Vegas Golden Knights vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, January 27, 2026 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Golden Knights outshot the Canadiens 34-26.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice. Phillip Danault, Cole Caufield and Jake Evans also scored.
Jakub Dobes made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Pavel Dorofeyev (23)Unassisted1–008:38 VGK
2nd period
Phillip Danault (2)Zachary Bolduc (10)1–104:24 MTL
Cole Caufield (30)Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21)Theodore 1:22 into shift1–208:55 MTL
3rd period
- Pavel Dorofeyev (24)Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12)2–216:52 VGK
OT period
Jake Evans (6)Alexandre Texier (11)Hertl 1:06 into shift2–303:58 MTL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–2 · 2nd 8:55 · Caufield. Theodore was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 VGK
1st 8:38 · Dorofeyev
Kapanen 0:49
1–1 MTL
2nd 4:24 · Danault
Hanifin 0:49
1–2 MTL
2nd 8:55 · Caufield
Long shift: Theodore 1:22
2–2 VGK
3rd 16:52 · Dorofeyev
Texier 0:52
2–3 MTL
OT 3:58 · Evans
Long shift: Hertl 1:06
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
- 2nd 00:36
Ivan Barbashev · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:31Alexander Holtz · holding2 min
- 2nd 16:34
Cole Caufield · hooking2 min - 2nd 19:18Lane Hutson · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 01:37Oliver Kapanen · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:01Shea Theodore · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:27Rasmus Andersson · tripping2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 19:16 |
| 42Braeden BowmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 26:00 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 23Cole ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:33 |
| 26Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:18 |
| 28Tanner LaczynskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:00 |
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 22:26 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:49 |
| 5Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | O | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 63:58 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:27 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 85Alexandre TexierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:25 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:41 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:04 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 75Jakub DobesG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 63:47 |