COLUMBUS — The Montreal Canadiens extended their winning streak to a season-high four games by defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 at Nationwide Arena on Friday.
Tomas Tatar and Joel Armia each scored twice, and Carey Price made 34 saves for the Canadiens (27-17-5), who have won five of six and allowed two or fewer goals in eight of the past 10 games.
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored and Joonas Korpisalo made 22 saves for the Blue Jackets (28-16-30), who had won four in a row.
Tatar put the Canadiens up 1-0 at 6:44 of the first period. Korpisalo couldn’t control Shea Weber‘s shot from the right point, and Tatar was alone to the left of the crease for his first goal in 11 games, since Dec. 28 against the Florida Panthers.
Tatar made it 2-0 at 8:27 of the second period on Montreal’s first shot in a span of 17:38.
Bjorkstrand made it 2-1 at 5:17 of third period. Price saved a Seth Jones shot, and the rebound came to Riley Nash, who poked the puck to Bjorkstrand.
Armia scored at 17:46 as Korpisalo was leaving the ice for an extra attacker, and at 18:48 into an empty net with Max Domi assisting on each to make it 4-1.
from A Viral Update http://bit.ly/2RAymx3
0 Comments