Montreal beat Vancouver in an NHL match, Demidov scored an assist hat-trick for the first time this season

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks in a home match of the NHL regular season.

The meeting in Montreal ended with a score of 6:3. Alexandre Carrier scored a double for Montreal, and Noah Dobson, Mike Matheson, Juraj Slafkovskiy and Oliver Kapanen scored once each. Elias Petterson, Evander Kane and Max Sasson scored goals for Vancouver.

Montreal’s Russian forward Ivan Demidov made three assists in one game for the first time this season and was recognized as the third star of the match. Demidov has 39 points (10+29) this season.

Montreal scored 58 points and moved up to fourth place in the Eastern Conference. Vancouver lost its seventh match in a row and is in last 16th place in the West with 37 points.

In another match of the day, Detroit defeated Carolina at home (4:3 OT).

NHL. Regular season

Montreal Canadiens (Montreal) – Vancouver Canucks (Vancouver) – 6:3 (1:1, 2:2, 3:0)

Goals: Dobson, 18:13 (bol.). Carrier, 24:31, 24:51. Matheson 40:29. Slafkovsky, 41:07. Kapanen, 46:05. — Pettersson, 11:53. Kane, 21:50. Sasson, 29:42.

Detroit Red Wings (Detroit) – Carolina Hurricanes (Raleigh) – 4:3 OT (1:0, 2:0, 0:3, 1:0)

Goals: Van Riemsdyk, 1:32 (bol.). Debrincat, 21:28. Johansson, 24:54. Kopp, 63:27. – Blake, 44:44 (bol.). Jarvis, 47:56 (men.). Gostisbeer, 56:59 (bol.).