Montréal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, February 17, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 33–34

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-3 on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 34-33.

Reilly Smith scored twice. Charles Hudon, Brad Hunt, Tomas Nosek, Nikita Scherbak, Ryan Carpenter, Nate Schmidt and Jonathan Drouin also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 25 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	0	1	3	33
VGK	3	2	1	6	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Reilly Smith (18)Nate Schmidt (24), Jonathan Marchessault (35)0–102:16 VGK · PPG
Charles Hudon (8)Max Pacioretty (19), Joe Morrow (6)1–104:32 MTL
Brad Hunt (3)Luca Sbisa (10)1–206:50 VGK
Tomas Nosek (5)Erik Haula (20), Ryan Carpenter (3)1–309:51 VGK
Nikita Scherbak (1)Alex Galchenyuk (22), Karl Alzner (8)2–311:47 MTL

2nd period

Ryan Carpenter (5)Colin Miller (25), Jonathan Marchessault (36)2–403:07 VGK
Reilly Smith (19)Deryk Engelland (16), Jonathan Marchessault (37)2–503:46 VGK

3rd period

Nate Schmidt (5)Reilly Smith (32), William Karlsson (21)2–604:02 VGK
Jonathan Drouin (9)Jeff Petry (19), Brendan Gallagher (13)3–608:44 MTL · PPG

Team stats

MTLVGK

33Shots on goal34

54%Faceoff %46%

1/2Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes4

22Hits13

16Blocked shots18

3Giveaways13

7Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 01:06Victor Mete · hooking2 min
1st 14:57Nikita Scherbak · tripping2 min
2nd 15:30Nate Schmidt · tripping2 min
3rd 08:30Marc-Andre Fleury · interference2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Brendan GallagherR	0	1	1	-3	3	2	0	0	–	14:35
27Alex GalchenyukC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:44
38Nikita ScherbakR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	–	16:23
54Charles HudonL	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	37	15:32
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	-1	2	4	0	0	–	16:38
92Jonathan DrouinL	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	67	14:06
22Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	3	0	–	19:41
26Jeff PetryD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	4	0	–	22:34
45Joe MorrowD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	–	23:48
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-3	3	0	1	0	75	15:42
41Paul ByronL	0	0	0	-4	4	1	0	0	100	16:35
42Byron FroeseC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	44	13:25
43Daniel CarrL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	11:43
49Logan ShawR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	11:40
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	16:56
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	19:19
21David SchlemkoD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	–	17:46
53Victor MeteD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	15:43

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	L	28	25	3	.893	50:09
37Antti NiemiG		6	3	3	.500	09:51

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

19Reilly SmithR	2	1	3	+1	4	0	1	0	–	17:02
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	3	3	+2	2	1	0	0	50	17:08
40Ryan CarpenterC	1	1	2	+3	4	1	2	0	33	13:53
88Nate SchmidtD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	2	–	20:55
56Erik HaulaL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	58	18:08
71William KarlssonC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	36	18:30
92Tomas NosekL	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	100	13:58
5Deryk EngellandD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	2	0	–	21:23
6Colin MillerD	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	19:57
47Luca SbisaD	0	1	1	+2	1	3	2	0	–	20:58
77Brad HuntD	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:42
13Brendan LeipsicL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:32
18James NealL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:09
21Cody EakinC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	44	16:17
41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:02
57David PerronL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	16:41
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:15
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	6	0	–	20:16

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	33	30	3	.909	60:00
33Maxime LagaceG		0	0	0	–	00:00