Montreal Canadiens vs Nashville Predators Match Player Stats On Mar 05, 2024

Nick Suzuki scored 17 seconds into overtime as the visiting Montreal Canadiens rallied to end the Nashville Predators' eight-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Tuesday night.

Suzuki one-timed a Cole Caufield pass to beat Nashville's Juuse Saros (26 saves) on the short side for Montreal's only lead.

With the Canadiens trailing 2-0, Brendan Gallagher and David Savard scored second-period goals. Joshua Roy tied the game at 3-3 with his late third-period score for the Canadiens, who are 1-0-2 on a four-game trip.

Suzuki also had an assist and Caufield finished with two assists. Montreal's Jake Allen made 25 saves.

Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and two assists while Gustav Nyquist and Filip Forsberg recorded one of each for the Predators, whose run ended up matching the second-longest winning streak in club history.

With the game tied 2-2, O'Reilly took Nyquist's banked pass off the end boards and beat Allen on the stick side with 7:41 remaining in the third period. However, the Canadiens equalized when an open Roy sent a laser past Saros with 5:05 to go in regulation.

The Predators thought went ahead with a little more than three minutes to play, but ex-Canadian Michael McCarron's goal was overturned via Montreal's video challenge due to a high stick.

Nashville opened the scoring when passing between O'Reilly and Luke Evangelista set up Forsberg's successful backhander with 4:36 left in the first.

The Predators went up 2-0 just 5:11 into the second period. This time, Forsberg was in helping mode on a successful give-and-go that netted Nyquist's fourth goal in six games. O'Reilly also got an assist.

However, Montreal stunned the Nashville faithful with two goals over a six-second span late in the second.

First, Gallagher successfully one-timed Jake Evans' pass into the slot with 3:21 left in the middle frame. Then off the ensuing center-ice faceoff, Savard flung the puck from the neutral zone into the Predators' zone, where it hit a stanchion of the corner glass, then redirected into an empty goal with Saros behind the net, where he expected the puck to land.

--Field Level Media