Nick Suzuki scored with 3:45 left in additional time to elevate the visiting Montreal Canadiens over the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday evening.
Cole Caufield scored in his fifth consecutive recreation for Montreal and assisted on Suzuki’s fifth game-winning purpose of the season. Josh Anderson added a short-handed purpose and rookie Jakub Dobes stopped 15 pictures 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 recreation (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 further session, Suzuki and Caufield had a two-on-one breakaway, and because the unfastened puck went towards the crease, Suzuki chipped it over Thompson for the game-winner.
Montreal completed with a 30-17 benefit in pictures. It was simply the third time this season – however the second straight contest – the Capitals posted fewer than 20 pictures in a recreation.
Chychrun opened the scoring on the facility play lower than three minutes into the sport. Jake Evans tried to clear the puck from the sideboard, however 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 area close to the left submit and burying a diagonal move 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 likelihood 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 recreation, beat the Habs down the rink to stop an icing name and arrange Eller.
Lindgren was harm 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 pictures he confronted earlier than exiting.
–Subject Degree Media
