Montreal CanadiensvsCarolina Hurricanes
MTL 2/CAR 3
Things to say
Carolina beat Montreal 3-2 in overtime at Lenovo Center.
01
opener
Canes got Montreal 3-2 in OT last night. Went all the way to extras at Lenovo. Place was rocking.
02
key player
Ehlers had both regulation goals for Carolina — dude was everywhere, two-goal night and basically dragged them into overtime.
03
hot take
Honestly Montreal deserved the W — Josh Anderson buried two and they were the better team for stretches. Carolina stole that one.
04
deep cut
Chatfield with two assists from the blue line — your defenseman quietly running the show in OT is how you win playoff hockey.
05
exit
Anyway, curious how Montreal responds next game — they can't keep losing one-goal heartbreakers like that.
The recap
Canes took it 3-2 in OT, and Nikolaj Ehlers was the guy — both Carolina goals, including what had to be the OT winner. Josh Anderson did everything he could for Montreal with a pair of his own, Danault feeding him twice, but they just couldn't get the third one to fall in regulation.
Chatfield quietly racked up two helpers from the back end, which tells you Carolina was generating from everywhere. Tough one for the Habs to swallow, dropping a one-goal game in extras to a team they hung with all night.