It was obvious, but at the same time, we have learned to not expect the obvious.
Cole Caufield. Nick Suzuki. Jeff Petry. To start overtime for the Montreal Canadiens. It makes so much sense, yet it has not been something we have seen in recent years. After seeing players like Phillip Danault, Ben Chiarot, among others start the overtime period, it was nice to see a team with nothing to lose trying to win.
The next shift, Rem Pitlick jumped over the boards and he was joined by Corey Schueneman and Mike Hoffman. You could hear the surprise on the RDS broadcast when both Pierre Houde and Marc Denis noticed who was on the ice.