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Vegas Golden Knights at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 27, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 2 34
Montréal Canadiens 3 26

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:38 VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (23) Unassisted 1 - 0
2nd Period
04:24 MTL Phillip Danault (2) Zachary Bolduc (10) 1 - 1
08:55 MTL Cole Caufield (30) Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21) 1 - 2
3rd Period
16:52 VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (24) Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12) 2 - 2
Overtime
03:58 MTL Jake Evans (6) Alexandre Texier (11) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
00:36 VGK Ivan Barbashev Tripping 2
10:31 VGK Alexander Holtz Holding 2
16:34 MTL Cole Caufield Hooking 2
19:18 MTL Lane Hutson Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
01:37 MTL Oliver Kapanen Interference 2
09:01 VGK Shea Theodore Slashing 2
19:27 VGK Rasmus Andersson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 67 45 34 2 4.6 50.5
Montréal Canadiens 59 44 26 3 3.3 49.5

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadVegas Golden Knights 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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 4.6 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.3 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTVGK goal, 8:38 of 1st, a 9% chanceVGK goal, 16:52 of 3rd, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 4:24 of 2nd, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 8:55 of 2nd, a 17% chanceMTL goal, 3:58 of overtime, a 26% chanceVGK 4.6MTL 3.3

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

Vegas Golden Knights
Montréal Canadiens

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Reilly Smith · Mark Stone · Jack Eichel11:1054.249.50-1
Mitch Marner · Pavel Dorofeyev · Braeden Bowman10:3469.275.92-0
Tomas Hertl · Ivan Barbashev · Keegan Kolesar10:0927.340.90-0
Tanner Laczynski · Cole Reinhardt · Alexander Holtz4:0840.03.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Hanifin · Rasmus Andersson14:3846.964.91-1
Shea Theodore · Jeremy Lauzon13:5640.921.50-1
Ben Hutton · Kaedan Korczak11:3446.240.01-0

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
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 2 0 2 2 0 8 0 19:16 0.82 21-8 1.42-0.32
17 Ben Hutton D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:14 0.01 12-18 0.51-0.93
42 Braeden Bowman R 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 15:26 0.19 18-14 1.02-0.63
4 Rasmus Andersson D 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 22:49 0.23 17-22 0.85-0.62
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 20:51 0.02 11-14 0.82-0.99
6 Kaedan Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:40 0.07 16-14 0.59-0.77
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 26:00 0.23 18-13 1.09-0.96
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:22 0.13 25-17 1.84-0.45
19 Reilly Smith R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:44 0.17 16-14 1.00-1.04
26 Alexander Holtz R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 05:18 0.07 5-6 0.08-0.37
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 24:19 0.25 18-13 0.73-0.98
28 Tanner Laczynski C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:27 4-6 0.01-0.37
29 Cole Reinhardt L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:33 4-6 0.01-0.37
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:54 0.80 9-18 0.36-0.49
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:20 0.04 10-22 0.35-0.72
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15:13 7-16 0.35-0.40
61 Mark Stone R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:00 1.33 19-11 1.27-0.88
93 Mitch Marner R 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 22:26 0.27 20-13 1.27-0.56
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Akira Schmid OTL 26 23 3 63:58 3.14 +0.14

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Alexandre Texier · Cole Caufield9:4560.945.61-0
Jake Evans · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc8:1647.168.60-0
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov8:1245.535.60-1
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson6:2953.870.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson11:5850.052.31-0
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson7:3240.065.50-0
Alexandre Carrier · Lane Hutson5:4740.034.50-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Cole Caufield R 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 19:27 0.46 15-12 0.69-0.79
24 Phillip Danault C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:12 0.13 10-11 0.43-0.33
71 Jake Evans C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:23 0.72 12-14 0.61-0.36
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 24:25 0.06 23-16 1.38-1.01
53 Noah Dobson D 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 20:41 0.08 21-19 1.19-0.94
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:12 0.09 10-11 0.52-0.23
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:45 0.28 16-12 0.75-0.84
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:04 0.17 10-10 0.49-0.14
14 Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:17 0.25 15-11 0.69-1.05
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:34 0.08 11-10 0.49-0.32
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:54 0.12 12-15 0.58-1.29
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:42 0.02 10-18 0.39-0.69
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:23 0.01 18-17 0.51-0.69
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 25:04 0.15 18-21 0.92-1.27
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 08:16 8-10 0.35-0.90
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:05 0.16 13-12 0.65-0.35
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:16 0.23 11-16 0.63-1.12
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:23 0.25 12-15 0.58-1.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 34 32 2 63:47 4.46 +2.46