In Montreal, Tomas Tatar scored for the Canadiens at 19:19 of the third period to get the game even with the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets, 2-2.
The goal came off a nifty pass from Nick Suzuki. 
“We made eye contact and I was just trying to hide and find my spot,” Tatar said. “Obviously a really beautiful play by Nick, and I was just ready to shoot.”
The extra session settled nothing and the Habs won the match with better skills.
Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens.
“I wasn’t really expecting to score,” Gallagher said. “I was just trying to put a shot on net and maybe start the forecheck, and fortunately enough it went in. It was nice to tie that thing up, and the guys did a pretty good job of battling back tonight.”
Carey Price, who was on the bench for the tying goal, made 33 saves.
“Whenever you have a comeback win when you score in the last minute, it’s definitely a bonus,” Price said. “[The Blue Jackets] were skating well, they were committed to playing both sides of the puck and you’ve got to give that team credit. They had an outstanding game tonight.”
Seventy-two seconds before the Tartar goal, Zach Werenski had scored to give the Jackets a 2-1 lead.
“We’ve got to find a way, that’s the main thing right now,” Werenski said. “We had the lead there late. They make a play through our box to the back door, which we’ve got to stop that. I don’t really know what the answer is right now.”
Eric Robinson also scored for Columbus; it was his first NHL goal.
“It was obviously a relief,” Robinson said. “A great play by [Bemstrom] there to find me.”
Columbus is 1-5-2 in their last eight games.
“We developed over 20 scoring chances in the game and we didn’t finish,” Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella said. “We have the game in hand, just can’t get it done at the end. It’s just the way it’s going.”
Jonathan Drouin was credited with the deciding goal in the shootout.
“I thought we played well for the most part tonight and that’s the most important thing, is getting back to our game,” Werenski said. “I think we’ve kind of shied away from that here the last couple of games for the last little bit. But I thought we played hard.
“I thought we did a lot of good things, and it’s just building on it now. It’s still early in the year. Obviously, we need to find a way to get two points. But if we keep playing our game, I’d like to think things are going to start falling for us and wins are going to start coming.”
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Elvis Merzlikinsmade 30 saves in the loss after being called up from the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL.
“I have to win games here,” Merzlikins said. “I don’t know, I just can’t win a game. But it’s going to come. It’s going to come.”
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