MONTREAL -- Patrik Laine scored in his highly anticipated Montreal debut, Nick Suzuki scored in overtime, and the Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Laine, playing his first regular-season game in nearly a year, opened the scoring on the power play 7:23 into the second period.
Suzuki scored at 2:39 of overtime, following up his own rebound. Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots.
Anders Lee scored for New York, which lost for the fourth time in its last five games. Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves.
Laine missed the first 24 games of the regular season after sustaining a left knee sprain during preseason play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept.