In Montreal, the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their current point streak to eight games with a 4-3 win over the Canadiens on Sunday afternoon.
Pierre-Luc Dubois struck for two goals and three points in the win.
“You feel like at this point of the year, it’s a race to make the [Stanley Cup] Playoffs,” Dubois said. “And you look at the scores every night, and it seems like the teams around you never lose, or they’ll lose only a few. So to come back from the break, two afternoon games, two big games against teams that it wasn’t their first game from the break — you know, they weren’t rusty — it’s huge to get three points.”
Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves in the win.
“[Dubois] was a beast, and that’s what we expect out of him,” Columbus’ Nick Foligno said. “So the standard’s now set, every game is going to be that standard. But that’s what he can bring. You know, that’s why he is so good and counted on so much on this team, and he brought it tonight.”
Tomas Tatar and Max Domi scored for Montreal.
“We’ve just got to get ready for the next game,” Domi said. “That’s all that matters, is game by game here and short memories, but just look forward to the next one and be ready to go.” —
Vladislav Gavrikov also scored for the Blue Jackets and Gustav Nyquist potted an empty net to make it 4-2 late.
Shea Weber scored to make it close at the end.
“We kept shooting ourselves in the foot there and just letting the game get away, and eventually it cost us at the end,” Weber said.
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Carey Price made 23 saves in the loss.
“I don’t think we got outplayed,” Canadiens coach Claude Julien said. “I think it was a tight game, and the difference was the mistakes. We made a few mistakes that ended up in the back of our net.”
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