Thu, Jan 28, 2021
AP Sports
MONTREAL (AP) - Carey Price made 23 saves, Brendan Gallagher, Shea Weber, Josh Anderson and Tyler Toffoli scored and unbeaten Montreal beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Thursday night in the Canadiens' home opener.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jonathan Drouin each had two assists to help the Canadiens improve to 5-0-2.
Sam Bennett ended Price's shutout bid with 1:18 left. Rasmus Andersson added a second power-play goal with 22.7 seconds to play.
The teams will meet again Saturday night in Montreal.
NOTES: Calgary's Matthew Tkachuk dropped the gloves for a brief scrap with Montreal's Ben Chiarot midway through the third period. ... Corey Perry assisted on Gallagher's goal for his 799th NHL point.
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