The Wild have an opportunity to break that record against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Friday.
"I've been a part of some good runs before, never 10 in a row, so this is fun," Staal said. "You want to keep this riding as long as you can, and it's a lot of fun winning. We're going into the break feeling real good and it's going to be a great effort to put everything on the line Friday] and then exhale for a couple of days."
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Max Pacioretty and Artturi Lehkonen scored and Carey Price made 23 saves for Montreal (21-8-4), which has lost two of its past three home games.
"What they do well is clog it up as a five-man unit," Canadiens right wing Brendan Gallagher said. "They do a good job of shutting down speed and making it tough to generate chances that way. They're always in your face, they're a well-structured team. Obviously they've won as many hockey games as they have for a reason. They're tough to beat."
The Canadiens blew leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the second period.
"We hung in there pretty well," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. "I thought it was a really good game. Unfortunately for them, they were using four defensemen almost for the whole game and I think they got a little tired at the end. But I thought we never quit and we always believed, and when you believe, good things happen."
Montreal took a 1-0 lead at 2:01 of the second while the Wild were on a power play. Pacioretty raced down the ice after Spurgeon misplayed the puck at the Canadiens blue line to score his 14th goal, the first shorthanded goal allowed by Minnesota this season.
Schroeder, who was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, scored his first goal in three games with the Wild this season at 7:09 to make it 1-1.
