After Ivan Demidov tied the game late in regulation, teammate Alex Newhook scored on a breakaway 1:40 into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens past the visiting Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Saturday night.

Stepping in front of a pass at the blue line, Newhook surged alone into the Ottawa zone and rang the post past Linus Ullmark (23 saves) to give Montreal its third straight victory - all by 4-3 margins.

The Senators trailed 2-0 after one period, but Drake Batherson and Michael Amadio scored in the second to knot things entering the third.

Ottawa's Tim Stutzle broke the tie on a racing backhander past Montreal netminder Sam Montembeault (14 saves) with 7:33 left in the period.

However, with 2:23 left in regulation, Demidov played give-and-go with Lane Hutson and converted from the slot t

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