MONTREAL – Kyle Connor scored three minutes into overtime and Patrik Laine scored his 44th as the Winnipeg Jets posted their 50th win of the season with a 5-4 victory over the Canadiens in Montreal’s final home game of the season on Tuesday night.
Alex Galchenyuk forced overtime with a power-play goal at 18:18 of the third period.
Sami Niku, with his first NHL goal, Nikolaj Ehlers and Jack Roslovic also scored for the Jets (50-20-10), who ended a four-game road trip. Winnipeg, which had already established a club record for wins in a season, has taken nine of its last 10 decisions.
Artturi Lehkonen, Paul Byron and Kerby Rychel also scored for Montreal (28-40-12), which lost a third straight game.
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Montreal outshot the Jets 40-32.
The lineups had a pre-season look as the Jets opted to rest Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, Adam Lowry, Jacob Trouba and Josh Morrissey with what were called minor injuries, while Montreal has regularly been using several minor league call-ups of late.
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