Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (5-2-1) at Vegas Golden Knights (8-0-1) – 30 Oct 2023 – 7:00PM PDT

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# Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (5-2-1) at Vegas [](/r/goldenknights) Golden Knights (8-0-1)

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##In-Game Updates

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|2nd – 08:23|

|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|0|1|–|1|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|1|0|–|1|

##Team Stats

|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|17|13|7|53.1%|5|2|0/1|6|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|12|9|7|46.9%|4|6|1/3|2|

##Goals

|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|15:06|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Power Play|[Paul Cotter (3) wrist shot, assist(s): William Karlsson (8), Alex Pietrangelo (2)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6340195470112)|
|2nd|05:38|[MTL](/r/habs)|Short Handed|[Sean Monahan (5) wrist shot, assist(s): None](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6340196812112)|

##Penalties

|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|13:42|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Jordan Harris holding against Michael Amadio|
|2nd|00:43|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Mike Matheson boarding against Paul Cotter|
|2nd|04:47|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Juraj Slafkovsky high-sticking against Nicolas Hague|
|2nd|08:03|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|MIN|2|Brett Howden cross-checking against Johnathan Kovacevic|

**Officials**

* Referees: Jon McIsaac, Mitch Dunning
* Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Joe Mahon

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|7:00PM|8:00PM|9:00PM|10:00PM|11:00PM|2:00AM|[](/r/hockeymod)

##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Ivan Barbashev|Jack Eichel|Jonathan Marchessault|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Paul Cotter|Chandler Stephenson|Mark Stone|[MTL](/r/habs)|Josh Anderson|Alex Newhook|Juraj Slafkovsky|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Pavel Dorofeyev|William Karlsson|Mike Amadio|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Sean Monahan|Brendan Gallagher|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Will Carrier|Brett Howden|Keegan Kolesar|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Jake Evans|Joel Armia|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alec Martinez|Alex Pietrangelo|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Justin Barron|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|Shea Theodore|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Johnathan Kovacevic|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Nicolas Hague|Kaedan Korczak|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|Arber Xhekaj|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vegas-golden-knights/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|9|8|0|1|17|0.944|3.67|2.22|21.88|88.00|29.22|28.78|53.16|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|8|5|2|1|11|0.688|3.12|3.25|22.58|75.61|28.75|36.50|51.38|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|G|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Jack Eichel|3|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Sean Monahan|4|
|A|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Shea Theodore, William Karlsson|7|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|6|
|P|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Shea Theodore, William Karlsson|10|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|9|
|+/-|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brayden McNabb|9|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|6|
|PIM|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Brett Howden|15|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|34|
|TOI|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Alex Pietrangelo|24:40|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:46|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=54 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Adin Hill|5|5|4|0|1|0|2.16|0.915|
|[VGK](/r/goldenknights)|Logan Thompson|4|4|4|0|0|0|2.21|0.931|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|4|4|3|0|1|0|2.63|0.930|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|3|3|2|1|0|0|3.29|0.901|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=54 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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