In Montreal, the Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand scored off the power play with 13 minutes gone in the third period to tie the game with the Canadiens, 2-2, on Saturday.
The strike forced extra time, where the Habs’ Kaiden Guhle scored at 2:13 to give them a 3-2 win.
“We did so many good things tonight,” said Guhle. “Special teams were good, had a power-play goal. I don’t know how many penalty kills they had. They had the one goal there, but it went just off a skate, kind of a lucky one. I think everyone was going tonight, everyone was doing their job and taking care of the team. It feels good to come out with a win.”
Sam Montembeault made 26 saves in the win.
Boston took a 1-0 lead with 36 seconds gone in the opening frame on a goal from Zacha .
Montreal improved to 7-5-2.
The Canadiens replied in the third period when Nick Suzuki and Brendan Gallagher scored 32 seconds apart to give the Habs a 2-0 advantage.
“These games are fun, but you really want to get results,” Gallagher said. “It’s really important for us to feel this, understand the work that went into it. They’re a good hockey team and they played a good game, and I thought we went toe-to-toe with them and that both teams executed the game plan well.
“But we understand that when we stick to our brand of hockey, we’re that hard to play against. We can play with anyone in this league, and I think it’s a big step for our group.”
Suzuki scored with 24 seconds gone in the stanza followed by Gallagher before a minute of elapsed time in the frame.
“I think the first minute of the third was a microcosm of the first two periods,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “We were lucky to be in the position we were in up 1-0. I think that’s Swayman that gets us the point.”
The Bruins dropped to 11-1-2.
Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves in the loss.
“I think we’re a team that needs to get two points most every night, so a lot of learning tonight,” Swayman said. “Going into the third with a lead, you want to close that out, so I want to have a couple more saves there.
“I think they played hard, you’ve got to tip your cap to them. They came out in the third knowing that they needed a lead and they played a great third period. So, I’m really happy with our response. It’s a team effort, we couldn’t have got to overtime without the boys in front of me, so I’m happy with that, but we want to execute all the way through and finish games out.”
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