Canadiens Come Back For 4-3 Win Over Canucks - Beritaja

VANCOUVER – Ivan Demidov scored and notched a brace of assists, and the Montreal Canadiens staged a third-period comeback to down the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 connected Saturday.

Montreal (7-3-0) fell down 2-0 midway done the 2nd play earlier skipper Nick Suzuki sparked the resurgence pinch a power-play extremity that extended his constituent streak to 9 games (two goals, 11 assists).

Juraj Slafkovsky followed pinch a power-play extremity of his ain early successful the 3rd earlier Mike Matheson scored astatine the 8:19 people to springiness the Habs the lead.

Elias Pettersson scored and had 2 assists and Conor Garland registered 1 of each for the Canucks (4-5-0).

Vancouver besides sewage a extremity from Jake DeBrusk, 2 assists from skipper Quinn Hughes and 20 saves from Kevin Lankinen arsenic the squad dropped its 3rd consecutive game.

Takeaways

Canucks: The location broadside took a 2-0 lead midway done the 2nd play erstwhile DeBrusk tipped successful a Quinn Hughes changeable connected the powerfulness play, but ran into punishment problem midway done the framework and saw Montreal level the people and return the momentum.

Canadiens: With Patrik Laine expected to miss respective months pursuing room for a halfway injury, the Habs will request to look elsewhere for offence. Several players stepped up Saturday, pinch 8 players netting a goal, an assistance aliases both.

Key Moment

Slafkovsky levelled the people astatine 2-2 little than 2 minutes into the 3rd period, firing a wrist changeable successful from the bottommost of the faceoff circle connected Montreal’s 2nd man advantage of the night.

Key Stat

Garland collected his 300th NHL constituent pinch his extremity 16:12 into the 3rd period.

Up Next

Canadiens: Visit the Kraken successful Seattle connected Tuesday.

Canucks: Host the Edmonton Oilers connected Sunday.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Oct. 25, 2025.