MONTREAL -- Tomas Fleischmann had two goals and an assist to help the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Bell Centre on Sunday.
David Desharnais had a goal and two assists, Paul Byron scored a shorthanded goal in a second straight game, and Lars Eller had a power-play goal for Montreal (11-2-0).
Mike Condon, who made 18 saves, lost a bid for his first NHL shutout when Jets forward Chris Thorburn scored with 6:03 remaining.
Condon has won his first four games in the League, including the Canadiens' 6-2 victory at the Calgary Flames on Friday. The 25-year-old rookie started his second game in a row in place of Carey Price, who is out for a week because of a lower-body injury.
The Canadiens remained a perfect 5-0-0 at Bell Centre, their best start at home since 1979-80, when they won their first six games at the Forum.
Eller scored Montreal's fifth goal at 17:51 of the second period against Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec, who entered the game at 3:02 of the second after Desharnais scored the Canadiens' fourth goal in nine shots against starter Michael Hutchinson.
Pavelec made 16 saves for Winnipeg (7-4-1), which had won two in a row, including 3-2 at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.
Byron scored on a breakaway at 6:34 of the first period, 29 seconds after Montreal captain Max Pacioretty was penalized for high sticking.
Desharnais drove across the crease past Hutchinson on the play that led to the Canadiens' second goal at 16:26, when Fleischmann tapped in a rebound at the right side of the net.
Fleischmann made it 3-0 with his second goal of the game, his fourth of the season, 35 seconds into the second period.
Montreal, which set a League record with nine straight regulation wins to start the season, continues its four-game homestand against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
The Canadiens record for consecutive wins at home to begin a season is nine, set from Oct. 8 to Nov. 12, 1953.
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