Continues hot stretch

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2.

SALT LAKE CITY – Kirby Dach scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 at Delta Center on Tuesday. Mike Matheson and Cole Caufield each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens (21-18-4), who are 10-2-1 in their last 13 games. Lane Hutson had three assists, and Sam Montembeault made 22 saves.

There have been stages the Canadiens have gone through in showing maturity as a young team, in learning how to win. They’ve gone through stages where they’ve learned the value of puck management, the value of game management, the value of risk management.

It's already been three years since the Montreal Canadiens replaced general manager Marc Bergevin by Kent Hughes and there's no arguing, the team is in best shape now than it was then.

Dach is ranked 192nd in expected goals. Even the statistics aren’t expecting much from him. He is 23, but he has to start producing if this club wants to continue its winning ways. The Canadiens have had a good season but there are some key players lagging like Dach.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for ...

The Montreal Canadiens were hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night, looking to build yet another impressive winning streak that would propel them further up the standings.

The Canadiens are enjoying quite a surge in the standings, and thanks to another display of team-wide resilience against the New York Rangers on Sunday night, they are now in the mix for a Wild Card spot,

Game time is 7 p.m. ET and you can watch it on NHL Network or live stream it on ESPN+, fubo TV (FREE trial, add-on), Sling TV (discount, add-on) or DirecTV Stream (FREE trial and discount, add-on).

The Maple Leafs came back from 3-0 down to flatten the Canadiens 7-3 on Saturday (Jan. 19) in an Orginal Six battle.