Flames 3 – Canadian 2 (overtime) | Matt Coronato leads his team to victory with his two late goals

Matt Coronato scored the tying goal late in the third period, then the winner seven seconds into the overtime period, and the Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

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Coronato quickly ended the suspense by beating Samuel Montembeault with a shot over the Habs goalie’s glove.

Coronato’s two goals spoiled the evening’s work for Joel Armia, who scored a shorthanded goal in the third period and got an assist on the net from Brendan Gallagher, on the power play, in the second period.

Connor Zary, early in the second period, also beat Montembeault, who faced 35 shots.

The Canadian directed 23 shots at Dustin Wolf, but only eight from the second period.

The Canadian will play his next four games abroad, starting with a visit to Newark on Thursday for a duel against the New Jersey Devils.

The Montreal team will reconnect with its fans on November 16 when the Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Bell Center.

An excellent period

After two consecutive Tuesdays during which the Canadian had catastrophic starts to matches, there was perhaps a little apprehension among the spectators. Especially the way the trio of Jonathan Huberdeau, Yegor Sharangovich and Anthony Mantha buzzed around the Habs net for the first 30 seconds of the contest.

But Montembeault and his five teammates reacted well to this first threat from the visitors, one of the few for the Flames, in fact, during the first 20 minutes of play.

Subsequently, the Canadian largely dominated the period, particularly the trio of Alex Newhook (three), Jake Evans (one) and Juraj Slafkovsky (two), who amassed six of the Habs’ 15 shots in the first period.

However, despite all his shots and two numerical superiorities, the two teams returned to the locker room with the same score as at the start of the match.

The Canadian did not play with the same conviction during the middle period, allowing the Flames to take control of the game, and the lead at 4:20.

Zary orchestrated the play that led to his third goal of the season, when he collected a loose puck in the slot and beat Montembeault after a shot from Daniil Miromanov hit Nazem Kadri, who was lying in front of the net .

Limited to just two shots so far, the Montreal team took advantage of the last moments of their third power play to tie the score at 16:23 of the second period.

Armia, well supported by Oliver Kapanen, won a battle in the corner of the ice and managed to send the puck in front of Wolf’s net, where Gallagher had been left unguarded.

The combative Habs forward made a feint that forced Wolf to open his pads just enough for Gallagher to slip the puck in.

This goal saved a period during which the Canadian directed only five shots towards the Flames’ net, compared to 13 for the visitors.

The special units came to the Habs’ rescue once again, this time in unexpected circumstances.

During a penalty to Lane Hutson, the Canadian’s first in the game, and following a faceoff deep in Montreal territory, Evans and Armia were able to escape two on one.

Showing patience, Evans passed to Armia, stationed to his left. The Finnish striker didn’t waste a second and his one-timer gave Wolf no chance.

Gallagher thought he had added an important insurance goal at 11:39, but a video review determined that Josh Anderson had created an offside by moving backwards into Flames territory.

This disallowed goal kept the Flames alive and Coronato tied the game with 2:48 remaining with a wrist shot that beat the Habs goalie on the glove side.

Coronato would strike again.

Rising

Samuel Montembeault

Before it escalated at the end of the third period, he made the key saves, notably at the end of the first period, during Anthony Mantha’s breakaway. “My last two Tuesday nights really didn’t go well. I’m glad it went well tonight,” said the goalkeeper after the match.

Declining

Oliver Kapanen

He only played 7:54, which is his lowest playing time since the start of the season; he had never played less than 10 minutes before. He also seemed helpless on the Flames’ first goal.

The number of the match

21

This is the number of turnovers caused by the Canadian. This number was 3 after the first period.