Mountour has fastest goal in NHL overtime history at 4 seconds to lift Kraken past Canadiens, 5-4

SEATTLE (AP) — Brandon Mountour had the fastest goal in NHL overtime history, scoring his second goal of the game four seconds into overtime to give the Seattle Kraken a 5-4 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.

Chandler Stephenson won the faceoff, with the puck going to Montour. He streaked in on goalie Jakub Dobes and beat him with a shot to the upper-right corner.

The goal matches the fastest to start any period in NHL history, with three players doing it in regulation. Claude Provost scored at four seconds of the second period for Montreal in a 1957 game against Boston, Denis Savard did it for Chicago against Hartford in the third period of a 1986 game, and James van Riemsdyk did it at the start of the second for Toronto against Philadelphia in 2014.

Seattle overcame two-goal deficit to tie it in the third period. Jani Nyman, making his NHL debut, scored on a power play with 9:07 left, and Matty Beniers tipped in a hard shot by Vince Dunn on a power play with 2:12 left to tie it at 4.

Montour also opened the scoring 4:14 into the game and had two assists. Eeli Tolvanan scored his career-high 19th for Seattle, and Joey Daccord made 21 saves.

Montreal scored four straight goals to take a 4-2 lead. Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice and Patrik Laine and Alex Newhook also connected. Dubes made 30 saves.

Canadiens: With his second goal of the game, Slaflovsky became just the second player in Canadiens history to reach 100 career points at age 20. He is 20 years, 347 days. Mario Tremblay, reached that mark in 1976-77 at 20 years, 164 days.

Kraken: Nyman, who has 26 goals for Coachella Valley in the American Hockey League, is the second Kraken player to score in his NHL debut. Tye Kartye did it in a 2023 first-round playoff game against Colorado in Denver.

With the Kraken on the power play in the third period, Jordan Eberle gained control of the puck behind the Montreal net. He found Nyman, who was wide open just outside the top right corner of the blue paint, and he drilled it into the back corner.

Montour broke a tie with Dunn (2022-23) for Kraken record for goals in a season by a defenseman with 15.

The Kraken host Utah on Friday night. The Canadiens host Florida on Saturday night.

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Montreal Canadiens left wing Juraj Slafkovsky (20) greets teammates, including defenseman Mike Matheson (8) after scoring against the Seattle Kraken during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Montreal Canadiens left wing Juraj Slafkovsky, second from left, celebrates his goal against the Seattle Kraken with teammates Cole Caufield (13) and Nick Suzuki (14) as Kraken right wing Eeli Tolvanen, right, looks away during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken right wing Eeli Tolvanen (20) celebrates his goal against the Montreal Canadiens with center Chandler Stephenson (9) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Montreal Canadiens center Nick Suzuki (14) grabs Seattle Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn (29) as officials try to separate players from both teams after Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson collided with Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes, far left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj (72) fights with Seattle Kraken right wing Jordan Eberle (7) and defenseman Adam Larsson (6) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour (62) reacts to scoring as Montreal Canadiens center Alex Newhook (15) looks down during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour (62) reacts to scoring to win 5-4 in overtime as Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson (48) and goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) react in an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers decided unanimously Wednesday to eliminate so-called “sitting and standing” balloting — one of the four methods they use to vote in the National Assembly — agreeing that it discriminated against a parliamentarian who uses a wheelchair because it required him to stand.

The lawmaker, Sébastien Peytavie, argued that his exclusion as a wheelchair user from stand-up votes in parliament’s lower house is part of a bigger picture of France continuing to lag in its obligations to ensure equal rights for people with disabilities. Speaking from his wheelchair to fellow lawmakers, Peytavie said that eliminating the voting method would “show that everyone, regardless of their situation, has the right to a seat in this Assembly.”

“This text is admittedly symbolic but it's a reminder that it is the failure to adapt the environment that creates a disability, not a person's physical situation,” he said.

He noted that the 18th-century parliament building itself, while “beautiful,” also isn't fully accessible to people with disabilities — a state of affairs that's true of the Paris Metro and many other public and private services and venues across France.

“The rules that govern our institution were created — like this Assembly — by and for people without disabilities,” Peytavie said.

By 183 votes for and none against, lawmakers unanimously backed his proposed rule-change that clears the way for the National Assembly president, Yaël Braun-Pivet, to eliminate stand-up votes. Although the voting method is infrequently used, Peytavie said it excludes lawmakers who can’t stand up.

“This situation isn’t theoretical. I wasn’t able to take part in several votes even though I was present in the chamber,” he said.

Other voting methods used by French lawmakers, depending on the circumstances, are a show of hands, with an electronic voting box or with paper ballots dropped into an urn. Peytavie said shows of hands or electronic votes would be used instead of stand-up votes after the change takes effect.

Peytavie also reminded colleagues that he'd also been unable to vote twice in July last year when lawmakers were called one-by-one to walk up stairs to the Assembly podium to cast paper ballots in an urn. At the time, Peytavie posted on social media that because parliamentary workers were refusing to bring the urn to him, he'd had to block the stairs until they gave way.

“Is it that hard?” he posted back then on X.

FILE - Lawmakers listen to French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivering his general policy speech, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)