Tomas Fleischmann scored 5:20 into the third period to break a 2-2 tie in Pittsburgh on Oct. 13, and Carey Price – remember him? – made 14 saves in the final period to secure the W.
Max Pacioretty scored twice in the early-season game. Beau Bennett and Kris Letang replied for the home side.
Mike Condon makes his fifth straight start while Price recovers from a mysterious injury, the precise nature of which is a more tightly-guarded secret than NORAD’s launch codes.
Idle since Saturday, the Canadiens are a comfy-cozy 10 points up on their closest pursuers in the Atlantic Division race.