Vegas Golden Knights vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Sunday, June 20, 2021 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Golden Knights 28–21.
Goals came from Paul Byron, Brayden McNabb and Nicolas Roy.
Robin Lehner made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 19 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Paul Byron (3)Nick Suzuki (6)0–118:55 MTL
3rd period
Brayden McNabb (1)William Karlsson (10), Shea Theodore (8)1–110:37 VGK
Overtime
Nicolas Roy (4)Max Pacioretty (6), Alex Tuch (5)2–101:18 VGK
Team stats
VGKMTL
2128
56%44%
0/10/1
44
2440
1619
1519
47
Penalties
- 14:45 into the second period
Shea Weber · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 14:45 into the second period
Tomas Nosek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 16:44 into the second periodNick Suzuki · hooking2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodAlec Martinez · interference2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:14 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 26Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 38Patrick BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:26 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 26:37 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:49 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:00 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 21Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:31 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:49 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:05 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 94Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:11 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:35 |
| 28Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 32Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | – |