Montréal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Sunday, March 5, 2023 · T-Mobile Arena
TSN2 · RDS · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at T-Mobile Arena.
Ivan Barbashev scored twice. Shea Theodore, Reilly Smith, Mike Matheson, Alex Belzile and Rafael Harvey-Pinard also scored.
Jonathan Quick made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 24 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Shea Theodore (7)Teddy Blueger (9)0–112:37 VGK
Ivan Barbashev (11)Jack Eichel (25), Jonathan Marchessault (23)0–219:41 VGK
2nd period
Reilly Smith (21)William Karlsson (29)0–307:20 VGK
3rd period
Mike Matheson (5)Jonathan Drouin (20)1–302:04 MTL- Ivan Barbashev (12)Michael Amadio (9), Nicolas Hague (11)1–407:44 VGK
Alex Belzile (2)Michael Pezzetta (6), Joel Edmundson (6)2–408:07 MTL
Rafael Harvey-Pinard (8)Jesse Ylonen (7), Nick Suzuki (28)3–408:42 MTL
Team stats
MTLVGK
28Shots on goal28
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/1
7Penalty minutes9
30Hits31
29Blocked shots18
12Giveaways13
7Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 02:38
Michael Pezzetta · hooking2 min - 2nd 08:26
Jonathan Marchessault · hooking2 min - 3rd 04:26Zach Whitecloud · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:42Johnathan Kovacevic · fighting5 min
- 3rd 10:42Alec Martinez · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:10 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:47 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 60Alex BelzileR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:40 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 26:57 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 25Denis GurianovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 32Rem PitlickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 67Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 68Mike HoffmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 82Frederic AllardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 58:38 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 49Ivan BarbashevC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 18:35 |
| 8Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 43Paul CotterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:34 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |