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02/04 21:43 CST Canadiens beat Jets 5-1 to extend points streak to 5 games
Canadiens beat Jets 5-1 to extend points streak to 5 games
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) --- Brendan Gallagher and Josh Anderson each had a goal
and two assists, Samuel Montembeault stopped 36 shots to earn his first win
since Jan. 17 and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 on
Wednesday night.
Rookie Oliver Kapanen, Lane Hutson and Phillip Danault, also scored for the
Canadiens, who are 4-0-1 during a five-game points streak and 6-2-1 in their
last nine.
Montembeault, who made his first start since Jan. 24, had given up three or
more goals in five of his six previous starts.
Kyle Connor scored for the Jets and Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves.
Winnipeg took an early 1-0 lead when Connor scored his 25th goal on a one-timer
during a power play at 6:07 of the first period.
Kapanen, who's heading to the Olympics for Finland, got his 18th goal 10
minutes later when a rebound went off Jet Cole Perfetti's stick right to him
and he then flipped the puck past a sprawled Hellebuyck.
Montreal went ahead 3-1 at 6:44 of the second after goals 76 seconds apart by
Anderson and Hutson.
The Jets missed a chance to pull closer then they hit a post and Montembeault
later snagged a close-in shot by Dylan DeMelo. They were also stymied on four
shots on goal during a power play early in the third.
Gallagher's goal came with 3 seconds left on a power play at 10:57 of the
third. Danault put the puck into an empty net with 14 seconds remaining to cap
the scoring.
Up next
Canadiens: Host the New York Islanders on Feb. 26.
Jets: At Vancouver on Feb. 25.
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