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Saturday, February 28, 2015

{allcanada} Price, Malhotra carry Canadiens past Maple Leafs

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MONTREAL -- Carey Price made 30 saves for his sixth shutout, and Manny Malhotra scored his first goal in 53 games with the Montreal Canadiens in a 4-0 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Bell Centre on Saturday.

David Desharnais had two goals, and Tomas Plekanec scored for Montreal (41-16-5), which has won four in a row.

Price, who has 31 NHL shutouts, is 9-0-1 in his past 10 starts.

The Canadiens lead the Eastern Conference with 87 points and are two behind the Nashville Predators atop the NHL standings.

Jonathan Bernier made 19 saves for Toronto (25-32-5), which had a two-game winning streak end.

The Maple Leafs have lost 15 in a row on the road; they were winless in 18 straight road games during the 1982-83 season.

Montreal defensemen Andrei Markov and P.K Subban, who each was plus-5 in the Canadiens' 5-2 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday, assisted on Plekanec's goal, which put Montreal up 2-0 at 12:57 of the first period during a delayed penalty against Toronto.

Markov went plus-3 and is plus-10 in his past three games; Subban finished plus-2 and is plus-8 in his past three games.

Desharnais increased the Canadiens' lead to 3-0 with his 10th goal at 1:02 of the third period. It was his 200th NHL point. He got his 201st point when he scored into an empty net with 2:33 left.

Linemates Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher each assisted on Desharnais' goals.

Malhotra, who had two assists in his first 52 games with Montreal, scored 5:00 into the first period.

Canadiens right wing Dale Weise set up the goal with a pass back to the 34-year-old center, who snapped a shot past Bernier for his first goal since April 13, 2014 for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 6-5 win at the Philadelphia Flyers.

Montreal defenseman Sergei Gonchar returned to the lineup two weeks after he sustained an upper-body injury on a hit by former Maple Leafs forward David Clarkson during the Canadiens' 2-1 shootout win against Toronto on Feb. 14.

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