MTL@CHI: Game Recap

CHICAGO - An early start was capped off by late heroics for the Canadiens on Friday, as Kirby Dach returned to the United Center to haunt his former team.

Coming off a 3-1 win against the Blue Jackets on Wednesday, head coach Martin St-Louis elected to keep his lineup from Columbus intact. That meant Sam Montembeault made consecutive starts for the first time this season following his 30-save performance two nights prior.

The matinee contest featured plenty of Montreal-Chicago connections, with Dach facing his former squad for the first time since being traded to the Canadiens during the summer, and Blackhawks forward Max Domi and head coach Luke Richardson likewise taking on their former team.

Apt given the early start, Montreal jumped out to an early lead, just 3:21 into the matchup.
Joel Edmundson tipped a Sean Monahan shot past Arvid Soderblom for his first of the season and the 1-0 advantage.

The hosts replied with an early goal of their own to start the second period and square things back up.
Caleb Jones fired a one-timer past Montembeault to make it 1-1 at 5:53.
Nick Suzuki put Montreal back ahead on the team's first power play opportunity of the night.
The Canadiens captain made it 2-1 with a highlight-reel snipe at 7:22.

Chicago reset the score a second time in the dying minutes of regulation to force the extra frame.
Taylor Raddysh buried a Patrick Kane rebound at 16:06 in the period for the equalizer.
With no goals in OT the teams headed to the shootout, where Montreal's young guns put on a scoring clinic.
Cole Caufield and Suzuki beat Soderblom to set up a dream ending for Dach, who secured the extra point with the shootout winner in his return.

Montembeault ended the night with a second straight 30-save performance.
The Canadiens will be back in action on Tuesday when they host the San Jose Sharks at the Bell Centre.