CALGARY – Dale Weise recorded the first hat trick of his career Friday night as the Montreal Canadiens returned to the win column with a 6-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.
After scoring the only goal of the first period, Weise broke a 2-2 tie with his second of the night at 6:57 of the second. On the game-winner, a trio of Flames failed to control the puck in their own end allowing Weise to steal it and beat Joni Ortio on a long wrist shot.
Weise’s third, from a scramble at 11:44 of the third period, resulted in hats raining down on the ice as if the game was being played at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
Nathan Beaulieu, Devante Smith-Pelly and former Flame Paul Byron also scored for Montreal (10-2-0), which salvaged the final game of its Western Canada road swing after losses in Vancouver and Edmonton.
Jiri Hudler and Josh Jooris scored for Calgary (2-8-1). The struggling Flames are winless in their last four and have yet to win a game in regulation.
Montreal made it 4-2 at 12:22 of the second, again capitalizing on sloppy defensive play by Calgary. Dennis Wideman had the puck stolen from him along the end boards and Kris Russell lost his man, enabling Byron to set up Smith-Pelly for an open net.
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