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NHL: Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 1

Sun, 11/08/2009 - 11:11 by shalini.bahadur

Montreal -- Tampa Bay got a goal and an assist each from Ryan Malone and Alex Tanguay Saturday as the Lightning downed the Montreal Canadiens 3-1.

The Bolts dealt a blow to Montreal just over two minutes into the second period, regaining a two-goal lead at 3-1 when Tanguay blasted a shot off the post and rookie centerman James Wright drove to the net to pick up the puck, which was sitting just behind Montreal goalie Carey Price along the goal line.

At the other end of the ice, Tampa Bay's Antero Niittymaki stood tall in the net with 36 saves.

NHL: Montreal 2, Atlanta 1 (SO)

Wed, 10/21/2009 - 10:04 by shalini.bahadur

Montreal, Oct. 20: Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta scored the only goals in the shootout Tuesday, giving the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over Atlanta.

The Canadiens halted a five-game losing streak which had equaled their longest stretch of futility from last year. The skid came after Montreal won its first two games of the season.

Atlanta suffered its second loss, but the Thrashers have picked up at least one point in five of their six games to date.

Gionta scored the game's first goal with 2:16 left in the opening period and Montreal maintained a 1-0 lead until Colby Armstrong tied it up 6:06 into the third.