Vancouver Canucks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2021 · Centre Bell
CBC · SN1 · TVAS · CITY
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Canucks 40-18.
Goals came from Nick Suzuki, Jake Virtanen, Brock Boeser, Tomas Tatar, Joel Edmundson, Bo Horvat, Tyler Motte and Brendan Gallagher.
Carey Price made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Suzuki (7)Jonathan Drouin (19), Shea Weber (8)0–106:26 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Jake Virtanen (4)J.T. Miller (20)1–100:22 VAN
Brock Boeser (16)Quinn Hughes (25), Bo Horvat (12)2–108:08 VAN · PPG
Tomas Tatar (6)Phillip Danault (12), Victor Mete (1)2–213:44 MTL
Joel Edmundson (2)Shea Weber (9), Tomas Tatar (14)2–318:21 MTL
3rd period
Bo Horvat (14)Quinn Hughes (26), Nils Hoglander (9)3–300:22 VAN
Tyler Motte (6)Jayce Hawryluk (1), Jordie Benn (8)4–300:55 VAN
Brendan Gallagher (12)Phillip Danault (13)4–405:29 MTL
SO period
- Tomas TatarUnassisted4–500:00 MTL
Team stats
VANMTL
18Shots on goal40
47%Faceoff %53%
1/1Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes2
26Hits28
21Blocked shots14
15Giveaways12
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:26
Tyler Myers · interference2 min - 2nd 06:41
Brett Kulak · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 53Bo HorvatC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:00 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 24:59 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 9J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:14 |
| 13Jayce HawrylukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 36Nils HoglanderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 64Tyler MotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 20Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 24Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 26Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 71Zack MacEwenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 96Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 27Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 49Braden HoltbyG | O | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 65:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 18:07 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 21:52 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:23 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 94Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25:34 |
| 27Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 65:00 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |