Recap
Avalanche 6, Canadiens 5, SO
Associated Press

MONTREAL (AP) - Milan Hejduk and Matt Duchene scored on Colorado's first two shootout attempts and the Avalanche extended their winning streak to four with a 6-5 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

David Jones had two goals and an assist and Semyon Varlamov made 38 saves during the game for Colorado, which blew three one-goal leads before Kyle Quincey scored with 4:03 left in regulation to send the game to overtime.

Quincey and Paul Stastny each had a goal and an assist and Chuck Kobasew scored his first Avalanche goal.

Brian Gionta, who also had two assists, and David Desharnais scored goals 20 seconds apart in the third to give Montreal a 5-4 lead at 13:17.

Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec and Travis Moen also scored for the Canadiens, who have lost three of four, including their home opener against Calgary on Thursday.

Carey Price, who stopped 24 shots, came up short in his second straight bid for his 100th career win.

Gionta put a backhand past Varlamov to tie it 12:57 into the third. Desharnais deflected Pacioretty's pass into the right side of the net for his first goal of the season at 13:17, bringing on a roar from the sold-out Bell Centre crowd of 21,273.

Jones set up Kobasew's first Colorado goal in the first before scoring twice in the second.

Jones tied it at 2 on a power play 11:37 into the middle period and scored his second goal of the period - his third of the season - at 18:42 to give the Avalanche a 5-4 lead.

Jones erased the Canadiens' 2-1 lead when he drove the left side to take Erik Johnson's pass and cut to the net to put a wrist shot past Price with Pacioretty off for holding.

Stastny made it 3-2 with an unassisted effort 54 seconds later. He got his first of the season on a breakaway, slipping a backhand between Price's pads after stripping the puck from P.K. Subban at center ice.

Moen drew Montreal even at 3 with his second goal 15:51 into the second. Moen took Gionta's pass and drove the left side with Colorado defenseman Shane O'Brien in pursuit to slip the puck past Varlamov inside the left post.

Plekanec gave the Canadiens their first lead at 2-1 with a power-play goal 1:35 into the second. The Czech center moved to the deep slot where he drove a slap shot over Varlamov's shoulder into the top right corner for his second goal of the season.

NOTES: Avalanche C Kevin Porter made his season debut as Peter Mueller missed his second straight game because of an undisclosed injury...T.J. Galiardi and Matt Hunwick were scratches for Colorado...Price, drafted fifth overall by Montreal in 2005, is 99-78-25 in 210 regular season games since 2007-08, including 202 starts.


Three star selections
1st:   MILAN HEJDUK
2nd:   MAX PACIORETTY
3rd:   BRIAN GIONTA
Winning Goaltender
Semyon Varlamov

Losing Goaltender
Carey Price

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WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
P. Parenteau 48 18 25 -11 43
M. Duchene 47 17 26 -12 43
P. Stastny 40 9 15 -7 24
J. McGinn 47 11 11 -13 22
J. Mitchell 47 10 10 5 20
R. O'Reilly 29 6 14 -3 20
G. Landeskog 36 9 8 -4 17
T. Barrie 32 2 11 -11 13
C. McLeod 48 8 4 4 12
M. Hejduk 29 4 7 -7 11
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
J. Giguere 5 4 4 .908 2.84
S. Varlamov 11 21 3 .903 3.02
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