Canadiens’ 55‑second barrage
The Montreal Canadiens erupted for three goals in a 55‑second span, a sudden offensive burst that lit up the game and social highlights. (x.com) The sequence also featured a milestone: newcomer David Reinbacher logged his first NHL point during the outburst. (x.com)
Montreal scored three times in 55 seconds on April 12, turning a scoreless game into a 3-0 second-period lead in a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders. (nhl.com) Nick Suzuki and Alex Newhook each finished with a goal and an assist, Zachary Bolduc also had a goal and an assist, and Lane Hutson added two assists at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. Jacob Fowler stopped 30 shots for Montreal. (nhl.com) The burst also delivered David Reinbacher’s first National Hockey League point. The 21-year-old defenseman had an assist in 11:17 of ice time in his debut after Montreal recalled him from the Laval Rocket earlier that day. (nhl.com; sportsnet.ca) The win pushed Montreal to 48-23-10 and mathematically eliminated the Islanders from Stanley Cup Playoff contention. New York fell to 43-33-5 and lost for the sixth time in seven games. (nhl.com) Suzuki crossed the 100-point mark in the same game, finishing with 29 goals and 72 assists for 101 points. National Hockey League records cited by the league say he became the fifth player in Canadiens history to record a 100-point season. (nhl.com) Reinbacher arrived with a longer runway than Montreal first imagined when it drafted him fifth overall in 2023. He missed most of the 2024-25 campaign with a left knee injury and also lost four weeks early this season with a broken hand. (sportsnet.ca; nhl.com) His path matters in Montreal because the club used a top-five pick on a right-shot defenseman from Austria, a country that had never produced a higher-drafted Canadiens prospect. The team said in 2023 that Reinbacher tied Thomas Vanek as the highest-drafted Austrian player at the time. (nhl.com) By the end of the night, the Islanders were being booed at home after the 55-second collapse, while Montreal had a win, Suzuki at 101 points, and Reinbacher on the scoresheet in his first game. (montrealgazette.com; nhl.com)
