COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Carey Price made 25 saves to extend his franchise-best road winning streak to 10 games, P.K Subban had a goal and two assists, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Blue Jackets 5-2 on Thursday night.
Rookie Jacob De La Rose scored twice, Andrei Markov had a goal and an assist, and Max Pacioretty also scored to help Montreal get its seventh win in 10 games and 11th in the last 13 on the road.
Brandon Dubinksy and Marko Dano scored for Columbus, and David Savard had two assists. Curtis McElhinney finished with 22 saves as the Blue Jackets lost their fourth straight.
Columbus, which leads the league in man games lost to injuries, lost Dubinksy right after his goal and he did not return.
The Blue Jackets return to action on Saturday when they host the New Jersey Devils at Nationwide Arena (7:00 p.m.).
Earlier in the day, the team traded right wing Nathan Horton for winger David Clarkson from the Toronto Maple Leafs. A prized signing two years ago, Horton has not played all season because of a degenerative condition in his back.
Clarkson has 10 goals and five assists in 58 games this season and 112 goals and 84 assists in 544 NHL games with the Maple Leafs and New Jersey.
The team also announced that it traded right wing Adam Cracknell to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for future considerations.