Zachary Bolduc scored twice and Lane Hutson produced three assists as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Thursday night.

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Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist, and Carl Grundstrom and Bobby Brink also scored for Philadelphia (17-9-6), which is on a five-game point streak despite losing its previous three games (2-0-3). Dan Vladar made 21 saves, and Sean Couturier had two assists.

Montreal has gone 8-8 as the oddsmakers' choice this season. The Canadiens have not played a game with their moneyline odds shorter than -184 this season. Montreal has a 64.8% chance of winning this game, based on the moneyline odds.

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Noah Laba , Artemi Panarin and Will Cuylle scored, Connor Sheary and Matthew Robertson each had two assists, and Igor Shesterkin made 13 saves for the Rangers (16-13-4), who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Two teams in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference standings meet when the New York Rangers (15-13-4, 11th in conference) host the Montreal Canadiens (16-11-3, ninth) at Madison Square Garden on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET. New York suffered a 3-0 defeat on the road its last time out on Dec. 10 against the Chicago Blackhawks.