Jeff Petry propels Canadiens past Ducks

MONTREAL -- Jeff Petry had a goal and two assists, Paul Byron had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 at Bell Centre on Tuesday.
Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty scored power-play goals, Chris Terry scored his first Canadiens goal and Carey Price made 12 saves for Montreal (21-7-4), which is 15-2-2 at home.

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The Canadiens outshot the Ducks 34-13, including 12-3 in the second and third periods.
"It's a system that, if we execute it properly, we're a tough team to beat," Petry said. "Tonight I think we used our speed really well, and that's one of our biggest assets."

Andrew Cogliano, who scored to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead at 5:19 of the first period, played his 738th consecutive game, the fifth-longest streak in NHL history. He moved ahead of St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who played 737 consecutive games for the Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames and St. Louis from March 6, 2004 through Nov. 22, 2014.
"I've been very fortunate, I've been very lucky, I think that's the obvious thing," Cogliano said. "I've taken pride in how I approach the game and what I do in the offseason and surrounding myself with good people. And I think that combined has helped me accomplish this, and I'm proud of it but it's not something I think about every day. I just want to be in the lineup, help the team win and be a part of a good team."
Cogliano's streak is the longest in the League since Steve Larmer played 884 consecutive games, the NHL's third-longest streak, for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1982-93.
Jonathan Bernier made 29 saves for the Ducks (17-12-5), who are 2-3-0 on a six-game road trip, their longest of the season.

"We didn't have the puck," Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf said. "They did a good job getting it out of their zone quickly, and Carey [Price] handled all the pucks going in, and you can't forecheck like that. You're not going to get shots on net."
Byron tied his career high with his 11th goal at 19:00 of the first period. Byron, who had 11 goals in 62 games last season, shot past Bernier on a rebound of Petry's shot on a 2-on-1.
Plekanec made it 2-1 with his third goal on a pass from Byron at 12:35 of the second period.
Petry increased the lead to 3-1 with his seventh goal at 4:32 of the third period, and assisted on Pacioretty's team-leading 13th goal at 8:52.
Terry scored with 47 seconds remaining.

Goal of the game

Bernier's clearing attempt around the boards from behind the net was cut off by Petry, whose one-timer from the right point gave Montreal a 3-1 lead.

Save of the game

Price saved Anaheim defenseman Cam Fowler's slap shot through traffic on a power-play in the second period to protect Montreal's 2-1 lead.

Highlight of the game

Byron was in the right spot to put away a rebound of Petry's shot to tie it at 1-1.

Unsung performance of the game

Canadiens forward Artturi Lehkonen took possession of the puck off a neutral zone faceoff and passed it to Byron, who set up Plekanec's power-play goal. Lehkonen also had three shots on goal and three takeaways in 12:45 of ice time.

They said it

"What happened was we turned the puck over, turned the puck over, turned the puck over, and how many dumps did Carey Price handle tonight? He was like a third defenseman back there. You have to dump the puck effectively in the NHL to establish a forecheck, and we just didn't do enough." -- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle
"It's the biggest part of my game, my biggest asset. I try to use it as much as I can and use it to read plays, and in the first period I thought our team did a great job answering the first goal against, and for the rest of the game we could just see our team speed was just too much for them on the back-to-back [games]." --Canadiens forward Paul Byron

Need to know

Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov did not play on his 38th birthday because of a lower-body injury he sustained Saturday against the Washington Capitals, ending his consecutive games streak at 116.

What's next

Ducks: At the Ottawa Senators on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, PRIME, NHL.TV)
Canadiens: Host the Minnesota Wild on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; SN360, RDS, FS-N, FS-WI, NHL.TV)