Montreal 4, Winnipeg 3
| Winnipeg | 2 | 0 | – | 3 |
| Montreal | 1 | 1 | – | 4 |
Montreal won shootout 1-0
First Period_1, Winnipeg, Lowry 1, 4:28 (ps). 2, Montreal, Barron 3 (Harvey-Pinard, Guhle), 5:05. Penalties_Newhook, MTL (Interference on breakaway (Penalty Shot)), 4:28; Caufield, MTL (Tripping), 6:29; Winnipeg bench, served by Ehlers (Too Many Men on the Ice), 8:23; Guhle, MTL (Tripping), 15:47.
Second Period_3, Winnipeg, Lowry 2 (Niederreiter, Appleton), 0:15. 4, Winnipeg, Niederreiter 2 (Appleton), 0:33. 5, Montreal, Monahan 4 (Suzuki, Matheson), 8:23 (pp). Penalties_Lowry, WPG (Tripping), 7:16; Barron, MTL (Delay of Game), 19:52.
Third Period_6, Montreal, Armia 1 (Guhle), 1:54. Penalties_Pearson, MTL (Fighting), 2:27; Dillon, WPG (Fighting), 2:27; Xhekaj, MTL (High Sticking), 18:18.
Overtime_None. Penalties_None.
Shootout_Montreal 1 (Suzuki G, Caufield NG, Monahan NG), Winnipeg 0 (Scheifele NG, Connor NG, Ehlers NG).
Shots on Goal_Winnipeg 18-12-11-4_45. Montreal 6-11-9-3_29.
Power-play opportunities_Winnipeg 0 of 4; Montreal 1 of 2.
Goalies_Winnipeg, Brossoit 0-1-1 (29 shots-26 saves). Montreal, Allen 3-0-1 (45-42).
A_21,105 (21,288). T_2:41.
Referees_Chris Schlenker, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen_Steve Barton, Kyle Flemington.