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Canadiens aim for fourth straight win on long homestand

Dec 6, 2008 - 11:27 AM New Jersey (13-8-2) at Montreal (15-6-4), 7:00 pm EST

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- The Montreal Canadiens are enjoying this homestand.

The Canadiens seek their fourth consecutive victory on Saturday when they host the New Jersey Devils.

Montreal is in the midst of a seven-game homestand and the first three contests went quite well. In their most recent contest, the Canadiens received some help from an unlikely source.

The fourth line of Steve Begin, Maxim Lapierre and enforcer Georges Laraque combined for two goals and four assists as the Canadiens rolled to a 6-2 triumph over the New York Rangers on Thursday.

"We haven't won three games in a row since the beginning of the year, so it was really important in the standings," Lapierre said. "Now we're only three points behind the Rangers, and they're first in our conference."

Rookie Matt D'Agostini added a goal and an assist and Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Tanguay and Robert Lang also scored for Montreal, which improved to 3-0-2 in their last five home contests.

The Devils are concluding a fairly successful five-game road trip. Over its first four stops, New Jersey has gone 3-1-0.

Patrick Elias was the team's most recent hero, tying the game with 90 seconds remaining in regulation and scoring again 2:46 into overtime as the Devils recorded a 3-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.