MONTREAL — Patrik Laine scored in his extremely anticipated Montreal debut, Nick Suzuki scored in extra time, and the Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Tuesday night time.
Laine, enjoying his first regular-season sport in almost a 12 months, opened the scoring on the ability play 7:23 into the second interval.
Suzuki scored at 2:39 of extra time, following up his personal rebound. Sam Montembeault stopped 30 photographs.
Anders Lee scored for New York, which misplaced for the fourth time in its final 5 video games. Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves.
Laine missed the primary 24 video games of the common season after sustaining a left knee sprain throughout preseason play in opposition to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept. 28.
Laine, who the Canadiens acquired earlier than the season, hadn’t performed since final Dec. 14 with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
TAKEAWAYS
Islanders: The Islanders continued to wrestle with the person benefit, going 0 for 3. New York entered the sport with the league’s second-worst energy play at 12.9%.
Canadiens: Laine completed with one objective, two photographs and two hits in 17 minutes, 27 seconds. He skated on the Canadiens’ second line with Kirby Dach and Juraj Slafkovsky and began on Montreal’s high power-play unit, which went 1 for two.
KEY MOMENT
Laine obtained the puck and had on a regular basis on the earth to show and choose his spot on Sorokin. He pumped his fists as teammates swarmed him.
KEY STAT
355 — The variety of days since Laine’s final regular-season sport. Laine scored a objective in opposition to the Maple Leafs however broke his clavicle. He later entered the NHL/NHLPA Participant Help Program on Jan. 28 to prioritize his psychological well being and was cleared to return on July 26, three weeks earlier than his commerce to Montreal.
UP NEXT
The Canadiens play host to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night time and the Islanders return residence to play the Seattle Kraken.
