Montreal clawed back to force overtime, but a Canadiens penalty gave ... Nelson to take the final shot in the shootout. “I was getting ready to go with (Jonathan) Drouin,” Bednar said.

The Canadiens killed a penalty in overtime ... feed across the goalmouth by Drouin. Slafkovsky cut it to 3-1 at 5:51 when he deflected Jayden Struble’s wrist shot from the point over Blackwood ...

Calvin de Haan’s tripping penalty led to a blast from the point ... connected for a nice scoring chance down low, but Drouin’s shot sailed high into the netting. Cale Makar finally ended ...

Valeri Nichushkin and Jonathan Drouin each had a goal and an assist ... The Stars took a 1-0 lead on their first shot of the game at 4:10 of the first period. Mikko Rantanen passed the puck ...