NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jun 22, 2021

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

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Montreal Canadiens

Vegas Golden Knights

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 at VGK. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for VGK: Carrier–Nosek–Kolesar skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:29.
•Tyler Toffoli had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:53.
•New look for VGK: Carrier–Nosek–Kolesar skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nick Suzuki MTL	at VGK	1	2	3	2	1	1	18:29	—
Tyler Toffoli MTL	at VGK	0	2	2	4	4	1	15:53	—
Ben Chiarot MTL	at VGK	0	0	0	2	7	1	24:02	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Carrier–Nosek–Kolesar skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Tuch–Roy skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Janmark skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Carey Price MTL	at VGK	W	27	1	.963
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs MTL	L	25	3	.880

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.