EDMONTON – As Martin St-Louis put it, the Canadiens lost but they were not beaten on Thursday.

Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook each netted a pair to put Montreal up 5-3 early in the third period.

And that’s when the tide turned –– the wrong way.

Edmonton responded with three unanswered goals, including the winner with 1:09 to play, and held on for a 6-5 win at Rogers Place.

Josh Anderson had the other Habs tally, while Lane Hutson posted a pair of assists and Nick Suzuki extended his point streak to eight games on a night where the Canadiens truly deserved better.

For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here .

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Montreal goals

P1 07:28 [1]-0 Newhook (Hutson, Kapanen)

MTL@EDM: Newhook scores goal against Calvin Pickard

P2 16:57 [2]-3 Anderson (Gallagher, Eva

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