Aaron Ekblad anotó con 2..01 por jugar en tiempo extra y los Florida Panthers le propinaron la primera derrota en casa a los Canadiens de Montreal en 11 partidos, con 4-3 en el Bell Centre este martes en la noche.
Ekblab hizo el disparo de gol con el baston quebrado, su tercero de temporada. Alex Petrovic, Kyle Radu y Dennis Malgin anotarono para que los Florida Panthers queden con marca de 8-7-1 y logren sus primeras victorias consecutivas, desde el arranque de temporada. Roberto Luongo tuvo 34 salvamentos.
Los Florida Panthers ahora con 17 puntos en 16 partidos siguen de gira por canada donde enfrentaran el jueves a Toronto, sabado a Ottawa y Domingo a los Rangers de New York.
MONTREAL — Aaron Ekblad scored with 2:01 remaining in overtime and the Florida Panthers dealt the Montreal Canadiens their first loss in 11 home games this season, 4-3 at Bell Centre on Tuesday.
Ekblad’s stick broke on a one-timer from the right side of the slot for his third goal of the season.
Alex Petrovic, Kyle Rau and Denis Malgin scored for Florida (8-7-1), which won consecutive games for the first time since starting 2-0-0. Roberto Luongo made 34 saves.
Montreal goalie Carey Price’s two-season winning streak ended at 13 games. Price, the first NHL goalie to start a season with a win in 10 straight games, made 20 saves as he fell short of tying George Hainsworth’s 89-year-old Canadiens single-season record of 11 consecutive wins.
Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Paul Byron scored for Montreal (13-2-2), which lost consecutive games for the first time this season.
Byron scored his fourth goal in five games to draw the Canadiens even at 3-3. Alex Galchenyuk extended his points streak to six games with an assist on Byron’s sixth goal at 5:46 of the third period.
Pacioretty put Montreal ahead 1-0 with a wrist shot from the right faceoff dot on a power play at 2:12 of the first period.
Petrovic drew Florida even at 1-1 with an unassisted goal at 5:04.
Panthers defenseman Michael Matheson made a highlight reel pass from behind the Montreal net to set up Rau’s goal, which put the Panthers ahead 2-1 at 15:22.
Desharnais scored his second goal, his first in 12 games, at 4:22 of the second period to tie it 2-2.
Malgin, who scored in overtime to give Florida a 3-2 win against the New York Islanders on Saturday, put Florida ahead at 17:42. He scored his fourth goal on a shot from the left side that appeared to strike Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry on its way past Price.