NHL NEWS NOV 13 – CANADIENS SET FRANCHISE RECORD WITH 10-0-0 START AT HOME

The Canadiens raced to a 3-0 lead in the first period and Carey Price made 25 saves as Montreal improved to 10-0-0 at Bell Centre in 2016-17, establishing a franchise record for consecutive home wins to begin a season.

The Canadiens are just the third team in NHL history to win each of their first 10 home games in a season, joining the 1925-26 Senators (10-0-0) and 1963-64 Blackhawks (11-0-0).

At 13-1-1 (27 points), the League-leading Canadiens became the 11th team in NHL history to begin a season by winning 13 of their first 15 games. Elias notes that the Avalanche were the last team to do so, beginning with a 14-2-0 mark in 2013-14.

Price posted his second shutout of the season to improve to 10-0-0 (1.40 GAA, .957 SV%). He is the first goaltender in NHL history to win each of his first 10 appearances to start a season. Only one other netminder has won at least each of his first 10 decisionsin a season: Chicago’s Ray Emery in 2012-13 (12-0-0 in 15 GP).

HOMETOWN HOCKEY TOUR STOPS IN MONTREAL
Two of the top teams in the NHL meet at United Center when the Canadiens (13-1-1, 27 points) visit the Blackhawks (10-3-2, 22 points) on Rogers Hometown Hockey, which makes its fifth stop of the season in Montreal. The contest also marks the return to Chicago for forward Andrew Shaw, who won the Stanley Cup twice with the Blackhawks before being acquired by the Canadiens in June.

Throughout 2016-17, Sunday games will be broadcast from a different community rink in various towns across Canada. Included in each telecast will be local NHL player profiles, grassroots stories and local entertainment features.

The Hometown Hockey Tour stops in Windsor later this month.

NHL MUSINGS FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE

• Hurricanes teammates Teuvo Teravainen (1-3—4) and Jordan Staal (1-3—4) established and matched career highs for points in a game, respectively. Staal also hit the 400-career point plateau
• Filip Forsberg (1-1—2), who matched a franchise record with 33 goals in 2015-16, scored his first goal of the season as the Predators extended their point streak to six games (4-0-2) on the heels of a 2-5-1 start
• The Sharks have started their six-game road trip with three straight wins
• The Flyers improved to 9-2-1 in 12 all-time meetings with the Wild in Philadelphia
• Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko (1-3—4) matched career highs for assists and points in a game
• Predators forward James Neal (2-0—2) scored for the fourth straight game (5-1—6)
• Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich also scored for a fourth straight game (4-2—6)
• Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho scored the first two goals of his NHL career (14 GP)
• Panthers forward Kyle Rau (18 GP) and Blue Jackets defenseman Markus Nutivaara (13 GP) also each scored their first NHL goal
• Bruins captain Zdeno Chara registered his 400th career assist
• Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf played in his 800th career NHL game.

SATURDAY’S NHL RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
MONTREAL 5, Detroit 0
San Jose 3, TAMPA BAY 1
FLORIDA 3, NY Islanders 2 (OT)
NEW JERSEY 4, Buffalo 2
PHILADELPHIA 3, Minnesota 2
PITTSBURGH 4, Toronto 1
CAROLINA 5, Washington 1
COLUMBUS 8, St. Louis 4
Boston 2, ARIZONA 1
NASHVILLE 5, Anaheim 0
NY Rangers 4, CALGARY 1

SNEAK PEEK AT SUNDAY’S NHL ACTION
All Times Eastern
Los Angeles @ Winnipeg, 2 p.m.
Dallas @ Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Minnesota @ Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Boston @ Colorado, 7 p.m.
Montreal @ Chicago, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers @ Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.