Patrik Laine scored in regulation, Nick Suzuki scored in overtime, and the Canadiens beat the Islanders 2-1 on Tuesday night.
MONTREAL -- Patrik Laine scored in his highly anticipated Montreal debut, Nick Suzuki scored in overtime, and the Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Tuesday night.Laine, playing his first regular-season game in nearly a year, opened the scoring on the power play 7:23 into the second period.Suzuki scored at 2:39 of overtime, following up his own rebound. Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots.Anders Lee scored for New York, which lost for the fourth time in its last five games.
New York entered the game with the league's second-worst power play at 12.9%.Canadiens: Laine finished with one goal, two shots and two hits in 17 minutes, 27 seconds. He skated on the Canadiens' second line with Kirby Dach and Juraj Slafkovsky and started on Montreal's top power-play unit, which went 1 for 2.KEY MOMENTLaine received the puck and had all the time in the world to turn and pick his spot on Sorokin. He pumped his fists as teammates swarmed him.
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