Ivan Demidov scored the game-winner to guide the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.
Demidov additionally had an help within the recreation. Juraj Slafkovsky and Alexandre Texier scored Montreal’s different targets, with goaltender Jacob Fowler incomes the win with 32 saves.
Demidov produced the winner for Montreal (36-18-10) with seven minutes 20 seconds remaining. He pounced on an Alex Newhook rebound to beat Linus Ullmark, who stopped 20 photographs.
Drake Batherson scored each targets for Ottawa (32-23-9).
The Canadiens, coming off a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, tied the sport on a sequence that started when Slafkovsky rang a shot off the submit.
The rebound led to Michael Amadio breaking in on Fowler, who got here up with a key save earlier than the play turned again the opposite approach.
Lane Hutson despatched the puck behind the web, the place Texier picked it up and beat Ullmark five-hole on a wraparound.
Ottawa led 2-1 after the primary interval.
Slafkovsky opened the scoring for Montreal at 1:16 when he buried a feed from Demidov for a power-play aim.
The Senators countered with their very own power-play aim at 16:45 when Brady Tkachuk’s shot deflected off Batherson.
Batherson struck once more with a minute 19 seconds remaining within the interval when he tipped a shot in from shut vary.
With assists on each Batherson targets Tim Stützle recorded his one hundredth profession multi-point recreation and prolonged his level streak to 14 video games (eight targets, 11 assists).
Takeaways
Senators: With the Senators taking part in with out Jake Sanderson, Artem Zub performed a stable recreation.
Montreal: Enjoying back-to-back highway video games confirmed within the second interval with a number of turnovers.
Key Second
With lower than a minute remaining Fowler got here up with an enormous save on Ottawa’s Claude Giroux.
Key Stat
Montreal’s Jake Evans performed in his four-hundredth NHL recreation Wednesday. The veteran is driving a five-game level streak (three targets, three assists).
Up subsequent
Senators: Host the Anaheim Geese on Saturday.
Canadiens: Host the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.