Golden Knights rally for OT win against Canadiens in Game 4, even series

MONTREAL --Nicolas Roy scored 1:18 into overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights evened the Stanley Cup Semifinals with a 2-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 at Bell Centre on Sunday.

Roy got his own rebound and flipped the puck over Carey Price after Max Pacioretty skated out from behind the net and took a shot from a sharp angle.
"That's unbelievable," said Roy, a native of Amos, Quebec, whose family was among the crowd of 3,500. "I always dreamed about scoring at the Bell Centre. Doing it in overtime in the series, the semifinals, it's even better."

Robin Lehner made 27 saves for the Golden Knights in his first game since May 30, when he allowed seven goals in a 7-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Second Round.
"I think a lot has to be said about Robin's attitude this whole time," Pacioretty said. "He's been the No. 1 cheerleader on the team when he wasn't playing. His positivity has rubbed off on us, so for him to go in there tonight, the player that we know he is was huge for our team."
Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said part of his decision to start Lehner was based on Marc-Andre Fleury's heavy workload, and that it had nothing to do with the misplay by Fleury that allowed Montreal's Josh Anderson to score the tying goal with 1:55 remaining in the third period of Game 3, which the Canadiens won 3-2 in overtime.
"[Lehner] was excellent," DeBoer said. "I knew he'd be good."
Paul Byron scored, and Price made 19 saves for Montreal, which had won two straight games and eight of nine.
"We played a pretty good game, it could've gone either way," Byron said. "They get the goal in overtime, that's the way it is. It's 2-2, go back to [Las] Vegas and focus on the next game, how to get better and make a big push for the next one."
Game 5 of the best-of-7 series is at Vegas on Tuesday.
"You take the positives out of the game and continue to look at that," Canadiens forward Corey Perry said. "The way we played at the start of the game, I mean, that's our style of play. We were quick, we were on pucks, we were on top. If we keep doing that, we're just going to keep wearing them down."

Byron gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead at 18:55 of the second period. Nick Suzuki stepped out of the penalty box and hit a streaking Byron, who got behind defenseman Alec Martinez and beat Lehner over his blocker on a breakaway.
Montreal has not allowed a power-play goal in 11 straight Stanley Cup Playoff games. It is 26-for-26 on the penalty kill and has scored three shorthanded goals in that span.
"We just need to find a way to score more goals," Canadiens defenseman Joel Edmundson said. "Overall, it was a good game. We didn't give them too much, and when we did, Carey was there to stop it."
Lehner made the save against Cole Caufield on a breakaway at 7:16 of the third period to keep it a one-goal game.
"It's a world-class player coming down," Lehner said. "I just tried to play it even like I played the first goal, I just challenged him. In the prescout, either he goes high or he goes five-hole, and it just looked like he was going five-hole, so I closed my legs."
Brayden McNabb then scored his first playoff goal since May 12, 2018, to tie it 1-1 at 10:37. The defenseman skated in from the right point, received a pass by William Karlsson from behind the net, and scored with a wrist shot that found an opening between Price's glove and body.
NOTES:The Golden Knights are 2-3 in overtime this postseason. The Canadiens are 4-1. … Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the game. "Kelly is self-isolating and will follow the protocols and recommendations from health officials and the National Hockey League," the Golden Knights said in a statement. … McNabb is the seventh Golden Knights defenseman to score in the 2021 playoffs, tying the NHL record shared by the Edmonton Oilers (1987), Calgary Flames (1988), Pittsburgh Penguins (1991), Washington Capitals (1994) and Boston Bruins (2019). … Byron has two goals and one assist during a three-game point streak. … Assistant Luke Richardson coached the Canadiens for the second straight game after coach Dominique Ducharme tested positive for COVID-19 prior to Game 3.
NHL.com staff writer Tracey Myers contributed to this report