Chris Kreider collects 4 points as Anaheim Ducks down Montreal Canadiens in shootout

Chris Kreider scored the tying goal in the last minute of regulation and had three assists for the Anaheim Ducks, who recovered for a 6-5 shootout win against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Friday.

Cutter Gauthier, Leo Carlsson and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist and Alex Killorn scored the deciding goal in the sixth round of the shootout for the Ducks, who are 7-1-0 in their past eight games.

Anaheim's Radko Gudas also scored, and Lukas Dostal made 23 saves.

Cole Caufield had two goals and an assist while Lane Hutson had a goal and two assists for the Canadiens, who have lost three of four (1-1-2).

Nick Suzuki collected a goal and an assist, Alexandre Carrier added a goal, and Samuel Montembeault stopped 28 shots.

Carlsson scored 35 seconds into the third period to give Anaheim a 4-2 lead.

Kreider stripped Hutson of the puck in the neutral zone, brought it to the right circle and fed Carlsson at the left hashmark for a wrist shot that went over Montembeault's blocker.

Caufield pulled the Canadiens within one when he one-timed a pass from Dobson from the left circle at 8:41.

Carrier tied it 4-4 at 11:47. He caught a puck out of the air above the slot and snapped it through traffic past Dostal's glove.

Less than a minute and a half later, Caufield put the Canadiens ahead 5-4 with a tip of Dobson's shot from the left circle.

With Dostal pulled for an extra attacker, Kreider tipped Jacob Trouba's point shot to tie it 5-5 at 19:18.

Gauthier gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead 39 seconds into the first period, snapping a one-timer from low in the right circle off a feed from Carlsson.

Suzuki tied it 22 seconds later. Caufield was along the goal line to feed Suzuki in the slot for a quick wrist shot that beat Dostal on the glove side.

Hutson scored on a snap shot blocker side on the power play to put the visitors ahead 2-1 at 3:33 of the opening period.

Gudas' one-timer from the right point beat Montembeault in the top right corner at 11:56 of the first to pull the Ducks even.

LaCombe's shot from the right point on the power made it 3-2 Anaheim at 12:15 of the second period.

--Field Level Media