Vegas visits Montreal after Marchessault's 2-goal game

Posted November 05, 2021 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Vegas Golden Knights (5-5-0, third in the Pacific) vs. Montreal Canadiens (3-9-0, seventh in the Atlantic)

Montreal; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Canadiens -115, Golden Knights -104; over/under is 5.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens host Vegas after Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals in the Golden Knights' 5-1 victory over the Senators.

Montreal finished 24-21-11 overall and 13-11-4 at home during the 2020-21 season. The Canadiens averaged 31.2 shots per game last season on the way to scoring 2.8 goals per game.

Vegas went 40-14-2 overall during the 2020-21 season while going 19-9-0 on the road. The Golden Knights scored 3.4 goals per game while allowing opponents to average 2.2 last season.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams.

INJURIES: Canadiens: Jonathan Drouin: day to day (upper body).

Golden Knights: Mark Stone: day to day (undisclosed), William Karlsson: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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