Additional time had simply began in Wednesday evening’s sport between the Seattle Kraken and Montreal Canadiens. 4 seconds later, Brandon Montour ended the sport with a fast shot.
It was the quickest extra time aim within the historical past of the NHL, with Montour’s game-winning shot finishing Seattle’s 5-4 comeback. After being down two targets within the third interval, Jani Nyman scored and Matty Beniers tied it up with simply minutes left to convey the sport into extra time.
To start out extra time, Seattle’s Chandler Stephenson squared off in opposition to Montreal’s Christian Dvorak. The puck squirted towards Montreal’s zone off the draw, with Montour instantly skating towards the unfastened puck, simply beating Canadiens rookie defenseman Lane Hudson. The Kraken defenseman made no mistake, getting it previous Montreal goalie Jakub Dobeš.
SHEESH, TAKE WAS QUICK! 💨
Brandon Montour scores the @Energizer extra time winner simply FOUR seconds into the additional body! pic.twitter.com/hZ0G4so6Xo
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Three different gamers have scored targets inside 4 seconds of the beginning of a interval in NHL historical past, all in regulation, together with Claude Provost for the Canadiens in 1957, Denis Savard for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1986 and James van Riemsdyk for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2014.
Montour is the primary to attain so shortly in extra time.
It’s not the primary time the Canadiens are within the report books for the quickest extra time aim. The membership nonetheless holds the report for the quickest OT aim within the playoffs when Brian Skrudland beat Calgary’s Mike Vernon simply 9 seconds into the primary extra time interval in Recreation 2 of the 1986 Stanley Cup Last. Montreal received the sequence in 5 video games to seize its twenty third Cup.
It was Montour’s second aim of the sport Wednesday evening, and he added two assists, bringing his complete to fifteen targets and 21 assists to date this season. It’s the defenseman’s third game-winning aim this season and his fourth profession extra time aim.
As for Dobeš, the loss brings his report to 6-3-2, with a .907 save proportion and a GAA of two.71 in 12 video games performed this season.
At the moment in seventh place within the Pacific Division, the win brings the Kraken to 28-34-4. Montreal is in fifth within the Atlantic Division with a 31-27-7 report.
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