Nick Suzuki scored with 3:45 left in extra time to elevate the visiting Montreal Canadiens over the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday evening.
Cole Caufield scored in his fifth consecutive sport for Montreal and assisted on Suzuki’s fifth game-winning objective of the season. Josh Anderson added a short-handed objective and rookie Jakub Dobes stopped 15 photographs to assist the Canadiens notch their third straight win and sixth over their final seven contests.
Jakob Chychrun and Lars Eller scored for Washington, which went past regulation for the third straight sport (1-0-2). Logan Thompson made 18 saves in aid of Charlie Lindgren, who exited after being struck within the head throughout a collision with Suzuki early within the second interval.
Eller tallied 1:54 into the third interval to tie the sport 2-2. Within the additional session, Suzuki and Caufield had a two-on-one breakaway, and because the free puck went towards the crease, Suzuki chipped it over Thompson for the game-winner.
Montreal completed with a 30-17 benefit in photographs. It was simply the third time this season – however the second straight contest – the Capitals posted fewer than 20 photographs in a sport.
Chychrun opened the scoring on the ability play lower than three minutes into the sport. Jake Evans tried to clear the puck from the sideboard, nevertheless it went straight to the Chychrun on the blue line. He skated alone towards the slot and beat Dobes for the unassisted rating.
Montreal jumped forward within the second interval. Lower than three minutes after Lindgren’s departure, Caufield equalized after discovering open house close to the left put up and burying a diagonal cross from Juraj Slafkovsky as Thompson couldn’t slide over in time.
Anderson gave the Habs the lead with 6:38 left within the second, getting a breakaway probability after Rasmus Sandin whiffed with the puck close to the Montreal blue line.
The Capitals tied it early within the third thanks to a different defensive miscue. Washington’s Ethen Frank, enjoying in his first NHL sport, beat the Habs down the rink to stop an icing name and arrange Eller.
Lindgren was damage when Suzuki collided with him after being checked by the Capitals’ Brandon Duhaime. Washington pulled Lindgren shortly after the collision and later dominated him out with an upper-body damage. Lindgren had stopped all 9 photographs he confronted earlier than exiting.
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