One of the things Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis preaches to his players is the importance of making ordinary plays repeatedly, which will eventually result in extraordinary plays. Article content
There were two examples of that in the Canadiens’ 5-4 overtime win over the Seattle Kraken Tuesday night at the Bell Centre and they both involved Brendan Gallagher — which isn’t a surprise. Article content Article content
One minute into the third period with the scored tied 2-2, Gallagher won a race to the puck in the Seattle zone to negate an icing call. Twelve seconds later, Kirby Dach deflected in a point shot by Noah Dobson to put the Canadiens ahead 3-2. Article content
Then, with the Kraken leading 4-3 and less than three minutes left on the clock the 5-foot-9, 182-pound