Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki scored just 31 seconds into overtime to give the visitors a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.

GAME RECAP | Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines
22 Cole Caufield  14 Nick Suzuki  17 Josh Anderson 
49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard  77 Kirby Dach  20 Juraj Slafkovsky
70 Tanner Pearson  91 Sean Monahan  11 Brendan Gallagher
51 Emil Heineman  71 Jake Evans  56 Jesse Ylonen

Defense pairings
59 Mattias Norlinder  58 David Savard
72 Arber Xhekaj  26 Jonathan Kovacevic
54 Jordan Harris  94 Logan Mailloux

Goaltenders
34 Jake Allen
30 Cayden Primeau

Out of the lineup
Scratches: Michael Pezzetta, Kaiden Guhle, Justin Barron, Mike Matheson, Sam Montembeault

Injuries: Christian Dvorak (lower body), Carey Price (lower body), Chris Wideman (upper body), Joel Armia (upper body), Alex Newhook (upper body), Gustav Lindstrom (upper body)

Game Report

The third game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in just four days began well for the Canadiens. Mattias Norlinder opened the scoring just over three minutes into the contest with a point shot that beat Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov, aided by a well-positioned screen by Kirby Dach. It was a rare power-play goal for the Habs.

Noah Gregor tied the game less than four minutes later with a shot that Jake Allen would like to see again. John Tavares added a power-play goal midway through the first period with Nick Suzuki in the box.

Max Domi scored from William Nylander at the 14:45 mark of the second period. And as the saying goes, "It was 3-1."

Kirby Dach scored a short-handed goal with just 12 seconds left in the second period after a great setup by Sean Monahan. And the Canadiens had momentum.

The third period was evenly played. Two minutes after Tavares' second goal of the night, Johnny Kovacevic found the back of the net with a shot from the point. Josh Anderson tied the contest after a great feed from Dach with just 41 minutes left and the game was tied.

Nick Suzuki buried a rebound after a hot shot off the stick of Cole Caufield hit the post. Just 31 seconds into overtime, the Canadiens had secured a victory. 

Game Statistics

Canadiens (2-3-0)
Shots: 26
Face-off %: 57.4
Power play: 1/3
Penalty minutes: 12
Hits: 25
Blocks: 9

Maple Leafs (4-1-1)
Shots: 29
Face-off %: 42.6
Power play: 1/5
Penalty minutes: 8
Hits: 31
Blocks: 12

Scoring Summary

Canadiens Scorers
1st period: Norlinder (1)-PPG
2nd period: Dach (1)-SHG
3rd period: Kovacevic (1), Anderson (1)
OT: Suzuki (1)
SO: n/a

Maple Leafs Scorers
1st period: Gregor (1), Tavares (1)-PPG, 
2nd period: Domi (1)
3rd period: Tavares (2)
OT: No scoring
SO: n/a

Goaltenders
MTL: Allen (W)
TOR: Samsonov (OTL)

Canadiens Players of the Game

Sean Monahan - Monahan can make any line better but has a special connection with Kirby Dach

Kirby Dach - Dach scored a momentum changing goal in the final minute of the second period and assisted on the tying goal scored in the final minute of the third.

Nick Suzuki - Suzuki assisted on the first goal of the game and scored the last goal.

Logan Mailloux - Mailloux played well against a very talented Leafs lineup; just short of 19 minutes of ice-time.

Video Highlights

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Post-game Quotes

Nick Suzuki

"It's always nice to score in this arena. It doesn't give us any points in the standings, but it's good to break the ice."

Game Preview

Up Next

The Montreal Canadiens will conclude their preseason schedule against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night at Canadian Tire Centre.

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