Alex Galchenyuk will not be denied.
The 22-year-old notched his third straight two-goal game Thursday, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the division-rival Buffalo Sabres.
Alex Galchenyuk
— NHL (@NHL) March 11, 2016
March 2 - 2 goals
March 5 - 2 goals
March 8 - 2 goals
Tonight - 2 goalshttps://t.co/dKHOQ5Vjpf
His pair of second-period tallies also propelled him past captain Max Pacioretty for the team lead with 25 goals. He has now found the back of the net 11 times in his last eight games, adding one assist during that stretch.
Galchenyuk has had six multi-goal games since Feb. 12, and is the first Canadien since Brian Savage in 1995 to post multi-goal games in three consecutive contests, and the first Canadien since Jean Beliveau in 1959 with five multi-goal games in an eight-game span.
Per @EliasSports: Alex Galchenyuk is first @CanadiensMTL player with 4 multi-goal efforts in a 5-game span since Rejean Houle in 1980.
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 11, 2016
Torrey Mitchell scored what would hold up to be the game-winner with less than seven minutes remaining in regulation.
There was a scary site in the final minutes, meanwhile, as defenseman P.K. Subban had to be stretchered off the ice after colliding with teammate Alexei Emelin.
The victory stretches the club's winning streak to two games, after the Canadiens endured a four-game skid to start the month.
