Devils sent slumping Canadiens to 6th straight loss

Blake Coleman had two goals and two assists and New Jersey Devils handed Montreal Canadiens ir sixth straight loss, 6-4 on Thursday night.

Travis Zajac, Miles Wood, Jesper Boqvist and Damon Severson also scored and Nikita Gusev had three assists for his first career multi-point game. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 44 shots to help New Jersey beat Montreal for seventh straight game.

Brendan Gallagher, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Joel Armia and Artturi Lehkonen scored for Montreal. Canadiens are 0-4-2 on skid that began v. 16 with an overtime loss to Devils at Bell Centre. y have conceded at least four goals in five of ir past six games.

Boqvist gave Devils a 4-3 lead midway through second period, beating Carey Price off a rebound.

Severson made it 5-3 at 8:21 of third with a shot to top corner on an odd-man rush. Price smashed his stick on crossbar in frustration.

Lehkonen scored 16 later for Montreal, and Coleman added an empty-netter with 1:16 left.

TES: P.K. Subban was playing his seventh game against his former team. New Jersey defenseman got into a brief altercation with Gallagher in third period, trading punches after whistle. ... Montreal is 6-6-2 at home.

UP NEXT

Devils: Host New York Rangers on Saturday.

Canadiens: Host Philadelphia on Saturday.

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