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MONTREAL — Carey Price stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Saturday night.
Brett Kulak, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordie Benn all scored in the third period for the Canadiens, who had lost three of their last four games. Price got his 43rd career shutout.
Semyon Varlamov gave up two goals on 30 shots for the slumping Avalanche, losers of nine of their last 10.
After two scoreless periods, Kulak scored his second of the season to break the deadlock.