Vegas Golden Knights vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 18, 2020 · Centre Bell
SNE · TVAS · CITY · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Centre Bell. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 34-32.
Nick Cousins scored twice. Ilya Kovalchuk, Joel Armia, Jonathan Marchessault, Paul Stastny, Max Pacioretty and Reilly Smith also scored.
Carey Price made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Cousins (6)Dale Weise (2), Nate Thompson (8)0–105:51 MTL
Ilya Kovalchuk (7)Phillip Danault (24)0–212:33 MTL
Joel Armia (13)Brett Kulak (5), Max Domi (22)0–318:05 MTL
2nd period
Jonathan Marchessault (16)Reilly Smith (19), Shea Theodore (23)1–309:08 VGK
Paul Stastny (14)Unassisted2–314:47 VGK
3rd period
- Nick Cousins (7)Dale Weise (3)2–409:40 MTL
Max Pacioretty (21)Shea Theodore (24)3–418:02 VGK
Reilly Smith (20)Paul Stastny (11), Shea Theodore (25)4–419:52 VGK
Team stats
VGKMTL
34Shots on goal32
49%Faceoff %51%
0/2Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes4
41Hits23
9Blocked shots20
21Giveaways28
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:23
William Carrier · hooking2 min - 1st 15:14
Jesperi Kotkaniemi · holding2 min - 3rd 12:15Shea Weber · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 28:43 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:57 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:12 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:45 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 26:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | O | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 63:36 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Nick CousinsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 20:10 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:48 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 26:54 |
| 28Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 65:00 |
| 39Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |