Devils get revenge on Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens - 2     New Jersey Devils - 3  (OT)

Montreal, Quebec --

Playing each other in consecutive nights, the Devils (12-9-2) got their revenge over the Canadiens (18-4-3), after falling 3-2 in a shootout the night before. It was a home and home stand of comebacks between the two clubs. After trailing the first game 2-0, the Habs came back and put up a W in a shootout to secure 2 points. At the Bell Centre, the Devils repeated Montreal's heroics. Trailing 2-0 on two Galchenyuk goals midway through the third, New Jersey scored late to get them to overtime where John Moore completed the come back, putting one past Condon. New Jersey's iron man, Corey Schnieder (11-6-2) played a fantastic game between the pipes, backstopping 30 of Montreal's 32 shots, earning him a .938 SV%. Although he was on the  losing end, Mike Condon (8-2-3) played a decent game. He put up a .903 SV%, stopping 28 of 31 shots redirected at him. 

Similar to last nights game in New Jersey, the game started off slow, both teams unable to put their team on the board. It took 29 minutes of game play before Alex Galchenyuk deflected a high shot from Nathan Beaulieu past Schneider who didn't see a thing. The Bleu, Blanc et Rouge went into the third with a 1-0 lead. Playing in only his second game of the season due to injuries, long time Devil, Patrik Elias, got called for interfering fellow countryman Tomas Fleishmann. Montreal took no time to execute, scoring nine seconds into the Power Play. Galchenyuk tallied his second of the night, burying one in the back of the net off a scramble in front. Two minutes later, Patrik Elias redeemed himself by deflecting one five hole, on a slap shot from defenseman Adam Larsson. Down 2-1 with under a minute to go, new coach John Hynes pulled Schneider for the extra attacker. With twenty-one seconds remaining, Kyle Palmieri ripped a one-timer from the half wall, putting it far side past Condon. Going into overtime for the second consecutive night, John Moore completed the Devils come back, receiving a nice feed from Adam Henrique, he pounced on his own rebound to put it over Condon's left pad.

Alex Galchenyuk extend his point streak to five games (five goals, two assists), making it his longest point streak in his career. Canadiens winger Christian Thomas made his season debut on a line with center Brian Flynn and winger Paul Byron. He recorded three shots on net and played a total of 9:01. Following the game, GM Marc Bergevin re-assigned George "Bud" Holloway to St. Johns after playing his first career game in the NHL. Holloway played 7 minutes and 19 seconds, getting off only one shot on net in his debut.

The Montreal Canadiens play the Columbus Blue Jackets (10-15-0) next at the Bell Centre on December 1st. The Blue Jackets started the season with a (0-8-0) record before replacing head coach Todd Richards by loud mouth John Tortorella. The Jackets are 10-7-0 under Tortorella.

You can catch next game at 7:30 P.M EST on RDS, Fox Sports Ohio and SNE.