The big picture

Vegas Golden Knights come in 7th on the ladder; Montreal Canadiens are 9th. Only a couple of spots separate them, so there is plenty riding on it.

Vegas Golden Knights are 14–8 in NHL 2026-27, averaging 3.3 goals for and 2.8 against.

Montreal Canadiens are 14–7 in NHL 2026-27, averaging 3.6 goals for and 3 against.

Form

Vegas Golden Knights have won three of their last five and most recently beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1.

Montreal Canadiens have won four of their last five and most recently beat Utah Mammoth 5–4.

Head to head

These sides have met 22 times on our records since 2017: Vegas Golden Knights 10, Montreal Canadiens 12.

Last time out (2025-26), Montreal Canadiens won 3–2 at Bell Centre.

Montreal Canadiens have won the last three against Vegas Golden Knights.

Biggest margin between these two: Vegas Golden Knights by 4 goals in 2024-25 (6–2).

Players to watch

For Vegas Golden Knights, watch Mark Stone (0.6 goals a game, 10 assists in 2026-27) and Tomas Hertl (0.5 goals a game, 5 assists in 2026-27).

For Montreal Canadiens, watch Cole Caufield (0.7 goals a game, 5 assists in 2026-27) and Josh Anderson (0.4 goals a game, 4 assists in 2026-27).

Milestone watch

Jack Eichel is 1 goals short of 300 for their career.

Nick Suzuki is 1 goals short of 200 for their career.

At T-Mobile Arena

Vegas Golden Knights have won 13 of their last 20 at T-Mobile Arena.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.