Final · January 27, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : VGK 34 — MTL 26 · Centre Bell
Three stars
- 1★
J. EvansMTL · C · 1B 0A - 2★
J. DobesMTL · G · 94.1 % - 3★
P. DorofeyevVGK · R · 2B 0A
VGKGame statsMTL 
- 34Shots on goal26
- 55 %Faceoff win %45 %
- 0/3Power play0/4
- 8Penalty minutes6
- 24Hits24
- 15Blocked shots18
- 12Giveaways8
- 4Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 34 |
| MTL | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
Season seriesVGK 0 – 2 MTL
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← VGK 2 / 34 / 453 / 26 / 44 MTL →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
- Pavel DorofeyevVGK · 08:381 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Phillip DanaultMTL · 04:24Assists : Zachary Bolduc1 – 1▶ Watch
Cole CaufieldMTL · 08:55Assists : Noah Dobson, Mike Matheson1 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
- Pavel DorofeyevVGK · 16:52Assists : Ben Hutton, Braeden Bowman2 – 2▶ Watch
Overtime
- Jake EvansMTL · 03:58Assists : Alexandre Texier2 – 3▶ Watch
Penalties
2nd period
- 00:36VGKIvan Barbashev — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Jake Evans
- 10:31VGKAlexander Holtz — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Phillip Danault
- 16:34MTLCole Caufield — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Mitch Marner
- 19:18MTLLane Hutson — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Barbashev
3rd period
- 01:37MTLOliver Kapanen — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Mark Stone
- 09:01VGKShea Theodore — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Kaiden Guhle
- 19:27VGKRasmus Andersson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Alexandre Texier
Box score
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. EichelC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 26:00 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19:16 |
| R. SmithR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| C. ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 05:33 |
| A. HoltzR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 05:18 |
| T. LaczynskiC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15:26 |
| T. HertlC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:20 |
| K. KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:13 |
| M. StoneR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 23:00 |
| M. MarnerR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22:26 |
| R. AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22:49 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 20:51 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 22:22 |
| B. HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:14 |
| S. TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 24:19 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hill | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| A. Schmid(O) | 23/26 | 88.5 % | 63:58 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| C. CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19:27 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:17 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 12:34 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| P. DanaultC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:12 |
| J. EvansC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19:23 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12:12 |
| K. DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| A. TexierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16:45 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 16:23 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:25 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19:42 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 25:04 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:41 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08:16 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| J. Dobes(W) | 32/34 | 94.1 % | 63:47 |
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