Montreal 5, Vancouver 3

First Period_1, Montreal, Anderson 5 (Suzuki, Chiarot), 13:53. 2, Montreal, Anderson 6 (Kulak, Suzuki), 17:00. Penalties_Edler, VAN (Cross Checking), 8:56; Vancouver bench, served by Hoglander (Too Many Men on the Ice), 10:09.

Second Period_3, Vancouver, Roussel 1 (Beagle, Hughes), 4:20. 4, Montreal, Toffoli 8 (Edmundson, Petry), 12:29. 5, Montreal, Toffoli 9 (Kotkaniemi, Weber), 15:47. Penalties_Roussel, VAN (Kneeing), 1:53; Drouin, MTL (Tripping), 7:29; Pearson, VAN (Hooking), 8:12; Kulak, MTL (Slashing), 19:03.

Third Period_6, Vancouver, Pettersson 4 (Hughes, Miller), 0:53 (pp). 7, Vancouver, Pearson 3 (Boeser, Hughes), 19:18. 8, Montreal, Petry 5 (Toffoli), 19:54 (en). Penalties_Anderson, MTL (Holding), 3:59.

Shots on Goal_Vancouver 10-16-13_39. Montreal 11-15-7_33.

Power-play opportunities_Vancouver 1 of 3; Montreal 0 of 4.

Goalies_Vancouver, Demko 3-4-0 (32 shots-28 saves). Montreal, Allen 3-1-0 (39-36).

A_0 (21,288). T_2:28.

Referees_Brad Meier, Corey Syvret. Linesmen_Michel Cormier, Derek Nansen.