Jones makes 21 saves, Kraken shut out Canadiens for 5th win in row

MONTREAL -- Martin Jones made 21 saves, and the Seattle Kraken extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-0 victory against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Monday.

It was the second shutout of the season and 27th in the NHL for Jones, who has started each game during the winning streak.
"They can be a dangerous team," Jones said. "They've definitely got a lot of skill up front, and they're pretty dangerous off the rush, so we just had to play smart, make sure we were keeping guys in front of us, and we did a good job of that today."

Matty Beniers, Eeli Tolvanen and Vince Dunn each had a goal and an assist, and Yanni Gourde had two assists for the Kraken (23-12-4), who have won the first four games of a seven-game road trip.
"We had a great start to the game," Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. "We played a really good first period. You know the way that you want to come out on the road, and we were able to not only build the lead, but we played a really good first period, so that set us up."
Sam Montembeault made 37 saves for the Canadiens (16-22-3), who were coming off a 5-4 win against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday but have lost eight of nine (1-7-1).
"After a big win like that, I don't know, we seemed to take it really easy, thought it might be an easy night," Montreal captain Nick Suzuki said. "And there are no easy nights in this league, especially with a team like that, a lot of guys playing to prove something, and they've been playing really well as of late. We just dug ourselves too big a hole in the first period."
Tolvanen gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead at 6:54 of the first period, one-timing a pass from Dunn glove side from the right edge of the crease.
"I think for me and [Tolvanen], we find each other," Dunn said. "You know when I give him the puck, I just tell him to shoot. He's got a great shot, so he's making my life look easy."

Daniel Sprong made it 2-0 at 10:01 with a power-play goal. He scored on a one-timer from the top of the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Andre Burakovsky.
At the time of the goal, Seattle held a 14-1 advantage in shots.
"I don't understand why we weren't ready," Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. "We didn't start the game at the right time."
Dunn extended the lead to 3-0 at 14:20 with a slap shot from the left point that struck Canadiens defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic's stick and dipped past Montembeault.

Beniers scored an empty-net goal with 1:03 remaining for the 4-0 final. It was his fourth straight game with a goal.
"It's always going to be a grind when you come out of the first period that way," Hakstol said. "You know there's going to be a push from the other side, and there was, but we did a good job finishing out, closing out the game."
Seattle outshot the Canadiens 19-6 in the first, 16-9 in the second and 41-21 in the game.
"We knew what they were about," Suzuki said. "They're playing good hockey and they've got a fast team, fast players, so we knew what we were facing tonight and just didn't handle it good."
NOTES: The Kraken have outscored their opponents 26-8 during their winning streak. ... Seattle has 50 points through its first 39 games, an improvement of 26 points from Jan. 9 of last year, when the Kraken were 10-19-4 (24 points). … Dunn has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past six games. … Cayden Primeau backed up Montembeault after he was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis. Jake Allen is day to day with an upper-body injury.