CHICAGO (AP) — Cole Coffield, Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach scored in penalty kicks to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.
Suzuki and Joel Edmondson scored in regulation for Montreal, which won its third in four games.
Chicago picked up a point, but lost its season-high sixth straight game.
Traded by Chicago before the NHL draft, Dach beat goaltender Arvid Soderblom with a wrist shot, then held his right hand to his ear as the crowd booed.
“Nice little touch,” Dach said of the crowd reaction, which also happened when he took the ice for pregame warmups. “I’m playing the emotion game and it just came to me in the moment.”
Montreal coach Martin St. Louis understood Dach’s reaction.
“To have the opportunity to be that guy that closes the deal at the end of the day, it’s good that he was in that position,” St. Louis said. “You want to play a big game coming back here.”
Chicago rallied in the final minutes and five minutes of overtime to tie the game at 2-all with 3:54 left in regulation when Taylor Radish scored from the crease off a ricochet off Patrick Kane’s power-play shot from the high slot.
Sam Montembo made 30 saves for Montreal.
“We did a really good job of handling the puck,” Montembo said. “If we didn’t have anything, we just dropped it. And guys block a lot of shots. It’s great for goalies.”
Soderblom stopped 21 shots and saw two of Montreal’s shots bounce off the crossbar.
“I think our game is going in a good direction,” said Chicago defenseman Caleb Jones, whose first goal of the season tied the game.
EXECUTION OF THE CASE
Until the dramatic penalty, Dach had only one shot on goal. The third overall pick in the 2019 draft played three seasons for Chicago, but never lived up to expectations, with 59 points in 152 games. He produced with the Canadiens: four goals and 17 points in 21 games.
NEXT
Montreal: Hosts the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.
Chicago: Hosts the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
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