PITTSBURGH (AP) ¡ª The Montreal Canadiens used a systematic approach to frustrate and shut down the Pittsburgh Penguins¡® star-studded attack.Paul Byron scored two goals and added an assist Kevin Shattenkirk Jersey , leading the Canadiens to a 5-1 victory over the Penguins on Saturday night.¡°Our plan was just to skate and forecheck relentlessly,¡± Byron said. ¡°When you give (the Penguins) space to skate, they¡¯re going to make plays all night. But when you close lanes, I think that makes it hard for them.¡±The Canadiens opened the season with three of four possible points in two road games against Toronto and Pittsburgh. Byron contributed Saturday with his first multi-goal game since scoring a hat trick last December against Detroit.Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia and Charles Hudon also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a five-game losing streak against Pittsburgh. It was Montreal¡¯s first win against Pittsburgh since Al Montoya¡¯s 36-save shutout Oct. 18, 2016.Carey Price made 21 saves on Saturday for his first win against Pittsburgh since Oct. 13, 2015. Price had plenty of help as the Canadiens blocked 22 shots, one more than he faced.¡°It¡¯s definitely huge to get those blocks,¡± Price said. ¡°A couple of them, especially in the first period, could¡¯ve been a game-changer.¡±Riley Sheahan scored for Pittsburgh, which lamented its puck management during a wild season-opening 7-6 overtime win against Washington on Thursday.Kris Letang, a Montreal native, had an assist and passed Hall of Famer Paul Coffey for most points in team history by a defenseman with 441. Matt Murray http://www.officialhockeyrangersshop.com/authentic-adidas-ma rc-staal-jersey , who has allowed 11 goals in two games, made 24 saves in the loss.¡°I think we¡¯re a team right now that just wants to score instead of playing the game the right way and that means playing on both sides of the puck,¡± Penguins¡¯ coach Mike Sullivan said. ¡°Right now, we¡¯re not even close to where we need to be. I know we have a talented group and I know we can score. Until we learn how to play defense and become harder to play against, we¡¯re not going to control outcomes.¡±Last season, Pittsburgh scored five goals in each of its three games against Montreal. The Canadiens returned the favor with a five-goal outburst Saturday. The teams will meet again next Saturday in Montreal.¡°It¡¯s obviously concerning,¡± Sullivan said. ¡°You don¡¯t ever want to get outworked. I thought they played harder and smarter. They were hard to play against.¡±Gallagher scored the game¡¯s first goal midway through the opening period. Tomas Tatar¡¯s initial shot off the rush hit Penguins¡¯ defenseman Olli Maatta and bounced to Gallagher, who converted the 2-on-1.Byron¡¯s breakaway goal gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead later in the period. He beat Maatta at the blue line and tucked a backhand-forehand deke between Murray¡¯s outstretched pad and the post.Byron scored his second goal just 3:43 into the second period. Max Domi chipped the puck from behind the goal to Byron, who flipped a shot past Murray.Byron had the primary assist on a short-handed goal later in the period to make it a 4-0 game. Armia finished the 2-on-1 pass from Byron with a backhand chip behind Murray.¡°If they would¡¯ve scored a power-play goal, it would¡¯ve made it 3-1 and could¡¯ve made it a completely different game,¡± Byron said. ¡°To get that fourth one, and take a little bit of wind out of the crowd, certainly helped us.¡±The Canadiens shut it down in the third period and outshot Pittsburgh 14-3. Hudon scored on a wraparound midway through the period.¡°(Pittsburgh) is a potent offensive team and we respected their offense,¡± Canadiens¡¯ coach Claude Julien said. ¡°For us to close the game was important because we took the game to them.¡±NOTES: The Canadiens scratched 35-year-old center Tomas Plekanec and 30-year-old defenseman Karl Alzner for the second straight game. Alzner played 622 consecutive games before he was scratched Wednesday against Toronto. . D Juuso Riikola, C Derek Grant and D Chad Ruhwedel were all scratched for Pittsburgh.UP NEXTCanadiens: Host Los Angeles on Thursday in their home opener.Penguins: Welcome Vegas on Thursday. ANAHEIM Authentic Mats Zuccarello Jersey , Calif. (AP) Down by two goals in the third period and playing without their starting goalie, the Anaheim Ducks were in danger of taking a loss that would certainly hurt their playoff chances.But the Ducks have been through plenty of turmoil this season, and that experience was on display as they rallied for a critical win.Ondrej Kase scored 1:34 into overtime and Anaheim defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Sunday night.¡±It¡¯s been a hard year,¡± said Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano, who had a goal and an assist. ¡±It¡¯s been a grind in terms of injuries and how we¡¯ve played, and we want to make it count. You don¡¯t want to not be in it, and I think we¡¯re pushing ourselves right to the bitter end to get in there.¡±Adam Henrique and Ryan Kesler also scored for the Ducks, who moved into third place in the Pacific Division. Anaheim is one point ahead of Los Angeles with three games remaining for both teams.Kase used a subtle fake on a 2-on-1 break to get Avalanche goalie Jonathan Bernier moving left, creating enough space to win it by going to the short side over Bernier¡¯s right shoulder.¡±He¡¯s a special talent,¡± Kesler said. ¡±He does something stupid every night, and that was definitely pretty stupid.¡±While Kase won it with speed and skill, the Ducks got to overtime thanks to hard work. They were determined to get more bodies in front of Bernier in the third period, and the grit paid off as Henrique cut Anaheim¡¯s deficit to 3-2 at 7:43 with a sharp-angle shot and Kesler tied it 3-all at 9:19 by pouncing on a rebound in the slot.¡±That¡¯s the way we are built,¡± Kesler said. ¡±Obviously, they are more of a skill team over there Mika Zibanejad Jersey , so we want to play to our strengths and we did tonight.¡±Ryan Miller made 19 saves after replacing John Gibson at the start of the second period, helping the Ducks to their fifth straight home win. Gibson, who made 10 saves before departing, appeared to be shaken up late in the first when Gabriel Landeskog was hit from behind by Kesler and knocked the goalie down.Kesler said Landeskog went out of his way to make contact with Gibson.¡±He threw himself into Gibby,¡± Kesler said. ¡±I gave him a slight jab, and he knows what he¡¯s doing there. He knows better than that.¡±Gibson was being evaluated for an undisclosed injury, Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said.Tyson Jost scored twice and Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which passed St. Louis for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Avalanche lead the Blues by one point, but St. Louis has four games remaining to Colorado¡¯s three.¡±A point is a point,¡± Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. ¡±You¡¯re not going to know if it¡¯s enough, if it¡¯s not enough. The only day the standings matter is next Saturday.¡±Bernier made 28 saves.The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead 1:16 into the game when Kerfoot got his 18th goal under unusual circumstances. Kerfoot won a faceoff against Rickard Rakell in the right circle and flicked the puck to his left, where it struck Corey Perry¡¯s stake and redirected in.But the Ducks tied it at 1 on a breakaway by Cogliano at 6:08.Jost put the Avalanche up 2-1 at 1:04 of the second, scoring for the second game in a row on a backhand for a power-play goal. He made it 3-1 at 12:10 for his first career multi-goal game.NOTES: Ducks D Cam Fowler sustained an upper-body injury in the third. ¡­ The Avalanche went 5-3-3 in the first game of a back-to-back this season. ¡­ Ducks D Francois Beauchemin played in his 900th NHL game.UP NEXTAvalanche: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.Ducks: Host the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night.¡ª