In Montreal, the Anaheim Ducks got a late goal from Derek Grant to force extra time on Thursday with with the Canadiens.
Montreal recovered when Jeff Petry struck for the game-winner just 24 seconds into the extra frame.
Carey Price got the OT win for the Canadiens 0 file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“A win’s a win,” Petry said. “Obviously we want to play the right way and there’s things we need to clean up and do better, but at this point of the year and the situation we’re in we’ll take any win any way we can get them.”
Carey Price made 35 saves to get the win.
“Carey Price was excellent right through the game, obviously made a lot of saves,” Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. “And when the game’s on the line like that, that’s the guy we want the puck on our stick with [Silfverberg], but obviously a huge save there by Mr. Price.”
Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks.
The Ducks brought themselves down in the game with a seemingly endless parade to the penalty box.
“You can’t win games with four guys on the ice,” Eakins said. “Like, that’s just the way it is. And for us to take a handful (of penalties) like that, it’s not a good plan when you’re already struggling to score goals. So we’ve got to be a team that hey, our goal has got to be to take none. And if we can get through a game with just one or two, that’s great.”
Nick Suzuki and Brendan Gallagher scored in regulation for the Habs.
“Obviously a lot of guys stepped up at the right times tonight and Jeff came up with a big goal there at the end,” Price said.
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John Gibson made 24 saves in the loss.
“Obviously [Gibson] made some key saves for us too and kept us in the game and kept the momentum swinging our way,” Silfverberg said. “And the same goes for them. I think they thrive on a lot of saves their goalie makes, so two similar teams in that way. So obviously both goalies were terrific tonight and unfortunately we couldn’t get it done for [Gibson].”
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