NEWARK, N.J. — Michael Bournival scored his first two goals of the season, and Carey Price made 22 saves on a personal milestone night as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to five with a 4-2 victory over the Devils on Friday.
Price got his 200th victory in his 400th game as Montreal won for the eighth time in its past nine games. Max Pacioretty and Tomas Plekanec also scored for the Canadiens.
Friday’s Highlights
Steve Downie scored twice after missing five games with the mumps, and the Penguins used a three-goal, first-period lead to defeat the Lightning 6-3. Chris Kunitz scored a power-play goal, his 12th of the year, and Evgeni Malkin netted his 17th as Pittsburgh won its ninth straight home game against Tampa Bay. … Roberto Luongo made 30 saves for his 68th career shutout to lead the Panthers past the Sabres 2-0. Brad Boyes and Nick Bjugstad scored for Florida, which won for the first time in three games. Luongo has shutouts in his last three starts in Buffalo, and this one moved him into sole possession of 13th on the NHL’s career list. …
Brad Malone scored his first goal of the season, and Eric Staal got his 10th as the Hurricanes held on for a 2-1 victory over the Flyers. Cam Ward made 20 saves for the Hurricanes, who won for only the third time in a month and scored as many as two goals for just the fourth time in the past 14 games. … Kyle Brodziak, Jared Spurgeon and Mikko Koivu scored, Darcy Kuemper made 34 saves, and the Wild beat the Maple Leafs 3-1. … John Tavares scored twice to lead the Islanders to their third straight victory, 2-1 over the Flames.
FOOTNOTE
Perron traded to Penguins. The Oilers traded left wing David Perron to the Penguins for a 2015 first-round draft pick and center Rob Klinkhammer.
