"The skinny: Petteri Nokelainen scored on a one-timer at 13:45 of the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and the Canadiens went on to beat the New York Islanders 5-3 Tuesday at the Bell Centre. Josh Bailey and John Tavares scored third-period goals to bring the Islanders back from a 3-1 deficit. Andrei Kostitsyn, Mathieu Darche, Erik Cole and Hal Gill scored the other Montreal goals, while Matt Moulson opened the scoring for the Islanders.

What's it mean: The Canadiens have won two games in a row for the first time since Nov. 10-12 and the victory moved the Canadiens into ninth place in the Eastern Conference. Buffalo, New Jersey and Montreal each have 33 points, but the Canadiens have played one more game."