Golden Knights top Canadiens in shootout, point streak at 10

LAS VEGAS -- The Vegas Golden Knights extended their point streak to 10 games with a 3-2 shootout victory against the Montreal Canadiens at T-Mobile Arena on Monday.

Paul Cotter and William Carrier scored, and Adin Hill made 37 saves for Vegas (9-0-1).

“We got 19 out of 20 points, so to me, that’s pretty good. We’re not going to push that aside or overlook it,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We haven’t always looked our best, and I’ll be the first to say that. Tonight included. But it’s not easy to win.

“A lot of different guys scoring. Tonight, it’s Cotter and Carrier and we get points. It’s not relying on the top guys. Our top guys are probably struggling a bit to get points to the table. We’ll need that eventually.”

Sean Monahan and Nick Suzuki scored, and Sam Montembeault made 23 saves for Montreal (5-2-2), which is 4-1-1 in its past six games.

“We knew we were playing well. It just seemed like we were swimming against currents sometimes,” Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said. “In the past, we would have lost ourselves in that emotional challenge. Tonight, we talked about it. Tonight, we had to regulate."

Cotter gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 15:06 of the first period. His shot from above the right circle deflected off the stick of Mike Matheson before fluttering into the net.

“We worked on it quite a bit. We know our power play is a shooting power play,” Cotter said. “So just get pucks to net. That’s how it is. So get it to the net and bounces will happen.”

Monahan tied it 1-1 at 5:38 of the second period with a short-handed goal. Hill flubbed a pass that went right to Monahan, who waited for the goalie to dive back across the goal before shooting into an open net.

“It’s a mistake. I just whiffed on the pass there,” Hill said. “Outside of that one mistake, I felt like I had a good game. It’s just reminding yourself, ‘Hey I feel good.’ I know my team has my back. We got another goal shortly after that.”

Carrier put Vegas back in front 2-1 at 18:10 of the second, tapping in a backhand backdoor pass from Chandler Stephenson during a delayed penalty.

Suzuki tied it 2-2 at 15:42 of the third period for Montreal, which outshot Vegas 27-7 in the second and third period.

“Probably our best game of the year," Suzuki said. "Best game in a long time. We just didn’t win. That’s how it goes sometimes."

NOTES: Jack Eichel had the chance to win it for Vegas at 2:08 of overtime, but his penalty shot was stopped by the left pad of Montembeault. ... Golden Knights forward William Karlsson had the primary assist on Cotter’s goal to extend his point streak to seven games (three goals, six assists). ... Monahan's short-handed goal was his second this season.