Montréal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Tuesday, June 22, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena
NBCSN · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 27-26.
Goals came from Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Eric Staal, Cole Caufield, Max Pacioretty and Nick Suzuki.
Carey Price made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5)Josh Anderson (1), Paul Byron (3)1–008:45 MTL
2nd period
Eric Staal (2)Nick Suzuki (7), Tyler Toffoli (8)2–006:32 MTL
Cole Caufield (3)Corey Perry (6), Nick Suzuki (8)3–009:49 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Max Pacioretty (5)Nicolas Roy (5)3–104:09 VGK
Nick Suzuki (5)Tyler Toffoli (9)4–118:54 MTL · EN
Team stats
MTLVGK
26Shots on goal27
42%Faceoff %58%
1/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
44Hits35
18Blocked shots8
4Giveaways14
11Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 02:05
Paul Byron · cross checking2 min - 2nd 08:33
Nicolas Roy · high sticking2 min - 2nd 10:42Shea Theodore · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 17:10Shea Weber · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 21Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 94Corey PerryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:43 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 25:28 |
| 28Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 32Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:33 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:51 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 26Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:48 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 26:06 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 25:21 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 58:16 |
| 90Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |