MONTREAL – Carey Price made 30 saves for his 33rd win of the season as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the visiting Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Sunday in the second game of a home-and-home series.
The Canadiens now lead the Atlantic Division by four points over the Senators, which still have one game in hand.
Tomas Plekanec, Jordie Benn, Paul Byron and Nathan Beaulieu scored for Montreal (41-23-8).
Tom Pyatt scored a first-period goal for the Senators (39-24-8) while Craig Anderson stopped 33 shots.
The Canadiens also downed the Sens in Ottawa on Saturday, winning 4-3 in a shootout. Price made 28 saves in that game while Anderson stopped 29 shots in defeat.
With Montreal leading 2-1 in the third on Sunday, Byron put the game to bed when he went five-hole on Anderson at 3:30, opting to shoot while on a 2-on-1 with Plekanec.
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