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After a gut-wrenching loss on Friday, the Vegas Golden Knights elected to go with Robin Lehner in net, and he made 27 saves to backstop his heavily-favored club to a 2-1 overtime win over the scrappy Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre.

Nicolas Roy calmly chucked his own rebound puck over a fallen Carey Price 1:18 into the extra session after Max Pacioretty skated out from behind the net and took a hard shot from a sharp angle.

Brayden McNabb tied the game with 9:23 remaining in regulation when he took a pass from William Karlsson and fired the puck off Price’s midsection and in. McNabb is seventh Vegas defensemen to score in the postseason.

Paul Byron scored on a breakaway in the second period, and Price stopped 19 shots for Montreal, which had won two straight games and eight of nine.

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Tonight’s game

New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning 8 p.m. NBCSN (Series tied 2-2)

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Swamp Rabbits

The Florida Panthers ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits will take on the South Carolina Stingrays in Game 4 of the ECHL Eastern Conference final tonight at 7:05 p.m. in South Charleston. Greenville trails the best-of-five series- two games to one.