The Montreal Canadiens host the Vegas Golden Knights after Cole Caufield's hat trick against the Boston Bruins in the Canadiens' 4-3 loss.

Also in this week's notebook, a look at Juraj Slafkovský's and Ivan Demidov's ascendence, and Slafkovský's hot tub lineup ritual.

Aspirot gives away four inches and nine pounds to the Montreal forward, so he grabbed him by the back of the neck to negate Dach’s reach advantage. It was more stand-up wrestling than punch trading. Neither landed anything more than inside jabs. Aspirot pulled Dach down, but ended up on the bottom.