Lane Hutson scores a goal and two assists to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks, earning their first playoff spot this season.
Lane Hutson landed in Montreal after a long Canadiens road trip Sunday afternoon and jumped in a car to Ottawa, hoping to watch his younger brother, Cole, win world junior gold. The elder Hutson arrived back home around 1:30 a.m., but the long night after the Canadiens' travel through four time zones didn’t stop him from putting on a show of his own later Monday. “He wasn’t satisfied with the mileage,” teammate Cole Caufield quipped about Hutson’s extended journey.
Hutson had a goal and two assists — all in the third period and overtime — as the red-hot Canadiens rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 and move into a playoff spot for the first time this season. The night before, Cole Hutson tallied a goal and an assist in the United States’ 4-3 overtime win over Finland at the world junior hockey championship. He became the first defenceman to lead the tournament outright in scoring with 11 points, inspiring his older brother.The Canadiens returned to the Bell Centre after going 4-1-0 on a five-game road trip through Florida, Vegas, Chicago and Colorado after Christmas. Montreal, which began December at 8-12-3, has won eight of 10 games. The Canadiens trailed 3-1 to the Canucks, but fought back. Hutson set up Kirby Dach’s equalizer early in the third period before banking a pass off Canucks captain Quinn Hughes and in to put Montreal up 4-3. After Vancouver’s J.T. Miller tied the game to force overtime, Hutson delivered the puck to Nick Suzuki, who buried the game-winner on the power play. The 20-year-old defenceman from Michigan leads all rookies with 30 points (three goals, 27 assists) in 40 games after Monday’s performance. The shifty blueliner also became the fastest defenceman in Canadiens history to hit 30 points, reaching the milestone in 42 games (he played two last season). Chris Chelios held the previous record of 4
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