Montréal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights

Nov 28, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	4	19
Vegas Golden Knights	1	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
14:30	MTL	Zachary Bolduc (6)	Juraj Slafkovský (5), Cole Caufield (11)	1 - 0
2nd Period
02:04	MTL	Cole Caufield (14)	Zachary Bolduc (6), Alexandre Carrier (7)	2 - 0
3rd Period
03:36	MTL	Jake Evans (4)	Alexandre Texier (2), Mike Matheson (11)	3 - 0
15:16	VGK	Mark Stone (4)	Mitch Marner (19), Ben Hutton (4)	3 - 1
18:03	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský (7)	Nick Suzuki (20)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:45	MTL	Mike Matheson	Slashing	2
2nd Period
12:41	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	Roughing	2
12:41	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	Roughing	2
19:12	VGK	Ben Hutton	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	41	33	19	4	3.7	36.7
Vegas Golden Knights	75	50	31	1	3.4	63.3

How the game went

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: 3.7 expected, 4 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.4 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Alexandre Texier	11:19	24.0	24.1	1-1
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Zachary Bolduc	11:19	50.0	55.1	1-0
Brendan Gallagher · Joseph Veleno · Florian Xhekaj	9:13	12.5	27.3	0-0
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov	9:06	40.0	53.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson	19:28	25.7	25.3	1-1
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson	15:05	48.0	71.0	0-0
Alexandre Carrier · Arber Xhekaj	8:49	31.3	62.7	0-0

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	1	2	2	0	2	0	17:04	0.55	16-11	0.83-0.41
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	15:28		8-12	0.59-0.52
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	15:01	0.25	11-12	0.50-0.41
71	Jake Evans	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	17:03	0.34	8-21	0.44-0.89
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	23:54	0.04	14-30	0.83-1.48
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	19:29	0.41	19-11	1.01-0.41
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	16:59		7-17	0.56-0.60
85	Alexandre Texier	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	13:41	0.00	6-20	0.27-0.86
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:56	0.13	6-18	0.37-0.37
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:55		9-21	0.49-0.90
38	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:09	0.07	14-15	0.88-0.31
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	25:13	0.02	17-21	0.99-0.82
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	25:01	0.06	12-29	0.43-1.25
63	Florian Xhekaj	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:02	0.08	5-15	0.27-0.25
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	11:15	0.03	9-15	0.73-0.58
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	12:52	0.09	6-18	0.40-0.55
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:23	0.44	6-14	0.47-0.72
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:07	0.12	7-10	0.59-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	31	30	1	59:28	3.27	+2.27

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel · Braeden Bowman	13:46	54.8	44.1	0-1
Mark Stone · Mitch Marner · Brett Howden	10:13	63.2	75.5	1-1
Brandon Saad · Tomas Hertl · Pavel Dorofeyev	9:27	68.4	42.1	0-0
Reilly Smith · Colton Sissons · Keegan Kolesar	9:20	75.0	50.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore	13:20	48.1	29.8	0-2
Noah Hanifin · Zach Whitecloud	12:59	71.4	58.7	0-0
Ben Hutton · Kaedan Korczak	9:55	76.9	29.4	0-0

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
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	17:46	0.45	16-7	0.84-0.20
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	14:31		17-6	0.76-0.42
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	16:24		15-8	0.76-0.20
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	18:50	0.05	13-15	0.38-0.90
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:16	0.09	19-9	0.46-0.58
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	7	1	20:00	0.25	18-17	0.66-1.08
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:30	0.32	13-4	0.43-0.33
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23:54	0.02	32-15	1.23-0.79
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	15:08	0.27	14-8	0.43-0.75
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:24		13-4	0.43-0.33
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	11:43	0.21	16-6	0.53-0.47
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:09	0.16	15-9	0.75-0.26
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	24:38	0.11	23-17	1.28-0.95
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:00	0.03	20-10	0.62-0.64
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:40	0.24	20-17	0.76-0.85
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	-2	0	7	4	16:01	0.94	16-6	0.53-0.47
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	17:11	0.25	18-18	0.65-1.13
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:07	0.02	12-4	0.34-0.33

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Akira Schmid	L	18	15	3	58:48	2.54	-0.46