Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 27, 2026

Final / OTTuesday, Jan 27, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	0	1	0	2		VGK	10	10	13	1	34
MTL	0	2	0	1	3		MTL	8	12	3	3	26

: VGK 63MTL 63
: VGK 4.21MTL 3.73
PP goals: VGK 0MTL 0
Hits: VGK 24MTL 24
Blocks: VGK 15MTL 18
PIM: VGK 8MTL 6
: VGK 55%MTL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VGK: Smith–Stone–Eichel skated 11:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:16.Dorofeyev
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Stone–Eichel skated 11:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Stone Eichel
New line
New look for VGK: Marner–Dorofeyev–Bowman skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marner Dorofeyev Bowman
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 4.21 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Hertl–Barbashev–Kolesar skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Barbashev Kolesar
Usage
Alexander Holtz (VGK) played 5:18, −6:25 down on his 11:43 season average over 27 games.Holtz
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 19:23, +4:05 up on his 15:18 season average over 67 games.Evans
Usage
Alexandre Texier (MTL) played 16:45, +3:09 up on his 13:36 season average over 50 games.Texier

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · MTL 63 · VGK 63

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
VGK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 39% of the game, MTL 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against VGK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MTL side.

Matchup matrix

MTL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VGK	MTL
	58	61
	2.92	3.20
	2.61	2.90
	11	16
	7	5
	13	17
	+0.023	−0.023
	39%	42%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Stone – Eichel
11:1054% CF
L2Marner – Dorofeyev – Bowman
10:3469% CF
L3Hertl – Barbashev – Kolesar
10:0927% CF
L4Laczynski – Reinhardt – Holtz
4:0830% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
14:4247% CF
D2Theodore – Lauzon
14:1636% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
11:3842% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
4:3290% CF
PP2Theodore – Barbashev – Andersson – Laczynski – Bowman
1:04
PK1FKolesar – Marner
2:28
PK2FStone – Eichel
2:22
PK1DTheodore – Lauzon
2:07
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:48

Current VGK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Texier – Caufield
9:4561% CF
L2Evans – Dach – Bolduc
8:1647% CF
L3Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
8:1245% CF
L4Gallagher – Danault – Anderson
6:2969% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
12:0250% CF
D2Guhle – Hutson
7:4050% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
3:13100% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
4:3267% CF
PP2Gallagher – Texier – Dobson – Bolduc – Kapanen
1:33100% CF
PK1FDanault – Evans
2:46
PK2FAnderson – Kapanen
0:45
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
3:50
PK2DDobson – Guhle
1:32

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	1	0	0	26:00	—	—	58	41
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	1.12	0	0	0	23:00	—	—	60	44
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	53	39
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.27	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	61	69
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	2	0	2	+2	8	0.84	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	72	84
Braeden Bowman R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	56	64
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.60	2	1	0	18:54	—	—	30	37
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	16:20	—	—	28	31
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	15:13	—	—	30	48
Tanner Laczynski C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:27	—	—	30	4
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:33	—	—	30	4
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	2	5:18	—	—	36	19
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.24	0	3	2	22:49	—	—	44	63
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	60	82
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	2	24:19	—	—	55	29
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	6	2	0	20:51	—	—	40	33
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	3	0	15:40	—	—	50	43
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	2	0	13:14	—	—	37	34

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	O	26	23	3	.885	3.73	63:58

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.88	0	0	2	19:27	—	—	56	62
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	2	0	0	19:17	—	—	58	57
Alexandre Texier L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	2	2	0	16:45	—	—	57	62
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.87	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	46	65
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	52	66
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	1	0	12:12	—	—	48	73
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	2	0	0	17:54	—	—	44	30
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	44	30
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	0	0	2	15:16	—	—	41	34
Phillip Danault C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	57	59
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	62	62
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	60	88
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	0	2	0	24:25	—	—	59	69
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.07	2	3	0	20:41	—	—	55	67
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	2	2	25:04	—	—	49	36
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	3	0	19:42	—	—	43	38
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	4	0	21:23	—	—	51	36
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:16	—	—	44	29

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	4.21	63:47

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) 1st 8:38 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 55.7 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 8:38 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Phillip Danault · 2nd 4:24 · MTL

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 9.2 s
Type: deflection

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 8:55 · MTL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 16:52 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 32.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: deflection

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Jake Evans · OT 3:58 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.0 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 27, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 8:38 · VGK

Phillip Danault · 2nd 4:24 · MTL

Cole Caufield · 2nd 8:55 · MTL

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 16:52 · VGK

Jake Evans · OT 3:58 · MTL