VANCOUVER -- Ivan Demidov had a goal and two assists, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from down two to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

It was the rookie forward’s first three-point game in the NHL.

Nick Suzuki scored to extend his point streak to nine games, and Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens (7-3-0), who have won three of their past four. Jakub Dobes made 28 saves to improve to 5-0-0 this season.

Elias Pettersson had a goal and two assists, Quinn Hughes had two assists, and Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves for the Canucks (4-5-0), who have lost three in a row.

Suzuki started the comeback with a power-play goal at 15:03 of the second period to make it 2-1, converting a backdoor pass from Demidov at the right hashmar

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