Montreal Canadiens (5-2-1, third in the Atlantic Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (8-0-1, first in the Pacific Division)
Paradise, Nevada; Monday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens visit the Vegas Golden Knights after the Golden Knights took down the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in a shootout.
Vegas had a 51-22-9 record overall and a 34-18-1 record in home games last season. The Golden Knights scored 267 total goals last season, with 42 power-play goals and 10 shorthanded goals.
Montreal went 31-45-6 overall and 14-24-3 on the road a season ago. The Canadiens had a 16.1% power play success rate last season, scoring 38 goals on 236 chances.
INJURIES: Golden Knights: Zach Whitecloud: out (upper body), Isaiah Saville: out (undisclosed), Daniil Miromanov: out (undisclosed), Nicolas Roy: day to day (undisclosed).
Canadiens: Kirby Dach: out for season (knee), Chris Wideman: out (back), Carey Price: out (knee), David Savard: out (upper body), Christian Dvorak: out for season (knee), Michael Matheson: day to day (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
