The Montreal Canadiens tried to break their two-game losing skid with the Utah Mammoth at the Bell Centre Saturday night. Perhaps even more important in the long run than the two points was Samuel Montembeault finding his form again.

Montembeault entered the night with an abysmal .855 save percentage on the season, but he was in fine form keeping the Canadiens in it during a poor second period, before they surged in the third for a 6-2 win.

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Canadiens management can be patient on that search for a second-line centre if the present one keeps playing like this. Oliver Kapanen’s line is now plus-five in goal differential. That’s an excellent number overall at sixth in the league.

The second line was supposed to be a weakness this season. It was the black hole of last year with

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