Canadiens even it in OT

Alexander Radulov scored at 18:34 of overtime to give the Montreak Canadiens a 43 victory against the New York Rangers in Game 2 at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Radulov jammed the puck in from the edge of the crease after a feed from Max Pacioretty to tie the best-ofseven series, 1-1. The victory was the first for a Canadian team in the playoffs since 2015. Game 3 is Sunday night in New York.

Trailing, 3-2, in the third period, the Canadiens pressed hard and finally scored with 18 seconds left, with goalie Carey Price pulled for an extra attacker.

Tomas Plekanec redirected Radulov’s feed past goalie Henrik Lundqvist to force overtime.

The goal was the latest tying playoff goal in Canadiens history, beating Jacques Lemaire’s goal in 1975 with 24 seconds remaining.

Jeff Petry and Paul Byron also scored for Montreal, which wasted early leads of 1-0 and 2-1. Michael Grabner, Mats Zuccarello and Rick Nash scored for New York.

Montreal had a 45-30 shots advantage in regulation and a 58-38 overall edge.

While goals were scarce in New York’s 2-0 victory in Game 1, there were three in the first period alone Friday.

Only 4:05 in, Lundqvist broke his stick and was helpless as Petry scored to the stick side.

Other game

Blues 2, Wild 1: Jaden Schwartz scored with 2:27 remaining on a 4-on-4 situation and St. Louis won in Minnesota, 2-1, to give the Blues a 2-0 lead in this first-round series. Joel Edmundson had the first goal for the Blues after winning Game 1 in OT.