Carey Price stopped 40 shots and Brendan Gallagher scored the eventual game-winning goal as the Montreal Canadiens edged the Dallas Stars 3-2 on at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night.
Here's what you need to know:
- Montreal won its third consecutive game and fourth in the last five.
- Dallas lost its second straight contest and third in the last five.
- Price was named the game's first star after earning his 25th win.
- Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin scored on a bizarre bounce in the first period, then received a boarding major and game misconduct for his hit on Jason Spezza in the second frame.
- The Stars capitalized with the man advantage as a goal by Patrick Eaves brought Dallas within one, but it was as close as they would get.
- Alex Galchenyuk gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead when he finished off an impressive rush by burying a slick backhander past Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen midway through the first period.
- The Stars outshot the Canadiens 42-26.