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Montreal Skates Past St. Louis 5-2 - Recap

The Canadiens beat St. Louis 5-2 on Saturday, earning a victory backstopped by Carey Price's 32 saves.

The Canadiens were a +127 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.

Shea Weber, Brendan Gallagher, Jonathan Drouin, Nick Suzuki, and Jordan Weal each scored for the Canadiens in the victory. Weal opened the scoring for Montreal.

Carey Price stopped 32 of 34 St. Louis shots in the victory.

Jaden Schwartz, and David Perron scored for the Blues, finding the net behind Carey Price.

St. Louis got a 20-stop effort from Jake Allen in the loss.

On the power play, Montreal went 2-for-5, while the Blues were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

St. Louis outshot Montreal 34-25 in the game.

Next game, Montreal takes its act on the road to face Minnesota looking for another win. For St. Louis, they head home to face Colorado.