Overview
- Montreal trailed 5-3 late in the third before pulling Samuel Montembeault, as Juraj Slafkovsky and Alexandre Carrier scored 65 seconds apart to tie it with 4:40 remaining.
- Cole Caufield scored his second of the game 33 seconds into overtime to clinch the 6-5 result.
- Lane Hutson notched an assist in the comeback and passed Henri Richard for the most assists by a Canadiens player at age 21 or younger.
- Ottawa’s goals came from Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Dylan Cozens, David Perron and Jake Sanderson, who also finished with three assists.
- Coach Martin St‑Louis lauded the persistence while acknowledging poor stretches, as the two points lifted Montreal to 61 and set up a home date Tuesday against Minnesota.