MONTREAL – Kyle Turris scored 34 seconds into overtime to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Turris, with his eighth goal of the season, finished a two on one with Mike Hoffman after a turnover in the Montreal end. It was the Canadiens’ first experience with the new 3-on-3 overtime format.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for Ottawa (6-4-2), while Dale Weise tallied for Montreal (11-2-1).
The Canadiens outshot Ottawa 36-26 in regulation time and 36-27 overall.
Mike Condon, filling in for injured Carey Price for a third straight game, made a spectacular glove save near the end of a scoreless first period to prevent Cody Ceci from finishing a two on one with Pageau.
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Pageau opened the scoring shorthanded 3:16 into the second frame. After P.K. Subban fanned on a point shot, the stocky Senator went in on a breakaway and beat Condon between the pads.
It was the Gatineau, Que. native’s fourth goal and sixth point in eight career games against the Canadiens, including a near-identical short-handed goal in Montreal’s win in Ottawa on Oct. 11. He also had a hat-trick against them in the 2013 playoffs.
Weise tied it on a power play at 6:13, completing a tic-tac-toe play with Andrei Markov and Alex Galchenyuk. It was Weise’s seventh goal, three short of his career high set last season and tying Max Pacioretty for the team lead.
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Two goals were nullified after video review — a Tomas Plekanec tally in the first because Brendan Gallagher interfered with goaltender Craig Anderson and an Alex Chiasson effort in the third due to a quick whistle.
Ottawa’s Mark Stone served the first of his two-game suspension. His spot on the top line was take by Curtis Lazar.
Notes: Montreal sent defenceman Greg Pateryn to AHL St. John’s for a conditioning stint. Although healthy, Pateryn has yet to get in a game this season.
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