Rookie sensation Ivan Demidov had a goal and two helpers, leading the visiting Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks Saturday at Rogers Arena.

Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky and Mike Matheson also scored for Montreal (7-3-0), with goalie Jakub Dobeš picking up the win in net, making 28 saves. Forward Elias Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk and Conor Garland replied for Vancouver (4-5-0). Captain Quinn Hughes and Pettersson each dished out a pair of assists, while Kevin Lankinen stopped 20 of 24 shots and took the loss.

Pettersson opened the scoring 4:42 into the first period, converting a nice return pass from Filip Hronek for his second goal of the season.

The Canucks outshot the Canadiens, who had plenty of vocal fans in red Habs jerseys out in force at the game, 11-4 in th

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