Weber gives Canadiens 5th straight win, 3-2 over Islanders
NEW YORK — Shea Weber came through with a late goal to get the NHL-leading Montreal Canadiens another big win.
Weber’s power-play goal with 2:57 remaining lifted the Canadiens to their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night. Paul Byron and Phillip Danault also scored to help Montreal improve to 6-0-1 and remain the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss.
“It’s still early but we’ve done some good things so far,” Weber said after getting his third goal and ninth point since being acquired in a big off-season trade with Nashville. “Got to keep winning games. It doesn’t mean anything if we lose two, three in a row. We got to keep getting better every night.”
Al Montoya, who played for the Islanders from 2010-12, stopped 26 shots in his first start since Oct. 18 as the Canadiens beat New York for the seventh straight time.