Nick Suzuki's OT 勝利者 leads Canadiens to a 4-3 勝利，勝つ over Predators
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nick Suzuki 得点する／非難する／２０d at 17 seconds of overtime to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.
Brendan Gallagher, David Savard and Joshua Roy also 得点する／非難する／２０d and Jake Allen made 25 saves for the Canadiens, which snapped a two-game losing streak.
"In the second we (bent), we didn´t break," Montreal coach ツバメ St. Louis said. "In a lot of our second periods lately we tend to break more than bend. We just stayed the course."
Ryan O´Reilly 得点する／非難する／２０d a goal and 補助装置d on two others, Filip Forsberg and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an 補助装置 and Juuse Saros made 26 saves for Nashville. The Predators had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
"It was probably not to the 基準 that we´ve held, but that 基準 is hard to keep," Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said.
In overtime, Suzuki （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Saros with a 堅い-angle one-timer from the lower left circle for his 100th career goal.
Nashville Predators 中心 Ryan O'Reilly (90) 戦う／戦いs Montreal Canadiens 左翼 Rafael Harvey-Pinard (49) for the puck during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
"I just 解雇する／砲火／射撃d it on 逮捕する, honestly," Suzuki said. "It was 井戸／弁護士席 placed."
With the game tied at 2 late in the third, O´Reilly （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Allen from the lower part of the 権利 faceoff circle, for his third goal in as many games. Roy tied it with 5:05 to go.
"It´s a disappointing game," O´Reilly said. "I think we´ve had better, but we´ll keep going and 答える／応じる next game."
Former Canadien Michael McCarron appeared to 得点する／非難する／２０ the go-ahead goal with 3:02 remaining, but Montreal challenged the goal and ビデオ review 決定するd that the puck was played with a high stick.
Forsberg 得点する／非難する／２０d the game´s first goal with 4:36 remaining in the 開始 period.
Luke Evangelista stickhandled through the slot before slipping a backhand pass to Forsberg on the left 味方する, where he 解除するd a backhand underneath the crossbar for his 30th goal of the season.
The 30-goal （選挙などの）運動をする is the fourth of Forsberg´s career. He also 延長するd his point streak to six games. He has four goals and five 補助装置s over that stretch.
Nyquist made it 2-0 at 5:11 of the second, 変えるing on a tap-in from just outside the crease off a nice backhand pass from Forsberg from below the goal line.
Gallagher halved Nashville´s lead with 3:21 remaining in the second on a one-timer from the high slot.
Savard tied it six seconds later off the 続いて起こるing faceoff, when his 捨てる in 攻撃する，衝突する a seam in the glass and went 直接／まっすぐに into the 逮捕する Saros vacated 心配するing the puck would travel behind it.
"Definitely lucky bounce, but you take all of those," Savard said. "I think we needed it. We just 得点する／非難する／２０d a big goal and to go 権利 支援する to 2-2, was big for us. It gave us a little bit of wings to keep going."
UP NEXT
Canadiens: Visit Carolina on Thursday night.
Predators: Host Buffalo on Thursday night.
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Montreal Canadien s defenseman Jordan Harris (54) 攻撃する，衝突するs the puck away from Nashville Predators 左翼 Kiefer Sherwood (44) during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Montreal Canadiens 右翼 Brendan Gallagher (11) and Nashville Predators 中心 Cody Glass (8) 戦う／戦い of the puck during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Montreal Canadiens 右翼 Brendan Gallagher (11) celebrates his goal with チーム仲間s during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game against the Nashville Predators, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Nashville Predators 左翼 Filip Forsberg (9) congratulates 中心 Gustav Nyquist, second from left, after his goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Nashville Predators 左翼 Cole Smith (36) skates the puck past Montreal Canadiens 中心 Alex Newhook, left, during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Nashville Predators 左翼 Cole Smith (36) 戦う／戦いs Montreal Canadiens 右翼 Joshua Roy (89) for the puck during the second period of an NHL ホッケー game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
