Vegas Golden Knights vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Friday, June 18, 2021 · Centre Bell
USA · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime on Friday, June 18, 2021 at Centre Bell. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 45-27.
Josh Anderson scored twice. Nicolas Roy, Cole Caufield and Alex Pietrangelo also scored.
Carey Price made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Nicolas Roy (3)Unassisted1–003:16 VGK
Cole Caufield (2)Nick Suzuki (5)1–103:54 MTL
3rd period
Alex Pietrangelo (4)Max Pacioretty (5), Tomas Nosek (1)2–102:22 VGK
Josh Anderson (2)Unassisted2–218:05 MTL
OT period
- Josh Anderson (3)Paul Byron (2), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2)2–312:53 MTL
Team stats
VGKMTL
45Shots on goal27
51%Faceoff %49%
0/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
36Hits52
21Blocked shots20
15Giveaways25
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 06:52
Jesperi Kotkaniemi · hooking2 min - 1st 09:26
Keegan Kolesar · interference2 min - 1st 17:54Joel Armia · boarding2 min
- 2nd 00:24Shea Weber · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:31Jesperi Kotkaniemi · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:42Tomas Nosek · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:04 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 30:11 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 26Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:30 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:30 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 24:41 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:00 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22:51 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 29:58 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 29:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 72:53 |
| 90Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Josh AndersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:38 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:46 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 21Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 94Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 31:17 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 31:08 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30:22 |
| 28Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 32Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 27:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 45 | 43 | 2 | .956 | 72:53 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |