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Advertisement oopStory continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage My Account Advertisement 2AdvertisementThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentAgainst the Devils, Kirby Dach tied it up just over a minute after Glass scored with his fourth goal of the season and his third in two games. Jake Evans and Kapanen also scored for the Canadiens, who blew a third-period lead for the second straight game. They were leading 3-2 when Timo Meier scored with 1:07 left on the clock and Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom on the bench for an extra attacker.Article contentJesper Bratt scored the winner for the Devils at 1:33 of overtime after a horrible giveaway by the Canadiens’ Alex Newhook just inside the offensive blue line, resulting in a breakaway. Bratt beat Dobes through the five-hole with a backhand move.Article contentThe hero Jersey deserves. pic.twitter.com/EAmwRKSAO2— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) November 7, 2025Article contentAdvertisement 3Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article content“It’s never a good feeling when you lose, but I felt like we played good enough to win tonight,” Dach told reporters in New Jersey. “We just got to find a way in the last couple of minutes to kind of bear down and close out games like that.Article content“We played well tonight,” Dach added. “We did a lot of the right things and had a lot of chances. It’s just we got to find a way to start closing those games out.”Article contentDach had 10 goals in 57 games last season before having season-ending knee surgery for the second straight year. He didn’t score his fourth goal last season until his 35th game and this season he has that many in 11 games.Article contentThis was the seventh time in 14 games this season the Canadiens have gone to overtime and they won the first five. The good news for the Canadiens is despite losing the last two games they picked up two points. The Devils improved to 10-4-0 and moved into first place in the Eastern Conference ahead of the Canadiens, who fell to 9-3-2, with both teams having 20 points.Article contentAdvertisement 4Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article content“I think from the outside they all think this is a measuring stick and stuff,” Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis told reporters in New Jersey about facing the Devils. “We’re measuring ourselves against our standards and I thought we played with some pretty high standards today. Saying that, it doesn’t guarantee a victory, it doesn’t mean it’s perfect, but I thought our intentions were there, we were organized in our five-on-five play. It was a good game. I thought we stayed patient. It’s unfortunate we don’t get the two points, but a lot of positives.”Article contentAs the youngest team in the NHL, the Canadiens remain in first place in the Atlantic Division after going 4-8-2 in their first 14 games last season. A big reason the Canadiens are in first place is the play of Dobes.Article content“He’s been great so far,” defenceman Noah Dobson told reporters in New Jersey. “He’s still a young goalie, second year in the league. Actually, first full year. So he’s been unbelievable. The work he puts in every day in practice and the games show us how good he is. He’s just been great so far.”Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet. Advertisement 3Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentKapanen’s goal was his fifth of the season, tying him for the lead among NHL rookies. Last season, Kapanen had no goals in 18 games with the Canadiens before being returned to Timra IK in the Swedish Hockey League. Kapanen and fellow rookie Dobes are close friends.Article content“It just shows his character and his personality every day and that’s great,” Kapanen told reporters in New Jersey about Dobes shedding tears after the game. “That’s what he is. We didn’t lose because of him. It’s just a couple of bounces we want to take back.”Article contentThe Devils have now won five consecutive games against the Canadiens and haven’t lost to them since Jan. 17, 2024.Article contentCanadiens captain Nick Suzuki saw his 12-game point streak come to an end, while Lane Hutson’s seven-game point streak also ended. Suzuki leads the Canadiens in scoring with 3-16-19 totals, while Hutson has 1-12-13 totals.Article contentThe Canadiens will be back in action Saturday when the Utah Mammoth visits the Bell Centre (7 p.m., Citytv, SNE, TVA Sports).Article contentArticle contentArticle contentAdvertisement 3This advertisement has not loaded yet. Featured Local Savings
