Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat..

The surging Nashville Predators have always enjoyed a tremendous home-ice advantage over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

There was much consternation for Chicago Blackhawks fans this season as the team replaced starting goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin with the often inconsistent Cristobal Huet.