Montréal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 22–29

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 29-22.

Goals came from Zach Whitecloud, Noah Hanifin, Cole Caufield, Emil Heineman and Kirby Dach.

Samuel Montembeault made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 19 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	2	3	22
VGK	2	0	0	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Zach Whitecloud (2)Tomas Hertl (15), Keegan Kolesar (7)0–102:23 VGK
Noah Hanifin (6)UnassistedDach 1:29 into shift0–219:48 VGK

2nd period

Cole Caufield (19)Nick Suzuki (25), Juraj Slafkovský (17)Theodore 1:35 into shift1–217:27 MTL

3rd period

Emil Heineman (9)David Savard (9)2–207:58 MTL
Kirby Dach (5)Josh Anderson (9)3–210:09 MTL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:35

1–2 · 2nd 17:27 · Caufield. Theodore was 1:35 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

1st 2:23 · Whitecloud

Savard 0:48

NormalSavard 0:48

0–2 VGK

1st 19:48 · Hanifin

Long shift: Dach 1:29

Long shiftDach 1:29

1–2 MTL

2nd 17:27 · Caufield

Stuck out there: Theodore 1:35

Stuck out thereTheodore 1:35

2–2 MTL

3rd 7:58 · Heineman

Pearson 0:36

Fresh legsPearson 0:36

3–2 MTL

3rd 10:09 · Dach

McNabb 0:41

NormalMcNabb 0:41

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLVGK

22Shots on goal29

59%Faceoff %41%

0/0Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes0

39Hits22

11Blocked shots11

14Giveaways23

4Takeaways3

Penalties

2nd 09:11Christian Dvorak · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

13Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	15:12
14Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	50	18:19
17Josh AndersonR	0	1	1	0	3	4	3	0	50	16:24
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	+1	1	4	0	0	–	15:36
51Emil HeinemanL	1	0	1	+1	1	5	0	0	–	10:35
77Kirby DachC	1	0	1	-1	3	1	1	0	67	14:57
58David SavardD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	15:40
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:34
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	25	14:06
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	73	14:36
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	+1	1	4	2	0	–	14:28
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	73	15:52
92Patrik LaineL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	14:03
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	21:27
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	24:20
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	23:08
48Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	21:23
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	14:20

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00
75Jakub DobesG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	–	18:19
55Keegan KolesarR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	–	13:03
2Zach WhitecloudD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	–	19:28
15Noah HanifinD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	–	24:11
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	50	22:23
16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	–	18:00
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	33	14:14
22Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	40	09:17
26Alexander HoltzR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	–	08:28
46Jonas RondbjergR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	–	09:38
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:18
70Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	–	13:51
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	58	14:57
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	20:27
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	–	13:58
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	23:24
14Nicolas HagueD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	–	19:23
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	–	17:39

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG	L	22	19	3	.864	58:02
35Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00