Canadiens’ Weise the hero in overtime win

Dale Weise scored the tying goal late in the third period, then won it 8:47 into overtime, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night in their first-round playoff series

Montreal has a chance to complete a four- game sweep Wednesday, with Game 4 in Ottawa.

Weise skated in on the left side and beat Craig Anderson with a shot inside the near post. Many of the Senators fans in the stands urged officials to call for a hand pass by Brandon Prust on the play, but the goal stood, giving the Canadiens a commanding lead.

Weise sent the game to overtime with his goal with 5:47 remaining in the third. Torrey Mitchell assisted on both goals, and Carey Price made 33 saves.

Clarke MacArthur opened the scoring for the Senators in the first period. Anderson, making his first start of the playoffs after Andrew Hammond started the first two games, had 47 saves in the loss.

Montreal dominated at times in the second and third periods, outshooting Ottawa 31-15 through the final 40 minutes of regulation.

The Senators scored when Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban went for a hit on Erik Karlsson, and Mark Stone was able to slip the puck in front of the Montreal net, where two Ottawa players were parked. MacArthur deked Price and slid in his second of the series. Blackhawks 4, Predators 2: Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist, and the Blackhawks used a threegoal second period to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

Marian Hossa had two assists and Scott Darling made 35 saves to help the Blackhawks win for the 20th time in its last 24 postseason home games. Brandon Saad, Brent Seabrook and Andrew Desjardins also scored in an impressive response after Friday night’s 6-2 loss in Nashville.

Mike Ribeiro and Mattias Ekholm scored for the Predators, who were without star defenseman Shea Weber and forward Mike Fisher (lower-body injuries). Weber likely will be out for Game 4.