Overview
- Montreal beat Florida 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday in Montreal, with Cole Caufield and Alexandre Texier scoring in the tiebreaker.
- Nick Suzuki tied the game with 21 seconds left after a pass from defenseman Lane Hutson from behind the net.
- Goalie Jakub Dobes made 30 saves and notched his sixth straight win after stopping chances in overtime.
- The Canadiens have won nine of their past 10, while the two-time reigning champions sit 27th in the NHL and are out of contention.
- Montreal welcomed back Kirby Dach and Texier, scratched Brendan Gallagher, and sat Joe Veleno with the flu, while Florida missed Matthew Tkachuk for the birth of his child and several injured regulars.