Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - Tomas Plekanec and Dale Weise each scored two goals to help the Montreal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 6-2 on Saturday at Bell Centre.
P.K. Subban had three power-play assists and Carey Price stopped 21 shots for the Canadiens, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Keith Kinkaid made 38 saves as New Jersey saw its win streak end at three games and point streak halted at six games (5-0-1).
Jacob Josefson fired a backhander in off Price's glove to draw the Devils within a goal at 3:01 of the third period.
Plekanec and Weise stepped up and scored 30 seconds apart to give Montreal a 5-2 lead. Plekanec pounced on a loose puck in the bottom of the right circle and buried it behind Kinkaid at 12:04, then Weise swept in a rebound at 12:34.
Weise potted his second goal of the game with 4:42 remaining.
"The jump in their game and their execution was better than ours tonight," said New Jersey forward Mike Cammalleri.
The Devils raced out to a 1-0 lead when Cammalleri deflected Peter Harrold's shot from above the right circle past Price 1:33 into the game.
Montreal had a 2-on-1 in the middle of the second, but Kinkaid moved across to rob Brendan Gallagher at the right post.
New Jersey's Dainius Zubrus was issued a double minor for high-sticking Subban shortly thereafter. The penalty proved costly as Montreal scored power-play goals 59 seconds apart to take a 2-1 lead.
Subban dished to Andrei Markov, who drilled a one-timer from the right point that deflected in off the stick of New Jersey defenseman Andy Greene at 11:21.
Lars Eller then ripped home a feed from Subban after a New Jersey turnover at 12:20.
With 9.1 seconds left in the second, Plekanec scored on a one-timed blast on another power play to make it 3-1.
"The power-play goals gave us a lot of life tonight," said Montreal coach Michel Therrien.
Game Notes
Greene became just the sixth player in team history to play in 200 consecutive games ... David Desharnais matched Subban with three assists.
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