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Golden Knights vs Canadiens

Final/OT · Tue Jan 27 · 7:00 PM ET · Bell Centre

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden Knights25-14-13
2
Final/OTJan 27, 2026
Montreal CanadiensCanadiens29-17-7
3
StreamESPN+Scripps Sports

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
VGK−120
MTL+100
Puck line
VGK −1.5+200
MTL +1.5−245
Total O/U
Over 6.5−105
Under 6.5−115
  • Puck line: Canadiens +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: under 6.5 (5 goals).

Recap

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime at Bell Centre in Montreal on Jan 27, 2026 to move to 29-17-7.

The Canadiens won despite being outshot 34-26.

Score by period

Vegas Golden Knights and Montreal Canadiens, score by period
Team123OTT
VGK10102
MTL02013

W: Dobes · L: Schmid

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. VGKGoal · 8:38Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: none1-0

Second Period

  1. MTLGoal · 4:24Phillip Danault Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Zachary Bolduc (10)1-1
  2. MTLGoal · 8:55Cole Caufield Goal (30) Backhand, assists: Noah Dobson (23), Mike Matheson (21)1-2

Third Period

  1. VGKGoal · 16:52Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (24) Tip-In, assists: Ben Hutton (8), Braeden Bowman (12)2-2

Overtime

  1. MTLGoal · 3:58Jake Evans Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Alexandre Texier (11)2-3

Team stats

VGKMTL
Shots
34
26
Power Play Goals
0
0
Faceoff Win Percent
55.0
45.0
Hits
24
24
Blocked Shots
15
18
Penalty Minutes
8
6

Top performers

Vegas Golden KnightsMontreal Canadiens

Goals

Pavel Dorofeyev2
Jake Evans1

Assists

Braeden Bowman1
Mike Matheson1

Points

Pavel Dorofeyev2
Phillip Danault1

Player stats

Golden Knights · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Ivan Barbashev LW121016:2000100.02
Braeden Bowman RW030215:2601100.00
Pavel Dorofeyev RW001219:1620800.00
Jack Eichel C011-226:00003055.60
Tomas Hertl C121-118:54001058.30
Alexander Holtz RW000-15:1800000.02
Keegan Kolesar RW160015:1300000.00
Tanner Laczynski C000-16:270000100.00
Mitch Marner RW000222:26004033.30
Cole Reinhardt LW010-15:3300000.00
Reilly Smith RW110-114:440010100.00
Mark Stone RW000-123:0000400.00

Golden Knights · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Rasmus Andersson D300022:4900500.02
Noah Hanifin D100-122:2200200.00
Ben Hutton D210113:1401200.00
Kaedan Korczak D310015:4000000.00
Jeremy Lauzon D260-120:5100100.00
Shea Theodore D000-124:1900100.02

Golden Knights · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Akira Schmid G32623.88563:580

Canadiens · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Josh Anderson RW030-112:340000100.00
Zack Bolduc RW130112:1201100.00
Cole Caufield RW000119:2710500.02
Kirby Dach C011014:0500100.00
Phillip Danault C000015:12103063.60
Ivan Demidov RW000-116:2300100.00
Jake Evans C111119:23103035.70
Brendan Gallagher RW000112:0400100.00
Oliver Kapanen C000-115:160010100.02
Juraj Slafkovsky LW020-117:5400100.00
Nick Suzuki C020119:17001033.30
Alexandre Texier LW220116:4501200.00

Canadiens · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Alexandre Carrier D410-221:2300100.00
Noah Dobson D320220:4101000.00
Kaiden Guhle D342019:4200100.00
Lane Hutson D211-125:0400200.02
Mike Matheson D200224:2501200.00
Arber Xhekaj D02018:1600000.00

Canadiens · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Jakub Dobes G23432.94163:470

Three stars

  1. Jake Evans (MTL)
  2. Jakub Dobes (MTL)
  3. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK)

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