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COLUMBUS http://www.kingsproshop.com/authentic-alex-iafallo-jersey , Ohio (AP) — Carey Price was terrific for the Montreal Canadiens on a night his team was outplayed for much of the game and outshot by the Columbus Blue Jackets. That’s how it happens sometimes when things are going right.Price stopped 34 shots as the Canadiens won their fourth in a row, beating the Blue Jackets 4-1 on Friday night. Surging Montreal has won five of the last six while trying to move out of the middle of the pack in the Atlantic Division. The Canadiens are a point out of second place behind Toronto.Columbus, which had its own four-game win streak come to an end, outshot Montreal 35-26, but Price stopped some shots that would have been goals on other nights for the hot Blue Jackets. The Columbus top-liners — Cam Atkinson, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Artemi Panarin — all came up empty after each recorded points in every game of the win streak.Tomas Tatar and Joel Armia each scored twice as the Canadiens won in Columbus for the first time since 2015.“It’s a hard league to win on the road,” said Tatar, who got his first goals in 11 games, a drought dating to Dec. 28. “We were mentally ready for the game and we played great.”Joonas Korpisalo had 22 saves for the Blue Jackets Womens Anze Kopitar Jersey , who play the second leg of a back-to-back on Saturday before heading into their bye week and the All-Star break.Korpisalo allowed a big rebound on a slap shot by Shea Weber and Tatar tapped it in for an easy goal for Montreal 6:44 into the game.Tatar got behind the Columbus defense and beat Korpisalo again in the second period, during a stretch in which the Blue Jackets were dominating but couldn’t find the back of the net.Columbus got on the board 5:17 into the third period when Oliver Bjorkstrand knocked one into the net amid heavy traffic in front.Armia got his first after Korpisalo had abandoned the net and was going to the bench to make way for an extra skater. He added an empty-netter with 1:12 left in the game.“I like the way our team handled the third period,” Montreal coach Claude Julien said. “We didn’t stop playing, we didn’t give them much, we closed the play quickly. The second (period) was a little bit off. A big win in this building that’s been extremely hot as of late.”The Blue Jackets hit the post four times. Atkinson, the team’s stop scorer and an NHL All-Star, was 0 for 6 shooting the puck.“I think we played well enough to get at least a point out of that — but we don’t,” Columbus coach John Tortorella said.Columbus is tied for second in points with Washington and one behind the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division.NOTES: Columbus F Brandon Dubinsky was back in the lineup after missing four games with a strained oblique muscle. Anthony Duclair was a healthy scratch to make room. … Montreal F Paul Byron served the first of a three-game suspension for a charge and hit the head against Florida Panthers defenseman MacKenzie Weegar on Tuesday. Matthew Peca replaced him. … Montreal, with the league’s worst power play Authentic Derek Forbort Jersey Kids , was 0 for 3 with the man advantage.UP NEXT:Montreal: Hosts Philadelphia on Saturday.Columbus: At Minnesota on Saturday night. CALGARY, Alberta — The last time the Calgary Flames played the St. Louis Blues they scored four goals in the first period on their way to a convincing 7-2 road win at Enterprise Center on Sunday afternoon.Since then, the Flames (22-11-3) have dropped two straight decisions, including a hard-fought 5-4 shootout setback to the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday.Calgary captain Mark Giordano and his teammates would like nothing more than to get back to the form they showed in St. Louis, but they know that the Blues (13-16-4) will have redemption on their minds when the two teams meet up at the Saddledome on Saturday for a rematch.Article continues below ...“Any time you play a team twice in a week, there’s usually a bit of bad blood spilling over,” said Giordano, who had a goal and an assist against the Blues on Sunday. “The fact that we did beat them in their rink, they’re going to come out hard.“They’re trying to do the same thing we are — get a big win before the break and feel good about ourselves.”Once again Youth Dion Phaneuf Jersey , the Flames and Blues will meet up for an afternoon affair before players on both teams go their separate ways for a four-day Christmas break.“You always want to go into any break feeling good,” Giordano said. “I think our team’s in a good spot, but it’s a big two points and it’s an early game, so you get up, come to the rink and play. There shouldn’t be any distractions and then we get a nice little break with our families after that.”Calgary coach Bill Peters confirmed on Friday that goalie Mike Smith will start in net against the Blues to give David Rittich, who has started Calgary’s past four games, a bit of a breather.“First time he’s been able to practice in a long time,” said Peters in regards to Smith, who has been battling an undisclosed injury. “He’s won his last six straight starts http://www.kingsproshop.com/authentic-drew-doughty-jersey , so he’s going in (on Saturday).“I think he’s going to be dialed in and feeling really good about himself and come in and play really well (on Saturday).”Following their ugly loss at home to the Flames, the Blues bounced back with a 4-1 road win over the Edmonton Oilers two nights later before losing 5-1 in Vancouver to the Canucks on Thursday.“We took a period off and that’s the result we’re going to get, but I think there was a lot of positives out there, so we’ve just got to stay positive and be ready for Calgary,” said defenseman Joel Edmundson after the loss in Vancouver, pointing out that the Blues had a horrible second period to let the Canucks take control of the game. “At the end of the day, when you take a period off, good teams will take advantage of that.”After an afternoon practice at the Calgary Corral on Friday, St. Louis coach Craig Berube said that one of the keys to slowing down the Flames’ offensive attack is to focus on not being careless with the puck when they have possession.“Puck possession’s really important against these guys Dustin Brown Jersey ,” Berube told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Puck support’s really important against these guys. And blue-lines will be important. Not turning it over at the blue-lines, getting it by ’em.“They’re an aggressive hockey team. They come at you. Their ‘D’ really hold blue-lines, and they’re going to try and jam everything.”Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who played 279 games for the Flames from 2009 to 2013, said the Blues will definitely be gunning for revenge on Saturday afternoon.“The last game against them was pretty ugly, so we’ll have that in the back of our mind,” Bouwmeester told the Post-Dispatch.