MONTREAL — If the Ducks could get more of these one-goal games to end in their favor, they could shift the tone of their season.
Patrik Laine scored in regulation and added the winner in the shootout as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ducks, 3-2, on Monday night, the eighth one-goal loss of the season for the Ducks (10-13-3).
Troy Terry scored his team-leading seventh and eighth goals of the season for the Ducks, and Lukas Dostal made 19 saves as the Ducks opened a four-game trip with their third straight loss.
Defenseman Jacob Trouba made his Ducks debut after being acquired on Friday in a trade with the New York Rangers that sent defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a 2025 fourth-round draft pick to New York. The 30-year-old Trouba was paired with Cam Fowler, playing 22:35 and delivering five hits.
Kirby Dach scored his first goal in 20 games as the Canadiens (11-14-3) rebounded after blowing a two-goal lead on home ice Saturday against the Washington Capitals. Montreal has won three of its last four games.
Laine scored his third power-play goal in four games since his return from injury on Dec. 3. He also picked up his first assist of the season. Nick Suzuki extended his point streak to seven games, and Sam Montembeault made 27 saves for the Canadiens.
Terry’s second goal gave the Ducks their first lead of the game just 4:25 into the second period, but it was short-lived. Dostal’s misplay of the puck behind his own net allowed Juraj Slafkovsky to feed linemate Dach, who fired the puck into an empty net to tie the score 2-2 just 11 seconds later.
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KEY STAT
By collecting an assist on Laine’s power-play goal in the first period, Lane Hutson established the longest point streak by a rookie defenseman in Canadiens history. His seven straight games with at least a point surpasses Chris Chelios and Glen Harmon, who each had six-game streaks with Montreal.
UP NEXT
The Ducks visit the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. PT.