Seattle Kraken score fastest OT goal ever, beat Montreal 5-4

• The Seattle Kraken scored the fastest overtime goal in NHL history Wednesday to beat Montreal, 5-4. Brandon Montour netted the record just four seconds into OT.
• The goal also tied the league record for fastest goal scored at any time during a game.
• Montour had two goals and two assists, notching the Kraken a comeback win after they were two goals down.

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Barring a miracle run in their final 16 games, the Seattle Kraken will not make the Stanley Cup playoffs. However, Wednesday, March 12, they may have had the best finish to a game by any team, all season.

Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour scored a goal just four seconds into overtime to beat the Montreal Canadiens, 5-4. The game-winner by Montour tied the NHL record for the fastest goal ever scored and set the mark for the fastest scored in overtime.

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How did the fastest OT goal happen?

The whole scene played out so fast that it was hard to count how many strides Montour took from the center of the ice to the time he let his shot go, but fans barely had time to notice it was overtime before the game was over.

Montour and his teammates gave credit to center Chandler Stephenson for getting the puck ahead to Montour, in what was a predesigned play. The three teammates on the ice discussed the scenario in the moments before the overtime face-off.

“That one can go either way, I’ll tell you that as well, they’re lining three up, we’re lining three up,” Kraken head coach Dan Bylsma said. “Whoever wins that puck forward has a chance for what we got. But it’s on those guys on the ice. They were intelligent enough, smart enough to figure it out and great play by Chandler.”

What was Montour’s reaction?

The understated Montour said the guys were thinking it could have been the fastest score ever but didn’t know until they got to the locker room.

“All credit to Chandler, honestly,” Montour said. “I don’t even know who was beside me there, but I told Chandler to stay back in case anything went south. I saw he bumped it up and we went for it, so it was nice to see that.”

Montour, in his first season with the Kraken, finished with two goals and two assists on the night, notching a two-goal comeback for the team. In the process, he set the team record for points scored in a season by a defenseman.

How will the Kraken respond to the win?

Another milestone in the game came when rookie forward Jani Nyman, making his NHL debut at 20 years old, scored his first goal with his parents, who traveled from Finland, in attendance.

Jordan Eberle, the Kraken’s captain, agreed it was a great night all around, and he’s hoping it leads to something better in the final month of the regular season.

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“I really liked our last three games,” Eberle said. “I think the biggest thing you have to understand is that things get harder, you have to keep putting your foot forward every single night. You can’t be happy with what’s going on.”

Such is life for those playing out the rest of the season. But at least for one night the Kraken created a memory and entered the history books.