Sergachev scores overtime winner, Utah Hockey Club beats Canadiens 3-2

MONTREAL (AP) — Mikhail Sergachev scored the overtime winner as the Utah Hockey Club beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Sergachev tapped in a pass from Nick Schmaltz with 27 seconds left in the extra period to end the game. Jack McBain and Dylan Guenther also scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 11 saves.

Alex Newhook and Jayden Struble scored for Montreal, which lost its second in a row after a dismal 6-2 defeat to Vegas on Saturday.

Sam Montembeault stopped 26 shots.

Guenther fired a cross-ice pass from Clayton Keller into the top corner to open the scoring at 6:23 of the second period. His 10th of the season came just after Utah’s fourth power play of the night expired.

Struble, who drew into the lineup late after Mike Matheson (lower-body injury) was scratched, answered at 8:05 to tie the game. Fans had enough time to yell “shoooot!” before the defenseman ripped a shot off the crossbar and in.

Newhook pounced on a rebound for his fifth of the season, giving Montreal a 2-1 lead 46 seconds into the third.

Utah equalized at 4:17 as McBain buried a pass from Logan Cooley for his eighth.

Canadiens: The Canadiens spent a lot of time down a man in the first 30 minutes, killing four penalties.

Utah: Rookie Maveric Lamoureux played his 15th NHL game and his first in front of friends and family in Montreal. The 20-year-old from Quebec was swarmed by reporters after morning skate.

McBain’s game-tying goal slowed Montreal’s momentum early in the third and forced overtime. It was his sixth in nine games.

30 — That’s how many shots the Canadiens have in their last two games. Utah outshot Montreal 14-5 in the first and 8-3 in the second.

Canadiens: Begin a three-game road trip against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.

Utah: Hosts the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

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Montreal Canadiens' Alex Newhook looks for the puck as he moves in on Utah Hockey Club goaltender Karel Vejmelka during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Utah Hockey Club's Mikhail Sergachev (98) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault as Canadiens' Jake Evans (71) defends during overtime of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Alex Newhook (15) scores against Utah Hockey Club goaltender Karel Vejmelka as Utah's Maveric Lamoureux (10) and Kevin Stenlund (82) defend during third period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Jake Evans moves in on Utah Hockey Club goaltender Karel Vejmelka as Utah's Dylan Guenther (11) defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Utah Hockey Club goaltender Karel Vejmelka can't stop a goal by Montreal Canadiens' Jayden Struble during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Utah Hockey Club's Jack McBain (22) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault as Canadiens' Kaiden Guhle (21) defends during third period NHL hockey action in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Utah Hockey Club's Mikhail Sergachev, right, celebrates with teammate Nick Schmaltz (8) after scoring against the Montreal Canadiens during overtime in an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov, 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Utah Hockey Club's Mikhail Sergachev (98) reacts after scoring against the Montreal Canadiens during overtime in an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Utah Hockey Club's Mikhail Sergachev (98) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault as Canadiens' Jake Evans (71) defends during overtime NHL hockey action in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A police officer in Australia who shocked a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a Taser was found guilty of her manslaughter on Wednesday.

A jury found Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White guilty in the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney after 20 hours of deliberation. Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who had dementia and used a walker, was refusing to put down the steak knife she was holding when White discharged his Taser at her in May 2023.

Nowland, a resident of Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home in the town of Cooma , fell backwards after White shocked her. She hit her head and died a week later in hospital.

The extraordinary case prompted a high-level internal investigation by state police in New South Wales. It also provoked debate about how officers in the state use Tasers, a device that incapacitates using electricity.

Police said at the time of her death that Nowland received her fatal injuries from striking her head on the floor, rather than directly from the device's debilitating electric shock.

In video footage played during the Supreme Court trial, 34-year-old White was heard saying “nah, bugger it” before discharging his weapon, after the officers told Nowland 21 times to put the knife down. White told the jury he had been taught that any person wielding a knife was dangerous, the Guardian reported.

But after an eight-day trial, the jury rejected arguments by White's lawyers that his use of the Taser was a proportionate response to the threat posed by Nowland, who weighed about 100 pounds.

The prosecutor argued that White's use of the Taser was was “utterly unnecessary and obviously excessive," local news outlets said.

The charge of manslaughter carries a possible prison term of up to 25 years in jail in New South Wales. White is on bail.

Nowland was survived by eight children, 24 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren, the Australia's ABC reported.

Senior Constable Kristian White arrives at the New South Wales Supreme Court, in Sydney, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP)