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MTL at VGK

MTL

MTL

Montréal Canadiens

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VGK

VGK

Vegas Golden Knights

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How they compare

Side by side · Last 10

MTLVGK

Goals

3.80Goals for / GP3.00
2.90Goals against / GP3.00
+9Goal diff0

Results and form

7-1-2Record5-3-2
80.0%Points %60.0%
80.0%Home pts %60.0%
80.0%Road pts %60.0%

Shots and possession

27.1Shots for / GP27.1
29.6Shots against / GP26.2
14.0%Shooting %11.1%
0.902Save %0.885
1.042PDO0.996
53.9%Corsi %49.7%
54.6%Fenwick %51.9%

Special teams and discipline

18.5%Power play %34.8%
73.5%Penalty kill %72.0%
11.8PIM / GP9.3

Puck battles

49.3%Faceoff %50.0%
18.8Hits / GP25.1
15.2Blocks / GP14.8
3.4Takeaways / GP3.4
16.1Giveaways / GP17.9
MTL last 5W0
W
L
W
W
W
VGK last 5W0
W
W
L
L
W

Head-to-Head — All-Time

0MTL
1OT/SO
1VGK
MTL: 7 GFVGK: 9 GF

Last met: Nov 17, 2023

Recent Meetings

Jan 28, 2026VGK @ MTL2 – 3MTL W
Nov 28, 2025MTL @ VGK4 – 1MTL W
Dec 31, 2024MTL @ VGK3 – 2MTL W
Nov 24, 2024VGK @ MTL6 – 2VGK W
Nov 17, 2023VGK @ MTL6 – 5VGK W

Injuries

League injury report →

Man-games lost

61

Injured now

6

Games played

14

  • Josh AndersonPersonal
    0 GMOut

    Anderson (personal) won't play against Toronto on Saturday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports. · Nov 7

  • Ivan DemidovRight Ankle (Fracture)
    12 GMInjured Reserve

    Demidov (foot) skated Tuesday and could resume training with the team next week, Patrick Friolet of RDS reports. · Nov 4

  • Mike MathesonLower Body
    2 GMOut

    Matheson (lower body) is expected to miss two weeks, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports Saturday. · Oct 31

  • Sam MontembeaultLower Body
    10 GMInjured Reserve

    Montembeault (lower body) is considered day-to-day, according to Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports on Saturday. · Oct 31

  • Bryce PickfordUndisclosed
    14 GMInjured Reserve

    ir-nr · Sep 29

  • Lucas CondottaUndisclosed
    14 GMInjured Reserve

    ir-nr · Sep 29

Most games missed this season

  • Bryce Pickford14
  • Lucas Condotta14
  • Ivan Demidov12
  • Sam Montembeault10
  • Nick Suzukireturned5

GM = team games missed in the current stint. PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.

Injuries

League injury report →

Man-games lost

6

Injured now

1

Games played

15

Most games missed this season

  • Parker Wotherspoon4
  • Carter Hartreturned1
  • Mitch Marnerreturned1

GM = team games missed in the current stint. PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.

Lineups

MTL

Projected

Lines from last completed game, minus injured players.

L1
11:45
20Slafkovský
17:29
91Kapanen
15:56
13Caufield
16:21
L2
8:58
22Kreider
12:49
15Newhook
17:47
17Anderson
17:06
L3
6:56
85Texier
11:58
24Danault
19:21
76Bolduc
12:19
L4
5:38
63Xhekaj
6:19
71Evans
15:24
77Dach
13:11
D1
12:37
8Matheson
23:25
21Guhle
22:47
D2
13:28
48Hutson
22:04
53Dobson
19:35
D3
5:47
45Carrier
20:08
42Engstrom
10:23
32Fowler
59:38
Starter
75Dobes
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

  • Bryce Pickfordinjured-reserve · Undisclosed
  • Lucas Condottainjured-reserve · Undisclosed
  • Nick Suzukiother · Upper Body
  • Sam Montembeaultinjured-reserve · Lower Body
  • Ivan Demidovinjured-reserve · Lower Body

VGK

Projected

Lines from last completed game, minus injured players.

L1
11:07
49Barbashev
18:40
9Eichel
21:16
61Stone
20:08
L2
6:55
21Howden
14:09
71Karlsson
20:07
93Marner
21:40
L3
4:20
24Connelly
14:46
48Hertl
12:56
42Bowman
11:35
L4
7:05
26Dowd
9:06
17Gatcomb
9:24
36Lavoie
8:20
D1
11:41
27Theodore
21:13
3McNabb
21:05
D2
9:24
15Hanifin
22:18
5Lauzon
15:40
D3
12:00
4Andersson
18:32
14Heinola
14:31
33Hill
60:00
Starter
39Whitehead
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.

Model outlook

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No projection for this game yet.

Poisson goals model; no candidate has beaten it in walk-forward tests. Picked the winner in 58% of 88 graded games.

PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Not gambling advice.