Montembeault has dropped two of his last four starts, but the 28-year-old has been very solid in recent weeks even when factoring in these two losses -- in which he allowed a total of nine goals across 58 shots faced.

Arvid Soderblom made 38 saves, Nick Foligno scored twice and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game slide with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.

The Chicago Blackhawks big game from Arvid Soderblom and the team's pesky play broke their losing streak in 4-2 win over Montreal Canadiens.

Nick Foligno scored two goals and Arvid Soderblom stopped 38 shots to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-2 victory against the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Friday.

Montembeault will start at home versus the Stars on Saturday, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.

On Thursday, the Montreal Canadiens made a rather risky decision with their young goaltender Jakub Dobes. Some love the boldness, while others don't like this choice at all. In short, Martin St. Louis decided to send Samuel Montembeault into the fray for their game against the weak Chicago Blackhawks.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

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Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Stefan Noesen scored a power-play goal in overtime and Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves as the New Jersey Devils defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday night.

David Pastrnak scored with 1.2 seconds left in overtime for the Boston Bruins, who snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla. Pastrnak,