Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Final (OT)
- Expected goals, VGK–MTL
- 4.3–3.4
- all situations, empty nets out
- MTL share of xG
- 44.4%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 34–26
- VGK–MTL
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Golden Knights created more, 4.4 expected goals to 3.4, and lost 3-2 in overtime to the Canadiens. Cole Caufield has scored in 6 straight games. Jake Evans won it in overtime.
- Cole CaufieldStreak
Cole Caufield has scored in 6 straight games. That makes 6 straight games with a point. That was his 30th goal of the season. It finished 3-2 for the Canadiens in overtime.
- Jake EvansOvertime winner
Jake Evans won it in overtime. That was his sixth goal of the season. He played 19:23 and had three shots on goal. The Canadiens beat the Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime.
- Pavel DorofeyevTwo goals
Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice. He also had 10 shot attempts against an average of 5.7. The Golden Knights fell 3-2 to the Canadiens in overtime.
- Mike MathesonStreak
Mike Matheson has a point in 5 straight games. He has 26 points in 50 games this season. The Canadiens beat the Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
5 goals from 89 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Vegas Golden Knights
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | 26:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.26 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Shea Theodore D | 24:19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Mark Stone R | 23:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Rasmus Andersson D | 22:49 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.18 | 0 | 3 | 56 |
| Mitch Marner R | 22:26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Noah Hanifin D | 22:22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| Jeremy Lauzon D | 20:51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 6 | 2 | 29 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev R | 19:16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.01 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Tomas Hertl C | 18:54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.59 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| Ivan Barbashev L | 16:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| Kaedan Korczak D | 15:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 1 | 3 | 45 |
| Braeden Bowman R | 15:26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.32 | 3 | 0 | 66 |
| Keegan Kolesar R | 15:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 42 |
| Reilly Smith R | 14:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Ben Hutton D | 13:14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
| Tanner Laczynski C | 6:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cole Reinhardt L | 5:33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Alexander Holtz R | 5:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson D | 25:04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Mike Matheson D | 24:25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | 68 |
| Alexandre Carrier D | 21:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 4 | 49 |
| Noah Dobson D | 20:41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.12 | 2 | 3 | 69 |
| Kaiden Guhle D | 19:42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 3 | 43 |
| Cole Caufield R | 19:27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Jake Evans C | 19:23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.74 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Nick Suzuki C | 19:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 59 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | 17:54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| Alexandre Texier L | 16:45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.31 | 2 | 2 | 63 |
| Ivan Demidov R | 16:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Oliver Kapanen C | 15:16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Phillip Danault C | 15:12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Kirby Dach C | 14:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 72 |
| Josh Anderson R | 12:34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 3 | 0 | 63 |
| Zachary Bolduc R | 12:12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 3 | 1 | 78 |
| Brendan Gallagher R | 12:04 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 | 0 | 2 | 76 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | 8:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
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