Montreal Canadiens 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights, Montreal Canadiens 3 to Vegas Golden Knights 2, on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vegas Golden Knights vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLTuesday, December 31, 2024
DateDec 31, 2024
Start time3:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN+
Attendance17,925
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
17-17-3Record25-9-3
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
7-2Road record / home record7-4
LWLWWLast 5LWWWW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensVegas Golden Knights
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Mike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutChris Kreider LW · Lower Body
OutIvan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveVegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 15:11 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Armia | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 13:41 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:12 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:57 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:36 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 15:09 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:35 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:03 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:36 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:19 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 17:03 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 23:08 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 21:55 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 24:20 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 23:07 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:23 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 21:19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21:27 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 20:41 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Savard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 14:55 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Eichel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:23 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 20:23 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Hertl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 16:19 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Holtz | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:28 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Howden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:57 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:03 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Olofsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:27 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 18:27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Pearson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:51 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Rondbjerg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Schwindt | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Stone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 19:20 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Hague | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:23 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 24:11 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 13:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:58 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:24 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 23:22 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 17:39 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 15:39 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:28 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adin Hill | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .864 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 58:02 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Montreal Canadiens won, 3-2, on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Montreal Canadiens 3, Vegas Golden Knights 2.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (1 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Noah Hanifin (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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