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Bo Horvat registered a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who
won their third in a row and prevailed for the sixth time in
seven games. Travis Hamonic, Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson
also scored, and Thatcher Demko made 22 saves.
Miller tied his career high for points, logging four for the
fifth time overall and the third time this season.
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and an assist and Rem Pitlick
produced a goal and two assists for Montreal, which lost for
just the second time in its past nine games. Sam Montembeault
stopped 28 of 32 shots.
Miller broke a 2-2 tie at 3:44 of the third period. He
pokechecked the puck away from Montreal defenseman Jeff Petry at
center ice and skated over the blue line on a breakaway. Instead
of driving all the way to the net, Miller unleashed a wrist shot
from the top of the left faceoff circle into the far upper
corner of the net.
Miller has seven goals and 14 assists during his scoring streak.
Pettersson added a power-play goal at 8:53 of the third, skating
through three defenders before taking a wrister from the left
faceoff circle.
Pitlick scored at 15:35 to make it 4-3 with the goalie pulled
for an extra attacker, putting a one-timer into the net from low
in the right circle after taking a cross-ice pass from Cole
Caufield.
Horvat clinched the victory on an empty-netter with 58 seconds
remaining.
The Canadiens opened the scoring as Lehkonen tallied on a
two-on-one breakaway at 12:41 of the first period.
The Canucks tied it 54 seconds later on Hamonic's slap shot
through traffic from the right point.
The Canucks took a 2-1 lead on a power-play goal at 10:34 of the
second. Boeser chipped his own rebound over Montembeault's
shoulder.
Lehkonen tied the score at 14:22 of the second following a
Vancouver turnover in its own end. Pitlick intercepted the puck
in the right corner, spun and fired the puck toward the front of
the net, where Lehkonen jammed it between Demko's pads.
--Field Level Media
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