Montréal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
TSN2 · RDS · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Golden Knights 47-26.
Phillip Danault scored a hat trick and Brandon Pirri scored twice. Jonathan Marchessault and Paul Byron also scored.
Carey Price made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 43 of 47.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Phillip Danault (3)Brendan Gallagher (7), Tomas Tatar (13)1–003:40 MTL
Brandon Pirri (2)Alex Tuch (14), William Karlsson (14)1–116:24 VGK
2nd period
Jonathan Marchessault (13)Brayden McNabb (6), William Karlsson (15)1–204:52 VGK- Phillip Danault (4)Jordie Benn (4), Brendan Gallagher (8)2–208:10 MTL
- Brandon Pirri (3)Brayden McNabb (7)2–313:59 VGK
3rd period
- Phillip Danault (5)Max Domi (20), Tomas Tatar (14)3–318:35 MTL
OT period
Paul Byron (9)Max Domi (21), Victor Mete (5)4–301:59 MTL
Team stats
MTLVGK
47Shots on goal26
46%Faceoff %54%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
25Hits33
17Blocked shots22
4Giveaways8
13Takeaways20
Penalties
- 1st 12:10
Brayden McNabb · interference2 min - 2nd 17:29
Shea Weber · tripping2 min - 3rd 05:25Paul Stastny · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:49Jeff Petry · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19:23 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:44 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 43Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:12 |
| 47Kenny AgostinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:36 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:42 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:08 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:06 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 23:19 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 61:13 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:21 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:19 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:28 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:20 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | O | 47 | 43 | 4 | .915 | 61:59 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |