The Golden Knights controlled long stretches at T-Mobile Arena on Friday afternoon but could not solve the Montréal Canadiens in a 4–1 loss. Vegas generated 31 shots and won the majority of its faceoffs, but Montréal’s structure and layers kept nearly everything outside the dangerous areas. The loss dropped the Golden Knights to 10-5-8 on the season.
Montréal punishes early Vegas mistakes
Zack Bolduc opened the scoring at 14:30 of the first period, finishing a quick wrist shot off an offensive-zone faceoff win. It was the first of several moments where a lost defensive-zone draw put Vegas in trouble.