Bergeron leads Canadiens over Blue Jackets

MONTREAL (AP) — Marc-Andre Bergeron scored his second goal of the game 4:46 into the third, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

Bergeron tied the game at 2 with his fourth goal midway through the second. He scored his second goal of the game — Montreal’s second in a span of 2:28 early in the third — to give the Canadiens the lead for good.

Carey Price stopped 33 shots and Mike Cammalleri and Glen Metropolit also scored for Montreal, which improved to 3-0-1 in its last four games, including a 3-2 shootout loss to Detroit on Saturday.

Antoine Vermette scored twice and Anton Stralman and Rick Nash also had two points for Columbus.