Pacioretty’s four goals help Canadiens bury Avalanche

MONTREAL — The memory of their own lopsided loss was too fresh in the Canadiens’ minds for them to get too excited about laying a one-sided beating on the Colorado Avalanche.

Max Pacioretty had four goals, Brian Flynn scored twice during a six-goal first period, and Montreal routed the Avalanche 10-1 on Saturday in their biggest offensive output at home since moving to the Bell Centre in 1996.

That was weighed against a 10-0 beating they took Nov. 4 in Columbus.

“We know that one game doesn’t make our club,” Pacioretty said. “They obviously didn’t show their best, just like we didn’t in our game in Columbus.”

Flynn, Pacioretty and Artturi Lehkonen each scored against Calvin Pickard in the opening 7:12, and then Pacioretty, Paul Byron and Flynn each had a goal among the first four shots on Semyon Varlamov.

Pacioretty completed his hat trick in the second period and added another goal in the third to give the captain seven goals in his past four games.

Penguins 4, Lightning 3 — At Tampa, Fla., Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby both scored their second goals of the game on third-period power plays, and Phil Kessel and Kris Letang each had three assists for Pittsburgh, which won its fifth straight.

Kings 4, Senators 1 — At Los Angeles, Trevor Lewis had a goal and an assist, and Jeff Carter and Alec Martinez scored on the same first-period power play to back Peter Budaj, who had 19 saves and an assist.

Blue Jackets 6, Islanders 2 At Columbus, Ohio, Jack Johnson, Cam Atkinson and Seth Jones each had a goal and an assist to back Sergei Bobrovsky, who had 25 saves, as Columbus won its sixth straight.

Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 1 — At Boston, Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman scored in the second period to back Frederik Andersen, who had 32 saves to improve to 6-0-0 in his career against Boston.

Flyers 4, Stars 2 — At Philadelphia, Brayden Schenn scored three power-play goals, and Jakub Voracek added an empty-netter and three assists for Philadelphia, which won its eighth straight.

Panthers 4, Canucks 2 — At Sunrise, Fla., Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist to back Roberto Luongo.

Coyotes 4, Predators 1 — At Glendale, Ariz., Alex Goligoski and Lauren Dauphin scored 1:57 apart in the first period to back Mike Smith, who had 42 saves.