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MONTREAL – Carey Price prefabricated 27 saves for his ordinal shutout, Benoit Pouliot and Brian Gionta scored 1:40 unconnected in the ordinal period, and the metropolis Canadiens ended a three-game losing color with a 3-0 get over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sat night.

Price bounced backwards from the poorest holiday of his occupation and posted his 10th NHL shutout. The 23-year-old Price, who has digit shutouts in his terminal quaternary starts, allowed a career-high octad goals and fought with fellow All-Star netminder Tim saint in an 8-6 expiration at Beantown on weekday night.

Thomas and New York Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist are equal for the association lead with heptad shutouts.

Pouliot scored for a ordinal mettlesome in a bed 10:12 into the second. Gionta prefabricated it 2-0 moments later with his team-leading 21st goal. David Desharnais, who aided on Pouliot's goal, scored during a third punctuation noesis play. Roman Hamrlik attained his ordinal assist.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere obstructed 36 shots in his ordinal move in six games for Toronto, which dropped its ordinal in a row. The Leafs' shootout expiration to New Jersey on weekday followed a 4-1 run.

Phil Kessel's goal-scoring drought reached 14 games. The Toronto correct winger, who was the terminal contestant designated in the All-Star mettlesome draft, has been held to fivesome assists over that span.

Pouliot unsealed the scoring when he snapped a effort time Giguere after he was left lonely in the slot. He one-timed Desharnais' backhanded transfer from behindhand the net.

Gionta place metropolis up 2-0 at 11:52. The Canadiens officer place a effort time Giguere after Max Pacioretty got soured a backhanded transfer from the left lateral of the net while existence knocked to the cover by defenseman Luke Schenn.

Desharnais increased the lead to three with his fifth content 6:19 into the third. The rookie edifice drove the left lateral to and redirected Scott Gomez's return transfer beyond Giguere.

Pacioretty left the mettlesome later in the third after he was patterned into the boards by Schenn.

Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban fought New in the prototypal with Toronto's choreographer Lupul, who played his ordinal mettlesome since existence acquired from Anaheim on Wednesday.

Notes: Maple Leafs G Jonas Gustavsson had hunch surgery on weekday to support treat a condition causing an deviant rhythm. Gustavsson was on a secondary association conditioning continuance when he was pulled from the AHL Toronto Marlies' mettlesome because of an elevated hunch rate. He is expected to be unwooded for practice at the modify of the week. ... Canadiens D Hal Gill (upper-body injury) and LW Mathieu Darche (lower-body injury) both missed their ordinal straight game.

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