In Montreal, a four-goal middle frame was enough for the Canadiens to defeat the New York Islanders, 5-3, on Saturday night.
Josh Anderson hit for a double in the second period outburst when the Canadiens took a 4-0 lead into the third period..
Sam Montembeault made 30 saves in the win.
The Habs moved to 13-13-4.
After a scoreless opening stanza, the Canadiens hit for their outburst in the middle frame, starting with Joel Armia scoring at 7:45 for a 1-0 lead.
Anderson scored his fist of the period at 10:35 to extend the lead to 2-0 for Montreal.
Anderson’s double came at 19:06 to push the lead to 3-0.
Montreal’s Cole Caufield ballooned the lead to 4-0 15 seconds later.
The Islanders dropped to 14-8-8.
New York rallied in the third with three goals to close the gap.
Brock Nelson scored a pair of goals for the Isles in the third, his two trimmed the deficit to 4-2.
Nelson’s first was a shorthanded marker at 2:07.
His double came at 3:43 to get the Isles within two at 4-2.
Bo Horvat then hit a marker at 14:06 to trim the deficit to one at 4-3.
The Canadiens finally responded with an empty-net strike by Christian Dvorak at 19:40 for the 5-3 final count.
Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves in the loss.
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