As the Montreal Canadiens and Vegas Golden Knights are tied 2-2 through four games of their Stanley Cup semi-final, Game 5 can be seen as a critical game. After tonight, one team will be on the brink of elimination.
The two times Vegas has been in a situation like this, they are 2-0 all-time in Game 5, and both times they went on to win Game 6 as well. The last time this happened was just over a week ago when they did it against the Colorado Avalanche.
The last time Montreal was in this situation was in the first round in 2002, when they were playing the top-seeded Boston Bruins.