The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime on Monday night.
Montreal Canadiens centre Kirby Dach looks on as unseen teammate Nick Suzuki's shot beats Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen for the game-winning goal in overtime. The Canadiens won 5-4 in Montreal on Jan. 6, 2025.Nick Suzuki scored the overtime winner and added two assists as the Montreal Canadiens stayed hot with a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.
Lane Hutson also recorded a goal and two assists while Cole Caufield produced one goal and one helper as Montreal (19-18-3) climbed into a playoff spot.The Canadiens returned home after going 4-1-0 on a five-game road trip across four different time zones after Christmas. Montreal, which began December at 8-12-3, has won eight of 10 games. J.T. Miller had two goals and two assists to lead Vancouver (18-12-9), which has only two wins in its last nine games. Jake DeBrusk and Jonathan Lekkerimaki also scored while Kevin Lankinen made 19 saves as the Canucks opened their five-game Eastern Conference road trip with a loss. Captain Quinn Hughes, last year’s Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenceman, returned from a four-game absence for the injury-plagued Canucks to play his 400th game. He provided two assists.Canadiens: Miller and Lekkerimaki struck twice in 20 seconds early in the second period to build a two-goal Vancouver lead and suck the life out of the Bell Centre, but Montreal fought back with three unanswered goals. Canucks: Lekkerimaki stepped up with his first career multi-point game the same day he was recalled from the American Hockey League to replace injured winger Dakota Joshua. The 20-year-old Swede has two goals and one assist in six NHL games, all this season.Dach and Hutson scored in the first seven minutes of the third period to give Montreal a 4-3 lead. Then 12 seconds after Caufield took a penalty, Miller set up DeBrusk on the power play for his 17th to tie the game at 8:51 and eventually force overtim
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