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Montréal CanadiensMTL 4–1 Final Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

Friday, November 28, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL 112 4 19
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 001 1 31

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
14:30 MTL Zachary Bolduc (6) Juraj Slafkovský (5), Cole Caufield (11) · wrist xG 0.18 1–0 ▶
2nd Period
2:04 MTL Cole Caufield (14) Zachary Bolduc (6), Alexandre Carrier (7) · snap xG 0.06 2–0 ▶
3rd Period
3:36 MTL Jake Evans (4) Alexandre Texier (2), Mike Matheson (11) · wrist xG 0.22 3–0 ▶
15:16 VGK Mark Stone (4) Mitch Marner (19), Ben Hutton (4) · wrist xG 0.19 3–1 ▶
18:03 MTL Juraj Slafkovský (7)EN Nick Suzuki (20) · wrist xG 0.90 4–1 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

MTL 34%Deserve to win66% VGK
MTLVGK
3.78Expected goals3.38
4Goals (no shootout)1
1.95Expected goals, 5 on 52.38
41Shot attempts75
33Unblocked attempts50
19Shots on goal31

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
11:00 VGK xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced MTL 1.09–0.00
In xG over 10 minutes, 1:50 to 11:50 of the 1st; neither team scored
2nd Period
12:39 MTL Goalie Goalie · Montembeault +2.0 goals saved
0 goals on 2.03 xG, 20 shots on goal
3rd Period
16:51 VGK Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Schmid, down 3–1
With 3:09 left; MTL scored at 18:03 of the 3rd (4–1)

Shot map

MTL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ VGK shoots
Colton Sissons: backhand, 41 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:10) Alexandre Texier: backhand, 34 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:38) Cole Caufield: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 1:21) Noah Hanifin: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:17) Jack Eichel: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 7:45) Ivan Barbashev: wrist, 75 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 8:14) Pavel Dorofeyev: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 8:47) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 9:07) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 9:08) Jack Eichel: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:13) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 10:15) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 26 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 10:22) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 10:34) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.25 (P1 10:38) Colton Sissons: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 10:54) Zach Whitecloud: slap, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 11:44) Noah Dobson: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 12:27) Noah Dobson: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 12:39) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 13:43) Jack Eichel: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:16) Noah Hanifin: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 15:21) Oliver Kapanen: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 16:38) Oliver Kapanen: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 16:58) Cole Caufield: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 17:31) Nick Suzuki: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.21 (P1 17:33) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:31) Brandon Saad: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 18:41) Keegan Kolesar: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 0:35) Jack Eichel: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 1:25) Ivan Barbashev: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:28) Brayden McNabb: wrist, 70 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 1:31) Tomas Hertl: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 2:56) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 3:07) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:13) Arber Xhekaj: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:42) Nick Suzuki: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 8:29) Jack Eichel: tip-in, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 8:50) Jack Eichel: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 8:52) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:08) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 9:17) Brandon Saad: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 9:53) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.22 (P2 9:56) Mark Stone: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 10:37) Mike Matheson: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:58) Cole Caufield: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 12:00) Brendan Gallagher: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 12:05) Brendan Gallagher: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 12:06) Colton Sissons: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 12:39) Shea Theodore: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 12:43) Cole Caufield: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 13:27) Cole Caufield: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 14:19) Braeden Bowman: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 14:53) Jake Evans: wrist, 75 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 15:21) Lane Hutson: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 15:30) Jayden Struble: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 15:36) Pavel Dorofeyev: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 16:44) Mark Stone: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 16:54) Brayden McNabb: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:41) Jake Evans: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 19:09) Florian Xhekaj: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 2:25) Nick Suzuki: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 2:38) Jayden Struble: wrist, 116 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 3:16) Ivan Barbashev: deflected, 8 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 4:15) Ivan Barbashev: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 4:16) Braeden Bowman: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 4:23) Oliver Kapanen: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 4:31) Ivan Demidov: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 4:56) Zachary Bolduc: backhand, 30 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 6:57) Joseph Veleno: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:03) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 9:16) Zach Whitecloud: snap, 92 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 11:02) Colton Sissons: deflected, 26 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 12:06) Jack Eichel: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 12:29) Zachary Bolduc: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 13:21) Brett Howden: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 14:49) Jack Eichel: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 16:07) Pavel Dorofeyev: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 17:46) Nick Suzuki: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.45 (P3 17:57) Zachary Bolduc: GOAL, wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 14:30) Cole Caufield: GOAL, snap, 17 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 2:04) Jake Evans: GOAL, wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.22 (P3 3:36) Mark Stone: GOAL, wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 15:16) Juraj Slafkovský: GOAL, wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.90 (P3 18:03)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Montréal Canadiens

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
14 Nick Suzuki 011 +3 40.81 0019:29
13 Cole Caufield 112 +2 60.48 0117:04
71 Jake Evans 101 0 40.41 2217:03
17 Josh Anderson 000 0 00.00 1215:55
20 Juraj Slafkovský 112 +2 10.90 2015:28
76 Zachary Bolduc 112 +2 40.26 0015:01
7 Brendan Gallagher 000 0 20.20 1113:56
85 Alexandre Texier 011 0 10.01 1013:41
91 Oliver Kapanen 000 0 30.36 1113:23
90 Joseph Veleno 000 +1 20.03 5012:52
93 Ivan Demidov 000 0 10.05 0112:07
Defense
48 Lane Hutson 000 +2 30.03 0225:13
53 Noah Dobson 000 +1 20.05 2625:01
8 Mike Matheson 011 +1 10.04 1323:54
3 Jayden Struble 000 0 30.06 2117:09
45 Alexandre Carrier 011 +2 00.00 1216:59
72 Arber Xhekaj 000 0 20.03 1111:15
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Samuel Montembeault 31130 .968 3.38 +2.38

