NHL: Florida 3, Montreal 2 (OT)

MONTREAL, March 11 (UPI) -- Olli Jokinen scored his second goal of the game in overtime Thursday night to give Florida a 3-2 victory over Montreal.

Florida's Roberto Luongo stopped 15 shots in the third period and three more in overtime.

Jokinen skated down the left side and fired a shot from the faceoff dot that deflected off the stick of defenseman Patrice Brisebois and sailed over the glove of Mathieu Garon with 3:31 left in overtime.

The Canadiens had won eight of their previous nine games to move within one point of sixth-place New Jersey in the East. But they have been unable to beat Luongo, a Montreal native who improved to 3

Florida's Josh Olson scored in his NHL debut off an assist from former Canadien Donald Audette.