Canucks hand Canadiens first loss of season, 5-1

Vancouver Canucks' goalie Ryan Miller, right, reaches for the puck with his glove as Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher, left, tries to get his stick on it while Canucks' Yannick Weber, of Switzerland, looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT Vancouver Canucks' goalie Ryan Miller, right, reaches for the puck with his glove as Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher, left, tries to get his stick on it while Canucks' Yannick Weber, of Switzerland, looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

By Associated Press October 28, 2015 3 min read

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Jared McCann scored twice and Ryan Miller made 25 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal 5-1 on Tuesday night to hand the Canadiens their first loss of the season.

Montreal (9-1-0) had set an NHL record with nine straight regulation wins to start the year, and was one victory from tying the best start in league history set by the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres.

Luca Sbisa, Radim Vrbata and Derek Dorsett had the other goals for the Canucks (4-2-3), while Brandon Prust added two assists as Vancouver snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the first time on home ice in six tries this season.

Torrey Mitchell replied for the Canadiens, while Carey Price stopped 23 shots.

Just 0-2-2 through the first four games of a five-game homestand, the Canucks had blown leads after 40 minutes in their last two losses and were up in 3-0 before the Canadiens got on the board when Mitchell scored his fourth of the season on a deflection past Miller 2:54 into the third period.