39 0.07 12-19 0.50-1.04
41 Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:23 0.06 18-12 0.75-0.51
46 Jonas Rondbjerg R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:38 3-12 0.17-0.30
61 Mark Stone R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:18 0.00 9-17 0.25-0.76
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13:51 0.13 18-15 0.52-0.71
71 William Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:57 0.07 18-13 1.08-0.67
79 Cole Schwindt R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:17 0.10 1-12 0.10-0.22
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:27 0.20 8-11 0.18-0.56
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Adin Hill L 22 19 3 58:02 2.33 -0.67