Aho, Corridor rating in 2nd interval as Hurricanes beat Canadiens 4-1 for tenth win in 12 video games

Jackson Blake had a purpose and two assists, Andrei Svechnikov additionally scored, and Seth Jarvis had two assists for Carolina in its tenth win in 12 video games. Frederik Andersen stopped 14 pictures.

Josh Anderson scored for Montreal, which has misplaced 5 straight . Sam Montembeault had 21 saves.

Corridor put the Hurricanes forward 2-1 with a power-play purpose with 6:14 left within the second. It was Corridor’s seventeenth of the season, and fifth within the final three video games.

Aho made it a two-goal lead from the suitable circle with 4:50 to go within the center interval for his twenty seventh.

Svechnikov, again within the lineup after lacking seven video games with an higher physique harm, added an empty-netter with 1 minute remaining.

Anderson gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead simply 23 seconds into the sport on their first shot with a one-timer from between the circles.

Blake was credited with the tying purpose 18 seconds later as his deflection of Jaccob Slavin’s level shot deflected off the skates of two Canadiens gamers and in by way of Montembeault’s skates.

Defenseman Kaiden Guhle returned for Montreal after a 21-game absence as a consequence of a quadriceps harm that required surgical procedure. Takeaways

Canadiens: Montreal is holding on to the second wild card within the Japanese Convention, starting the day with a one-point lead on the New York Islanders and New York Rangers.

Hurricanes: Carolina has agency management of second place within the Metropolitan Division and home-ice benefit within the first spherical of the playoffs. Key second

Lower than 2 1/2 minutes after Corridor gave the Hurricanes the lead, Jarvis skated up the left aspect and saucered a cross-ice go over the stick of sliding Canadiens defenseman Alexandre Service to Aho, who redirected it up over the Montembeault’s glove to make it 3-1. Key stat

The Canadiens had simply seven pictures on purpose by way of the primary 40 minutes — 4 within the first interval and three within the second. Up subsequent

Canadiens play at Florida on Sunday to open a home-and-home set, and Hurricanes host the New York Islanders.

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