Brandon Montour caps big night with OT goal as Kraken edge Habs

NHL: Montreal Canadiens at Seattle KrakenMar 12, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Montreal Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki (14) skates against Seattle Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn (29) during the second period at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images

Brandon Montour had two goals and two assists, and he scored the winner on a breakaway four seconds into overtime as the Seattle Kraken rallied for a 5-4 victory against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.

Jani Nyman scored in his NHL debut, Eeli Tolvanen and Matty Beniers also tallied and Jordan Eberle added three assists for the Kraken, who opened a three-game homestand. Joey Daccord made 21 saves as Seattle won for the second time in three games.

Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice for Montreal, and Patrik Laine, who missed the previous two games with the flu, had a goal and an assist. Alex Newhook also tallied, Lane Hutson and captain Nick Suzuki had two assists apiece and Jakub Dobes stopped 30 of 35 shots.

Seattle scored the game’s first two goals, fell behind 4-2, then tied it with a pair of power-play goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation.

Nyman sparked the comeback, taking a pass from Eberle from behind the net and lifting the puck over Dobes with the man advantage at 10:53 of the third to pull Seattle within 4-3.

Beniers tied it at 17:48, redirecting Vince Dunn’s shot from just inside the blue line.

Montour, who also had four points (three goals and an assist) in an 8-2 victory Oct. 29 in Montreal — jumped on the opening faceoff in overtime, skated in and beat Dobes with a wrist shot to the glove side.

The Canadiens, who were 6-1-1 in their previous eight games, missed a chance to move into a tie for Columbus for the Eastern Conference’s second and final wild-card playoff spot.

Trailing 2-0, the Canadiens scored four straight goals.

Laine scored on a power-play slap shot at 7:11 of the second period.

Montreal tied it at 11:21 of the middle period as Laine drove down the right wing and fed a wide-open Newhook at the far post for a tip-in.

Slafkovsky gave the Canadiens a 3-2 lead at 14:04 of the second. He skateed the puck down the left wing and went wide around defenseman Ryker Evans before lifting a sharp-angled shot over Daccord’s right shoulder.

Slafkovsky scored again at 7:18 of the third, redirecting Jayden Struble’s high shot from the left point past Daccord, who argued it was played with a high stick to no avail.

The Kraken opened the scoring at 4:54 of the first period on a wrist shot by Montour from just outside the right faceoff dot.

The second Seattle goal, at 4:47 of the second, came on a wrister by Tolvanen from just inside the right faceoff dot.

–Field Level Media

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