MONTREAL - Max Pacioretty thinks the Montreal Canadiens just made a big statement by beating a Western Conference powerhouse.Pacioretty scored twice and Carey Price made 31 saves to lead the first-place Canadiens to a 4-1 victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.We had stretches where weve struggled to score goals, and we came in and scored four against a team that doesnt give up many, said Pacioretty. That really helps the confidence.The Blues descended on the Bell Centre winners of 10 of their previous 12 games. Second in the Central Division and just two points from the Western Conference lead, St. Louis is a defensively stingy club that came to Montreal with a league-low 1.89 goals-against-average.It shows that we can play with the big boys in the West, said Pacioretty, who got the eventual winner midway through the second period. Theyre a great team over there, and hopefully we opened a few eyes tonight.With the game tied 1-1 in the second, Pacioretty broke the deadlock at 7:32 — his team-leading ninth goal of the year. The sharpshooter got the better of goaltender Jake Allen on the breakaway after taking a stretch saucer pass from linemate Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau from his own zone.That was an amazing pass, said Pacioretty, who added his second of the game in the third period on another clever pass by David Desharnais. I just had a feeling that it was going to land right over. Passes dont get much softer and nicer than that. I credit my first goal to (Parenteau) completely.The Canadiens (15-5-1) stretched their lead atop the Eastern Conference to three points with the victory.Montreal head coach Michel Therrien was reluctant to give too much import to the victory.It was a great challenge, he said. This is one of the elite teams in the NHL — really well balanced, and they play really well defensively. Its the kind of game that can give you a lot of confidence.But its a little early to make statements.Montreal is making a knack of bouncing back from tough losses. On Tuesday, the Canadiens were dominated at home by the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 4-0 loss. Earlier in the year, Montreal answered embarrassing defeats by the Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks with victories.The Blues (12-6-1) got off to a promising start on Thursday, as Ken Hitchcocks men pinned the Canadiens in their own zone for lengthy periods of time in the first period.Vladimir Tarasenko brought back memories of the defunct Montreal Expos when he scored the opener at 7:45 of the first, batting the puck out of midair like a baseball slugger at the plate. The 22-year-old displayed impressive hand-eye co-ordination on the goal, which came on just the Blues third shot on Price.After St. Louis took the lead, the period was played largely in the neutral zone and along the boards, and the Canadiens failed to score a goal in the first period for the 16th time this season.After going 96:09 without scoring — Montreal had not found the back of the net since the third period against Detroit on Sunday — the Canadiens scored twice in quick succession against the Blues.Dale Weise jumped on a defensive blunder by Kevin Shattenkirk to tie the game 1-1 at 4:50 of the second. Shattenkirk made an ill-advised pass out from behind his net that was intercepted by Weise. The Blues defenceman then skated right into his own goalie.Weise patiently waited for Allen to go down before beating the Blues goalie up high for his fourth of the year.Its a nice bounce for me, said Weise, who has already bettered his goal total from last season. Just standing there, throw your stick out front and it hits you. I made a little pump fake, and then saw he took his goalie out. I tried to get in there as quick as I could.With Montreal up 2-1 in the third, Price made back-to-back saves on two different odd-man rushes 20 seconds apart, first on Jori Lehtera and then on Jaden Schwartz. The Canadiens goaltender stopped 31-of-32 shots for his 12th win of the season.Pacioretty scored his second of the game shortly afterwards, before Lars Eller added a fourth for the Canadiens at 12:03.Blues coach Ken Hitchcock thought his team made too many mental mistakes.We made some puck errors that ended up in our net, said Hitchcock. We made a big push when it was 2-1 — we got all the scoring chances. Their third one really took the wind out of our sails. We made some casuals plays and they ended up at the back of our net.Montreal has speed, and they really took advantage of our mistakes. They scored on their opportunities, and we missed on ours.The Habs were exceptionally well disciplined for the second game in a row, as Therriens men took no penalties against St. Louis league-best power play on the road (30.4 per cent).Earlier in the day, the Canadiens acquired veteran defenceman Bryan Allen from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Rene Bourque.Allen has 29 goals and 106 in 716 career regular season games.Hes a big guy with a lot of character who played for one the best Western Conference teams, Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said before Montreals home game against the St. Louis Blues. I cant see why he wouldnt be able to help us here in Montreal.Notes: Therrien made no changes to the attacking lines that lost to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. 