MONTREAL — Roman Hamrlik had a uniquely patriotic way of describing fellow Czech Tomas Plekanec’s setup pass for his game-winning goal last night.
“He made a nice Czech sausage, that’s what we call it,” said Hamrlik, who scored 1:32 into overtime as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 victory over the Islanders.
Hamrlik took Plekanec’s centering flip pass from the right side on a 2-on-1 and put a shot into the open left side.
“Sometimes in practice when you do a nice flip, we call it a Czech sausage,” Hamrlik said. “He made a great pass. It was perfect, I couldn’t miss it.”
Jeff Tambellini drew the Isles even for the second time 15:24 into the third with his second power-play goal of the game.
“Jeff’s a guy who’s got a boatload of talent,” Islanders defenseman Andy Sutton said. “He needs to get some confidence at this level and he can really score.”
Martin Biron stopped 28 shots for the Islanders (1-4-5). Biron made 38 saves in a 5-1 loss Thursday at Montreal, which began the Islanders’ current 0-1-2 skid.
“We’re playing some great games,” Biron said. “We’ve played one game that was really, really bad out of 10, and that was the game against Montreal here last week. We’ve gone to overtime six times so one bounce one way or the other and it could be a different thing and that’s the positive we’ve got to take out of it.”
The Islanders’ John Tavares, the top overall pick in the June draft, was held without a point for a fourth straight game. He recorded four goals and three assists in the Isles’ first six games.
Islanders captain Doug Weight did not make the trip. Weight, who is suffering flu-like symptoms, missed his third straight game.
Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves in his fourth straight start for the Canadiens (6-5-0), who finished a 4-2 homestand.
Travis Moen, who assisted on Jaroslav Spacek’s goal in the first, got his third goal 7:44 into the third period to put the Canadiens up 2-1. Mike Cammalleri extended his points streak to five games with an assist on the score.
Glen Metropolit, who was ill earlier in the day and didn’t practice, assisted on both Montreal goals.
