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Josh Anderson scored twice and added an assist as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.
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Canadiens → score → win
Chris Kreider had one goal and one assist while Oliver Kapanen and Alexandre Texier also scored as Montreal (9-3-2) returned home from an undefeated four-game Western road trip.
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Montreal → have → trip
Lane Hutson pitched in with two assists.
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Hutson → pitch → assists
Jacob Fowler made 25 saves and became the third Canadiens rookie goalie in the past 40 years to win seven consecutive games.
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Fowler → make → games
Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson replied with one goal and two assists each, while Tommy Novak and Rickard Rakell tallied one goal and one assist apiece for Pittsburgh (5-7-2).
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Novak → reply → Pittsburgh
Sergei Murashov stopped 22 shots.
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Murashov → stop → shots
Karlsson teed up a one-timer to open the scoring on the power play at 2:08, but the Canadiens swiftly replied with two goals 24 seconds apart.
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Canadiens → tee → goals
Kapanen beat a shaky Murashov between the legs for his first goal in 24 games — regular season and playoffs combined — after Owen Beck found him on the rush at 2:41.
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Beck → beat → 2:41
Anderson then picked off Hendrix Lapierre’s breakout pass and ripped a shot into the top-right corner.
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Anderson → pick → corner
Pittsburgh responded at 7:28 of an action-packed first period when Novak slipped a backhand through Fowler off the rush.
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Novak → respond → rush
The Canadiens opened the second with another burst, scoring twice in 27 seconds to take a 4-2 lead at 2:21.
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Canadiens → open → 2:21
Texier beat Murashov with a deke after a slick behind-the-back pass from Hutson, then Kreider followed his own rebound for his second of the season.
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Kreider → beat → season
Rakell replied at 3:45, beating Fowler glove side after Karlsson knocked down a clearance at the blue line.
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Karlsson → reply → line
But Anderson restored Montreal’s two-goal lead when his deflection of Hutson’s point shot bounced off Murashov, defenceman Kris Letang and in.
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deflection → restore → Murashov
Crosby pulled one back with 3:11 remaining in regulation, shovelling home a rebound with the goalie pulled.
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goalie → pull → rebound
Captain Nick Suzuki (hand) remained out for his fifth straight game but appeared close to returning after joining the team’s optional morning skate.
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Suzuki → remain → skate
Veteran defenceman Mike Matheson (two weeks, lower body) and forward Kirby Dach (sick) also missed the game.
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Matheson → miss → game
Murashov fell to 0-4-1 on the season.
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Murashov → fall → season
The 22-year-old Russian entered the game with an .883 save percentage and a 3.50 goals-against average.
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Russian → enter → percentage
KEY MOMENT
Beck, called up from the AHL in Suzuki’s absence, raised the roof midway through the second period when the 22-year-old forward finished a hard hit on Penguins defenceman Kaedan Korczak, then pummelled forward Blake Lizotte in his first NHL fight.
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forward → call → fight
With his 1,112th career assist on the first goal, Crosby passed Boston Bruins great Ray Bourque for the most with one franchise in NHL history.
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Crosby → pass → history
The 39-year-old centre also tied Marcel Dionne for sixth on the all-time scoring list with 1,771 career points.
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centre → tie → points
Canadiens: Host the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 31, 2026.
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report → host → Press
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