Montreal, QC (Sports Network) - Zach Parise netted the game-winner 31 seconds into overtime and the New Jersey Devils captured a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.
Alex Kovalev was called for tripping with 28 seconds left in the third, and the Devils set up the power play early in overtime. A shot from the high slot from Paul Martin was deflected out to Patrik Elias to the left of the net. Elias chose to fire a pass across the goalmouth instead of taking a high- percentage shot and Parise was able to score into a wide open net.
Scott Clemmensen stopped all but one of 26 shots to earn the win for New Jersey, which has won seven of its last eight games. Jamie Langenbrunner notched the other goal.
Saturday's test marked the end of a five-game road trip for the Devils, who finished 4-1-0 on the swing and improved to 7-4-1 as the visiting club this season.
Matt D'Agostini scored the lone goal while Carey Price made 29 saves in taking the loss for the Canadiens, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Montreal's winning streak coincided with the start of a franchise-record seven-game homestand on which they are now 3-1, while holding an 8-3-2 mark overall at home this season.
Price stopped all comers in the first period, making seven saves while D'Agostini got the Habs on the board with 4:25 remaining -- taking a feed from Andrei Markov and snapping a wrister past Clemmensen for the 1-0 lead after one.
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Langenbrunner, though, tied the game at 1-1 with a slap shot from the right circle that just trickled through Price's legs 4:05 into the second.
It was Clemmensen this time that blanked the opposition, halting the Habs' nine second-period shots and the teams skated to a scoreless tie in the third -- with Price making 11 saves to Clemmensen's four.