Vegas Golden Knights

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
9 Jack Eichel 000 -2 90.24 1020:00
61 Mark Stone 101 -1 40.34 0017:46
42 Braeden Bowman 000 -1 20.26 0017:40
49 Ivan Barbashev 000 -1 50.17 1117:11
93 Mitch Marner 011 -1 40.00 1116:24
48 Tomas Hertl 000 -2 141.02 4016:01
21 Brett Howden 000 0 20.17 1015:09
16 Pavel Dorofeyev 000 -2 60.29 0015:08
15 Colton Sissons 000 0 50.30 1012:30
20 Brandon Saad 000 -1 20.19 0111:43
19 Reilly Smith 000 0 10.00 0011:24
55 Keegan Kolesar 000 0 30.03 0011:07
Defense
27 Shea Theodore 000 -3 50.05 0224:38
15 Noah Hanifin 000 0 30.02 0123:54
3 Brayden McNabb 000 -3 40.03 1018:50
6 Kaedan Korczak 000 0 30.25 1017:16
28 Zach Whitecloud 000 0 30.01 3016:00
17 Ben Hutton 011 +1 00.00 1114:31
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Akira Schmid 18315 .833 2.44 -0.56

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Montréal Canadiens

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
13 Cole Caufield R +2.40 +1.30 +0.31 +0.71 0.00 -0.02 +0.09 — 17:04
35 Samuel Montembeault G +2.38 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +2.38 59:28
14 Nick Suzuki C +2.16 +0.70 +0.53 +0.87 0.00 +0.04 +0.02 — 19:29
76 Zachary Bolduc R +1.93 +1.45 +0.17 +0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 15:01
20 Juraj Slafkovský L +1.90 +1.45 +0.59 -0.10 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 — 15:28
45 Alexandre Carrier D +0.67 +0.55 0.00 +0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 16:59
47 Jayden Struble D +0.65 0.00 +0.04 +0.54 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 17:09
71 Jake Evans C +0.58 +0.75 +0.27 -0.51 0.00 -0.03 +0.10 — 17:03
48 Lane Hutson D +0.48 0.00 +0.02 +0.40 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 25:13
11 Brendan Gallagher R +0.10 0.00 +0.13 -0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 13:56
93 Ivan Demidov R +0.06 0.00 +0.03 -0.05 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 12:07
72 Arber Xhekaj D +0.04 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 11:15
85 Alexandre Texier L +0.02 +0.70 0.00 -0.68 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 13:41
63 Florian Xhekaj L -0.06 0.00 +0.03 -0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 11:02
91 Oliver Kapanen C -0.09 0.00 +0.24 -0.34 0.00 -0.04 +0.05 — 13:23
8 Mike Matheson D -0.15 +0.55 +0.03 -0.70 -0.15 0.00 +0.13 — 23:54
17 Josh Anderson R -0.38 0.00 0.00 -0.46 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 15:55
90 Joseph Veleno C -0.38 0.00 +0.02 -0.37 0.00 -0.02 0.00 — 12:52
53 Noah Dobson D -0.75 0.00 +0.03 -1.04 0.00 0.00 +0.26 — 25:01

Vegas Golden Knights

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
61 Mark Stone R +1.51 +0.75 +0.22 +0.57 0.00 +0.01 -0.04 — 17:46
93 Mitch Marner R +1.20 +0.70 0.00 +0.51 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 16:24
48 Tomas Hertl C +1.06 0.00 +0.67 +0.38 0.00 +0.03 -0.02 — 16:01
17 Ben Hutton D +1.02 +0.55 0.00 +0.53 -0.15 0.00 +0.09 — 14:31
15 Noah Hanifin D +0.65 0.00 +0.01 +0.65 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 23:54
21 Brett Howden C +0.57 0.00 +0.11 +0.43 0.00 +0.04 -0.02 — 15:09
20 Brandon Saad L +0.56 0.00 +0.13 +0.38 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 11:43
10 Colton Sissons C +0.41 0.00 +0.19 +0.17 0.00 +0.04 0.00 — 12:30
27 Shea Theodore D +0.39 0.00 +0.03 +0.15 +0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 24:38
6 Kaedan Korczak D +0.23 0.00 +0.16 +0.10 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 17:16
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R +0.21 0.00 +0.19 +0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:08
19 Reilly Smith R +0.17 0.00 0.00 +0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:24
55 Keegan Kolesar R +0.06 0.00 +0.02 +0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:07
2 Zach Whitecloud D +0.04 0.00 0.00 +0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:00
42 Braeden Bowman R -0.19 0.00 +0.17 -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 17:40
9 Jack Eichel C -0.53 0.00 +0.16 -0.66 0.00 -0.02 0.00 — 20:00
40 Akira Schmid G -0.56 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.56 58:48
49 Ivan Barbashev L -0.60 0.00 +0.11 -0.74 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:11
3 Brayden McNabb D -0.80 0.00 +0.02 -0.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 18:50

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.