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2019-20 regular season

Golden Knights at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0

Canadiens beat Golden Knights 5–4 in a shootout at Bell Centre on January 18, 2020.

VGK – MTL
34–32
Shots on goal
41–23
Hits
9–20
Blocked shots
9–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎰 VGK
Shea Theodore
3 A
3 shots · 28:43 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Nick Cousins
2 G
2 shots · 11:16 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
30 saves
0.882 SV% · 4 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Nick Cousins Go-ahead 1st · 05:51
Assists: Dale Weise, Nate Thompson · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
🇨🇦 Ilya Kovalchuk 1st · 12:33
Assists: Phillip Danault · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
🇨🇦 Joel Armia 1st · 18:05
Assists: Brett Kulak, Max Domi · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–3
2nd period
🎰 Jonathan Marchessault 2nd · 09:08
Assists: Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore · beat Carey Price
1–3
🎰 Paul Stastny 2nd · 14:47
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
2–3
3rd period
🇨🇦 Nick Cousins 3rd · 09:40
Assists: Dale Weise · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4
🎰 Max Pacioretty 3rd · 18:02
Assists: Shea Theodore · beat Carey Price
3–4
🎰 Reilly Smith Tying 3rd · 19:52
Assists: Paul Stastny, Shea Theodore · beat Carey Price
4–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Pacioretty · Stastny · Stone 19:57
L2 Eakin · Marchessault · Tuch 17:57
L3 Carrier · Stephenson · Smith 15:21
L4 Nosek · Roy · Reaves 11:25
D1 Theodore · Schmidt 27:42
D2 Holden · McNabb 18:14
D3 Hague · Engelland 15:04
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Lehkonen · Kovalchuk · Danault 20:10
L2 Domi · Suzuki · Armia 17:45
L3 Tatar · Kotkaniemi · Thompson 14:49
L4 Poehling · Cousins · Weise 11:16
D1 Petry · Chiarot 24:51
D2 Scandella · Weber 20:36
D3 Kulak · Mete 16:03

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎰VGK MTL🇨🇦
34 Shots on goal 32
41 Hits 23
9 Blocked shots 20
9 Takeaways 9
21 Giveaways 28
2 Penalty minutes 4
VGK shooting 11.8% (4/34) MTL shooting 15.6% (5/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎰Golden Knights
Marc-Andre Fleury
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 63:36 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Nick Cousins · 1st 05:51 · 0–1 Ilya Kovalchuk · 1st 12:33 · 0–2 Joel Armia · 1st 18:05 · 0–3 Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 09:08 · 1–3 Paul Stastny · 2nd 14:47 · 2–3 Nick Cousins · 3rd 09:40 · 2–4 Max Pacioretty · 3rd 18:02 · 3–4 Reilly Smith · 3rd 19:52 · 4–4
VGK MTL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-5-1 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-4-3 (36% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
Oct 312019 🇨🇦MTL @ 🎰VGK 5–4 OT Dec 222018 🇨🇦MTL @ 🎰VGK 4–3 OT Nov 102018 🎰VGK @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 Feb 172018 🇨🇦MTL @ 🎰VGK 3–6 Nov 72017 🎰VGK @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
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Who won Golden Knights vs Canadiens on January 18, 2020?

Canadiens won 5–4 in a shootout. The final score was Golden Knights 4, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Jonathan Marchessault, Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny, Reilly Smith.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Nick Cousins (2), Ilya Kovalchuk, Joel Armia.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeJan 16 🎰VGK @ 🏛️OTT 4–2 AfterJan 21 🎰VGK @ 🐻BOS 2–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 16 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 4–1 AfterJan 27 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2
Also on January 18
🦅WSH 6–4 🏝️NYI 🎵STL 3–5 🏔️COL 🌵ARI 3–7 🛢️EDM 🔥CGY 2–5 🏛️OTT 🪶CHI 6–2 🍁TOR 🐆FLA 4–1 🐙DET 👑LAK 1–4 🔔PHI 😈NJD 0–5 🧥CBJ
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