COLUMBUS -- Max Pacioretty scored two of the Montreal Canadiens three power-play goals in the third period in a 3-2 comeback win against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Nationwide Arena on Wednesday.
Columbus led 2-0 on a first first-period goal by defenseman Kevin Connauton and a power play goal with 10:22 left in regulation by forward Ryan Johansen before Montreal scored three times in a span of 3:53.
Entering the game, Montreal (27-12-3) had the 28th-ranked power play and had failed on its first four attempts.
The Canadiens, winners of six straight on the road, won for the first time in three games. The Blue Jackets (18-20-3) have lost three straight.
Pacioretty scored the go-ahead goal with 4:37 left in the third period off of a redirect of forward Tomas Plekanec's shot for his 20th goal. That followed defenseman P.K. Subban's goal which tied the game 2-2 on a shot from the point.
Pacioretty scored on a snap shot from the right circle that started the comeback 11:30 into the third period.
Montreal goalie Carey Price didn't face many shots, and made 14 saves.
In the third period, Columbus was 13 seconds into a power play when Johansen scored his 16th goal past the stick of Price for a 2-0 lead.
Johansen set a career high by getting at least a point in 11 straight games (seven goals, six assists). He had a 10-game point streak earlier this season.
Columbus scored on its first shot for the second straight game to take a 1-0 lead after the first period.
Connauton got his seventh goal at 3:31 with the help of a screen by Blue Jackets forward Sean Collins. Columbus was on a delayed penalty when forward Jeremy Morin passed to Connauton at the left point. His shot appeared to hit a stick on the way to the net.
Montreal thought it had tied the game 1-1 with 5:01 left when a pass out of the left corner by Plekanec skimmed Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher. The redirected puck went off Sergei Bobrovsky (28 saves), and hit the right post, but Bobrovsky swiped it out with his left pad before the puck was completely across the goal line.
Montreal limited the Blue Jackets to six shots, and one quality chance in the second period. It came in the final minute when Columbus was shorthanded. Forward Matt Calvert forechecked the Canadiens into turnover and forced Price into a glove save through traffic.
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