Montréal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena
TSN2 · RDS · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 on Friday, November 28, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 31-19.
Goals came from Zachary Bolduc, Cole Caufield, Jake Evans, Mark Stone and Juraj Slafkovský.
Samuel Montembeault made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 15 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zachary Bolduc (6)Juraj Slafkovský (5), Cole Caufield (11)Hertl 1:11 into shift1–014:30 MTL
2nd period
Cole Caufield (14)Zachary Bolduc (6), Alexandre Carrier (7)Bowman 1:24 into shift2–002:04 MTL
3rd period
Jake Evans (4)Alexandre Texier (2), Mike Matheson (11)3–003:36 MTL
Mark Stone (4)Mitch Marner (19), Ben Hutton (4)Anderson 1:09 into shift3–115:16 VGK
Juraj Slafkovský (7)Nick Suzuki (20)4–118:03 MTL · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–0 · 2nd 2:04 · Caufield. VGK stayed on through an icing. Bowman was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 MTL
1st 14:30 · Bolduc
Long shift: Hertl 1:11
2–0 MTL
2nd 2:04 · Caufield
Long shift: Bowman 1:24
3–0 MTL
3rd 3:36 · Evans
Howden 0:36
3–1 VGK
3rd 15:16 · Stone
Long shift: Anderson 1:09
4–1 MTL
3rd 18:03 · EN · Slafkovský
Theodore 2:01
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 08:45
Mike Matheson · slashing2 min - 2nd 12:41Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:41
Keegan Kolesar · roughing2 min - 2nd 19:12Ben Hutton · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:01 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 85Alexandre TexierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 63Florian XhekajL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 25:13 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:01 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:28 |
| 75Jakub DobesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 20:00 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:08 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 42Braeden BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 16:01 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:11 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 24:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carl LindbomG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | L | 18 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 58:48 |