Off the face-off, Montour slipped behind Montreal’s defense for a breakaway and fired a snap shot over Jakub Dobes’ glove for his fourth point of the game (two goals, two assists). Matty Beniers tied the game with a power-play goal with 2:12 left in the third period, tipping Vince Dunn’s slap shot past Dobes’ glove to force overtime.

Brandon Mountour had the fastest goal in NHL overtime history, scoring his second goal of the game four seconds into overtime to give the Seattle Kraken a 5-4 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.

Brandon Montour scored four seconds into overtime to give the Seattle Kraken a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night at Climate Pledge Arena. In their final late game of the season, the Habs squandered a two-goal lead in the third period before eking out a point in overtime.

Here are three takeaways from the loss. The Canucks were, once again, outscored at the top of the lineup. The Canadiens took a quick 1-0 lead on a Nick Suzuki breakaway opportunity that he finished expertly. The game was 66 seconds old, and Vancouver found itself in a hole.

By the time the puck dropped on Tuesday night’s game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks, Martin St-louis’s men were four points out of the playoffs and desperately needed a win.

Juraj Slafkovsky scored and contributed a pair of assists as the Montreal Canadiens edged the struggling Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Tuesday. His linemates Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield provided a goal and a helper apiece for the Habs (31-27-6),