MONTREAL -- Tomas Plekanec had a goal and three assists when the Montreal Canadiens ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Bell Centre on Saturday.
Brendan Gallagher and P.K. Subban each had a goal and an assist, and Lars Eller and Tom Gilbert also scored for Montreal (25-24-4), which ended a five-game home losing streak.
Ben Scrivens made 23 saves for his first win in five games with the Canadiens. Scrivens, who was acquired from Edmonton in a trade for forward Zack Kassian on Dec. 28, lost his shutout when Benoit Pouliot scored a shorthanded goal at 1:51 of the third period.
It was Scrivens' first NHL win since March 25, 2015 in the Oilers' 4-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche.
Cam Talbot made 19 saves for Edmonton (21-27-5), which had outscored its opponents 12-3 during its past two games.
Anders Nilsson replaced Talbot to start the third period and made 12 saves. Montreal won for the sixth time in 27 games after starting 19-4-3. The Canadiens had scored more than three goals twice in their previous 28 games, including a 5-1 win against the Boston Bruins in the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1.
Montreal, which hosts the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, has not won consecutive games since a four-game winning streak from Nov. 20-27.
Gallagher and Eller scored in the first period to give Montreal a 2-0 lead. Gallagher scored his 13th goal on a power play at 7:27 when he tipped Plekanec's shot from the right point past Talbot.
Eller increased the lead to 2-0 with his ninth goal at 16:11. Plekanec made it 3-0 with his 10th goal at 11:48 of the second.
Subban, who extended his point streak to five games with an assist on Gallagher's goal, scored his fifth goal at 18:01 to give Montreal a 4-0 lead He has two goals and six assists during his streak.
Pouliot put a backhand past Scrivens early in the third period to make it 4-1. Plekanec matched his career high for points in a game with his third assist on Gilbert's first goal at 9:59 of the third, which completed the scoring.
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