Canadiens take series lead with OT win in Game 3

In Montreal, Josh Anderson scored twice for the Canadiens.

His first goal came with less than two minutes left in regulation to tie the Vegas Golden Knights, 2-2.

Thetying goal came off a misplay of the puck leaving a wide open net.

“Those type of events are tough to recover from,” Golden Knights head coach Peter DeBoer said. “We talked between the third and the overtime about trying to get our mojo back. I didn’t think we were poor in overtime, but there’s no doubt that carried into the overtime for us a little on the negative side and for sure gave them some pop going out to overtime.”

His second was potted at 12:53 of over time to give the Habs a 3-2 win and 2-1 series lead.

“We had a press late in the third period there, and obviously we got a fortunate bounce on the tying goal,” Anderson said. “And then in OT it looked like we had a lot more energy than them. We came out hard and found a way …. in a huge game that we needed to win.”

Carey Price made 43 saves to get the win.

“We just don’t quit,” Price said. “… Not having Dom behind the bench is just another twist we’re going to have to deal with.”

Game 4 is in Montreal on Sunday.

“You guys all saw it tonight, it was incredible,” Anderson said of Price. “Not only to play like that, but for the fans too. He kept us in the game all game, and we wouldn’t be sitting here talking about this without him.”

Nicolas Roy gave the Knights a 1-0 lead in the second period.

Cole Caulfield tied it for the Canadiens before the end of the middle frame.

The Golden Knights were scoreless in four power plays, the Habs failed on their two chances.

“The power play wasn’t great,” DeBoer said. “That was probably the only piece of our game that wasn’t great. There’s things to fix this time of year for every team in the League, and that’s something that we’ve got to continue to work at.”

Alex Pietrangelo restored the Vegas lead early in the third period, 2-1.

Anderson then took over the game with his two strikes.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves in the loss.

“Fleury’s played great for us all year,” Vegas’ Mark Stone said. “It’s one mistake. We had to bail him out and did not play the way we played for the first 60 (minutes) in overtime.”