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The Detroit Tigers slugger fell short in his bid to become the first player to win the Triple Crown in successive seasons.WINNIPEG - They were quiet for most of the night, but the Pittsburgh Penguins two biggest stars did enough in the shootout to lead their team to a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets in a penalty-filled game on Thursday night.Sidney Crosby scored the winner after Evgeni Malkin scored on a penalty shot of his own, and Marc-Andre Fleury made saves off Andrew Ladd and Evander Kane to secure a sixth consecutive win for the Penguins.Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets to open the shootout.Crosby, who along with Malkin was held off the score sheet through 65 minutes, called the game out of the ordinary.It was two teams that dont see each other that much, Crosby said. I think they wanted to come out hard and play well in front of their crowd, and I think we handled it well.Brandon Sutter had a goal and two assists, while Steve Downie and Simon Despres added goals for Pittsburgh (9-2-1) in regulation time.Ladd, Jacob Trouba and Evander Kane replied for the Jets (7-5-2), who now have points in seven straight games.I think we just capitalized on our chances, Sutter said. I think overall we could still play a little bit better, but that was a fun game. That was two good teams going at it.You get into a shootout and weve got a couple guys that know a thing or two about scoring goals, he added.The teams combined for 102 penalty minutes and three fights, but no power-play goals.The Jets entered the game with the fourth-best penalty kill in the NHL, and managed to shut down the leagues top power play. The Penguins, meanwhile, extended their perfect stretch on the penalty kill to 34 for 34.Winnipeg had a chance to win the game on the power play after Despres was called for tripping Mark Scheifele with 1:06 left in overtime, but couldnt find the net. Each team was also given a power play in the final five minutes of regulation time.Ondrej Pavelec made 32 saves for the Jets, while Fleury stopped 34 shots for the Penguins.It was a good battle, said Jets coach Paul Maurice. It was fun to be a part of.We were ready to play from the start, played hard, made some mistakes, forced some mistakes… everyone in there is tireed, and they should be.ddddddddddddLadd, the Winnipeg captain, opened the scoring midway through the first period when he tipped a Bryan Little shot in the top of the crease past Fleury for his sixth goal of the season.The goal ended a shutout streak of 164:22 for Fleury, who was playing his first game since signing a four-year contract extension worth $23 million on Wednesday.The lead lasted 100 seconds, as Despres point shot through heavy traffic made it 1-1.Sutter gave Pittsburgh the lead at 6:50 of the second period when he broke through the Jets defence and beat Pavelec with a low shot for his fourth goal of the season.Downie made it 3-1 late in the second when he just missed a breakaway pass after coming out of the penalty box, but took the ricochet off the end boards and made a deke to his backhand. Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien cross-checked Downie into the corner boards after the goal, but Downies retaliation cost Pittsburgh a power play.An undisciplined second period could have gone even worse for the Jets, but they managed to kill two power plays — including a 29-second two-man advantage. The Penguins power play entered the game a league-best 41.3 per cent, but finished the night 0 for 6.A blast to the top corner from Trouba late in the period made it 3-2 at the second intermission.Kane tied the game on a breakaway at 3:55 of the third period after a lead pass from Wheeler. It was the first of the season, and 100th of his career, for the 23-year-old winger who missed eight games with injury.We wanted to come out and prove we could play with the best of the best, Kane said. It was a very emotional game… old school hockey is the reason why you want to play the game.The Jets begin a five-game road trip in Ottawa while the Penguins continue their five-game trip in Buffalo, both on Saturday.Notes: Little played his 500th career game, while Penguins forward Craig Adams played his 300th consecutive game. … Wheeler, who entered the season with three fights in 454 career games, dropped his gloves for the third time this season in a first-period scrap with Rob Bortuzzo. 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