"Laine, Carrier & Dobes & bang playoff team"- Fans heap praise on Montreal Canadiens after winning 9 of last 11 games

The Montreal Canadiens are on an impressive streak, winning nine of their last eleven games. They secured a 3-2 overtime win against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Friday, leading to positive reactions from fans on X (formerly Twitter).

Canadiens Montréal tweeted about the win and celebrated the Habs.

"endredi stole ashington's W," Canadiens Montréal captioned.

Fans quickly took to the comments section, with many praising the team's performance.

"Laine, Carrier & Dobes & bang playoff team," a fan said.

"What a win. If two goals is a bad day for Dobes I'll take it," another fan commented.

Nick Suzuki scored the game-winner in overtime after his pass deflected back to him and he lifted the puck over Logan Thompson.

"Suuuzzzzzyyyyyy, let's gooooo," a fan said.

Here are more reactions on X.

"when i say i yelled when we won. holy moly we're turning into a WAGON," a fan wrote.

"Incredible…this team is beating some great teams. Dobes is playing amazing and solid each game he plays…just wow! Go habs go!" another fan wrote.

"Bang Now will we break the win 3 lose 1 pattern," one fan said.

Ethen Frank shines in Capitals' OT loss to Canadiens

Jakob Chychrun gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead in the first period with a power-play goal. Cole Caufield tied it 1-1 in the second period, finishing a pass from Juraj Slafkovsky.

Josh Anderson made it 2-1 for Montreal with a short-handed goal after Rasmus Sandin’s turnover. Lars Eller tied the game 2-2 early in the third period, assisted by Ethen Frank.

Capitals coach Spencer Carbery praised Ethen Frank, who played a big role in Lars Eller’s tying goal.

“I thought he was arguably our best player on the ice,” Carbery said after the game, via NHL.com. “(He) has a positive impact. He’s the reason that we get that game tied. I thought he was fantastic.”

Jakub Dobes made 15 saves for the Canadiens, improving to 3-0-0 in his NHL career. Charlie Lindgren started for Washington but left injured, and Logan Thompson made 18 saves in relief.