Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights Box Score on Oct 30, 2023

Adin Hill made 37 saves and Shea Theodore scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Vegas Golden Knights extended their season-opening point streak to 10 games with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night in Las Vegas.

It was the 50th career victory for Hill, who improved to 5-0-1 on the season. Paul Cotter and William Carrier scored goals for Vegas, which improved to 9-0-1 with its third shootout victory of the season.

Sean Monahan scored a short-handed goal and Nick Suzuki also scored for Montreal, which had a two-game winning streak snapped. Sam Montembeault finished with 23 saves, including one on a penalty shot by Jack Eichel in overtime.

Suzuki and Jonathan Marchessault traded goals in the first three rounds of the shootout before Theodore roofed a backhander starting the fourth round for his sixth career shootout winner. Alex Newhook followed with a chance to tie it and force a fifth round, but his wrist shot hit the left post.

Vegas took a 1-0 lead at the 15:06 mark of the first period on a power-play goal by Cotter. He fired a shot from the right point into traffic that deflected off a Canadiens defender and over Montembeault's left shoulder for his third goal of the season.

Montreal tied it 1-1 early in the second period with help from Hill. The Vegas goaltender retrieved the puck on a power play by his right circle and attempted to pass it toward the blue line but fanned. The puck then trickled into the slot to Monahan, who fired it past a diving Hill and into an open net for his fifth goal of the season.

The Golden Knights regained the lead near the end of the period by capitalizing on a delayed penalty. Chandler Stephenson rushed up the right wing and then threw a no-look pass toward the left side of the crease where Carrier deflected it into the net for his second goal.

Montreal, which outshot the Golden Knights 27-7 over the second and third periods, tied it with 4:18 left in regulation when Suzuki backhanded in a rebound of a Rafael Harvey-Pinard shot inside the right post.

The Golden Knights had a chance to win it with 2:52 to go in overtime when Eichel got a penalty shot after being held by Suzuki on a breakaway. However, Montembeault turned aside his wrist shot with a pad save.

--Field Level Media