VANCOUVER – Down two goals to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, the Montreal Canadiens didn’t panic.

Instead, they leaned on their special teams.

A pair of power-play goals levelled the score and the Habs went on to claim a 4-3 victory over the Canucks.

The result shows how far the Canadiens have come in recent seasons, said captain Nick Suzuki.

“I think we panicked three years ago, for sure,” he said. “And we’ve just learned and grown and just matured as a group. We know we can just continue to do our thing, and games open up for us. And then we can win those so it was definitely a mature effort from us late.”

Suzuki sparked the comeback in the second period, collecting a pass from rookie Ivan Demidov and blasting a sharp-angled shot in from under the faceoff circle to cut Vancouver

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