MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) — Tomas Plekanec scored with 1:07 left to break a tie and added an empty-net goal to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-3 victory over the Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
Rookie Boone Jenner scored his first two NHL goals, and Ryan Johansen got his first of the season for Columbus (2-4).
Plekanec took a surprise shot along the ice from the slot on a rush and it went in off the post past goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to make it 4-3. Columbus was on a last minute power play when he pushed Brandon Prust’s pass into the empty net with 16 seconds left.
It was Montreal’s second short-handed goal of the game after Andrei Markov’s second-period effort.
Michael Bournival got his first NHL goal, and Rene Bourque also scored for Montreal (5-2), which has won four in a row. P.K. Subban had two assists for 10 points in his last six games.