Forsberg's late OT winner seals Predators victory over Canadiens
Allen makes 40 saves in Montreal loss
Filip Forsberg scored with 11.1 seconds remaining in overtime, giving the Nashville Predators a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
Eeli Tolvanen, Tanner Jeannot and Luke Kunin also scored, and Juuse Saros made 20 saves for Nashville, which has won two of its last three games.
"We went out and had to come from behind again, but I thought we played pretty well in the third period, and it's nice to see us be able to get the win from it," Nashville coach John Hynes said.
On the winner, Forsberg took a cross-ice pass from Mikael Granlund and sent it past Allen. Just before receiving the pass, Forsberg had to retrieve his stick, which was dropped a few seconds prior.
"I wouldn't call it a set play, but it worked out," Forsberg said.
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Tolvanen scored the game's first goal at 4:52 of the opening period. Mattias Ekholm fired a one-timer from the left point that deflected off of the shaft of Tolvanen's stick and by Allen for his second goal of the season.
Suzuki made the game 1-1 at 4:48 of the second. With Montreal on a power play, Suzuki snapped a wrist shot from the high slot that beat Saros on the stick side just underneath the crossbar. The goal was Suzuki's first in 10 games.
"I tried to shoot the puck a lot today and luckily one went in," Suzuki said. "It was definitely nice to get a goal and help out and score on the power play, give us a boost of confidence there."
Nashville challenged the goal, alleging goaltender interference, as Dvorak contacted Predators defender Alexandre Carrier, causing Carrier to collide with Saros. After video review, the goal was allowed to stand.
Jeannot tied the game at 2-2 at 17:24 of the second when he redirected Ekholm's shot past Allen for his sixth goal of the season.
Ekholm's two assists were his first multi-point game of the season.
Early in the third with the game tied 2-2, Caufield carried the puck into the Nashville zone on the right side. He found Kulak trailing the play, and Kulak beat Sgaros with a wrist shot to the glove side at 3:10 of the third.
Kunin tied the game again at 10:12 of the third.
'Gordie Howe hat trick'
Saturday was Kunin's 24th birthday and he was certainly active in the game, recording a "Gordie Howe hat trick" of a goal, assist and fighting major.
Kunin picked up the secondary assist on Tolvanen's first period goal and also fought Kulak early in the third.
"The birthday boy gets a Gordie Howe hat trick, it doesn't get better than that," Forsberg quipped after the game. "The way he competes out there and the goal he scored is the ultimate proof of that. He does a little bit of everything for this team, which is very fun to watch."
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