Price stopped 13 shots in the first and 20 more in the second on his way to his seventh career shutout, his second in four games. He stopped 34 shots one week earlier in a 2-0 win over Vancouver which began Montreal’s current streak.
Gionta assisted on Michael Cammalleri’s goal during a two-man advantage midway through the first period. The Canadiens’ captain got his second assist on Tomas Plekanec’s goal 13:48 into the second.
Gionta scored for the third game in a row when he added Montreal’s second power-play goal 6:24 into the third.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves for Philadelphia, which lost in regulation for the first time in three weeks. The Flyers, who beat Ottawa 5-1 on Monday, had gone 9-0-1 since a 2-1 loss in Columbus on Oct. 25.
Maple Leafs 5 Predators 4: In Toronto, Kris Versteeg scored second-period power-play goals 59 seconds apart and Toronto overcome an early three-goal deficit in a win over Nashville.
Nikolai Kulemin’s goal late in the second period completed a big comeback as Toronto scored four power-play goals in the second period.
The Leafs lost starting goaltender J.S. Giguere to an apparent injury early in the third period.
However, they managed to hold on for their first win since Oct. 26 with backup Jonas Gustavsson making six saves.
Toronto had dropped eight straight entering the game. Overall, it had gone 1-8-3 since opening the season with four straight victories.
Luke Schenn and Mikhail Grabovski also scored for the Maple Leafs, who went 4 for 8 on the power play.
J.P. Dumont , Jordin Tootoo , Marin Erat and Marcel Goc scored for Nashville.
In Dallas, Brad Richards scored the go-ahead goal after a video review midway through the third period and Dallas edged Anaheim.
With the game tied at 1, Richards’ shot from the left circle glanced off the post, and the referees initially ruled no goal at 8:24 of the final period.
But replays showed that the puck crossed the goal line in the air and Richards was credited with his 200th NHL goal.
The game marked the debut of Swedish referee Marcus Vinnerborg, who became the first European to work an NHL game. Vinnerborg made the announcement that the goal counted.
Kari Lehtonen stopped 26 shots and Steve Ott added a power-play goal for the Stars, returning from an 0-3 road trip to win their fourth straight at home. Corey Perry scored on the power play and Jonas Hiller made 24 saves for the Ducks.
