Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights 6/22/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Montreal Canadiens look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday for Game 5 of their NHL Stanley Cup semifinals best-of-seven series. On Sunday, Montreal was defeated by Vegas 2-1 in overtime in Game 4 to level the series at 2-2. The lone goal scored by Montreal was off the stick of Paul Byron in the second period. Canadiens goalie Carey Price made 19 saves in net in the loss.

During the postseason, the leading goal scorers for Montreal are Tyler Toffoli and Joel Armia with five each, while the leader in assists and overall points is Toffoli with 12 and Nick Suzuki has 10. Shea Weber has a team-high 22 penalty minutes and Armia is the leader in plus/minus at 4. In goal, Carey Price is 10-5 with a goals against average of 2.09, save percentage of .931 with one shutout.

Vegas looks to win its second straight and take a 3-2 lead in the series with a victory at home over Montreal on Tuesday. Nicolas Roy scored the winning goal for Vegas on Sunday in Game 4 with 1:18 left to play in the first overtime. Robin Lehner was given the start in Game 4 for Vegas and came up big stopping 27 of 28 shots he faced in net. Lehner made only his second start in 17 postseason games for Vegas.

Jonathan Marchessault is leading Vegas in goals scored during the postseason with six, while Mark Stone has scored five. The leader in assists is William Karlsson with 10 and the Vegas center is also the leader in points with 14, while Alex Pietrangelo is second in points with 11. Ryan Reaves has a team-high 16 penalty minutes and Karlsson is the leader in plus/minus at 9. In goal, Marc-Andre Fleury is 9-6 with a goals against average of 1.97, save percentage of .921 and one shutout.