Overtime had just started in Wednesday night’s game between the Seattle Kraken and Montreal Canadiens. Four seconds later, Brandon Montour ended the game with a quick shot.
It was the fastest overtime goal in the history of the NHL, with Montour’s game-winning shot completing Seattle’s 5-4 comeback. After being down two goals in the third period, Jani Nyman scored and Matty Beniers tied it up with just minutes left to bring the game into overtime.
To start overtime, Seattle’s Chandler Stephenson squared off against Montreal’s Christian Dvorak. The puck squirted toward Montreal’s zone off the draw, with Montour immediately skating toward the loose puck, easily beating Canadiens rookie defenseman Lane Hutson. The Kraken defenseman made no mistake, getting it past Montreal goalie Jakub Dobeš.
SHEESH, TAKE WAS QUICK! 💨
Brandon Montour scores the @Energizer overtime winner just FOUR seconds into the extra frame! pic.twitter.com/hZ0G4so6Xo
— NHL (@NHL) March 13, 2025
Three other players have scored goals within four seconds of the start of a period in NHL history, all in regulation, including Claude Provost for the Canadiens in 1957, Denis Savard for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1986 and James van Riemsdyk for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2014.
Montour is the first to score so quickly in overtime.
It is not the first time the Canadiens are in the record books for the fastest overtime goal. The club still holds the record for the quickest OT goal in the playoffs when Brian Skrudland beat Calgary’s Mike Vernon just nine seconds into the first overtime period in Game 2 of the 1986 Stanley Cup Final. Montreal won the series in five games to capture its 23rd Cup.
It was Montour’s second goal of the game Wednesday night, and he added two assists, bringing his total to 15 goals and 21 assists so far this season. It’s the defenseman’s third game-winning goal this season and his fourth career overtime goal.
As for Dobeš, the loss brings his record to 6-3-2, with a .907 save percentage and a GAA of 2.71 in 12 games played this season.
Currently in seventh place in the Pacific Division, the win brings the Kraken to 28-34-4. Montreal is in fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 31-27-7 record.
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