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MONTREAL -- Andrew Shaws best game of the season helped the Montreal Canadiens set a franchise record.Shaw scored and added two assists to lead the Canadiens to a 5-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night to extend their winning streak to four games.The victory was Montreals 10th at the Bell Centre this season, a club record for consecutive home wins to start a season. The previous record was established in 1953.I havent played great this year, said Shaw, who has six points this season. I havent played my game, Ive gotten away from that. Im just trying to keep things easy. Last year I had a terrible start and I didnt start great this year again. Its about learning from those experiences and busting through that wall.Shaws goal was his first since Montreals opener Oct. 13. The third-line winger had his first multipoint game with the Canadiens.The 25-year-old made it 4-0 in the second period when Alex Galchenyuks slap shot from the point went off Shaws left skate and in.Shaw says he was inspired by his good friend Bryan Bickell, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis this week. They were teammates in Chicago, winning two Stanley Cups together.A friend, a great guy all around, Shaw said about Bickell, who now plays for the Carolina Hurricanes. For him to go through this, its got to be hard. Hes a tough kid. Hes strong mentally and physically. Hes surrounded by great people and theyre going to help him through this. I talked to him yesterday and his spirits were good for his situation.Carey Price did the rest for Montreal, making 25 saves for his second shutout of the season.Perhaps Prices best stop of the evening came midway through the second period as he snagged Luke Glendenings deflection out of midair. Nine minutes into the third, Price denied Gustav Nyquist on the breakaway to preserve the shutout.The way hes playing, he gives us a lot of confidence as a team, coach Michel Therrien said. Hes a true leader. The way hes performing, there are times we have breakdowns and hes there to make the big save.Phillip Danault, Paul Byron, Shea Weber and Max Pacioretty also scored to help NHL-leading Montreal improve to 13-1-1.Jimmy Howard gave up five goals on 25 shots for Detroit before being replaced by Petr Mrazek at the start of the third period. Mrazek made 12 saves in relief. The Red Wings dropped to (8-7-1.They did a better job in front of our net than we did in front of theirs, Howard said. They got their sticks on everything and they made a lot of good little plays. They were hounding the puck all night. They showed why theyve been playing so great.Game notesGalchenyuk had two assists to extend his point streak to four games. Alexander Radulov, with an assist on Webers goal, also extended his point streak to four games. ... Brian Flynn (upper-body injury) was a late scratch for Montreal. David Desharnais, who was a healthy scratch last game, centered the fourth line in Flynns absence. ... Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha made his season debut.UP NEXT:Detroit: The Red Wings return home to face Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.Montreal: The Canadiens are at Chicago on Sunday night.Stitched NCAA Jerseys . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. Cheap Jerseys From China . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. 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That was quite evident from the snoozefest we witnessed Thursday night, when the Brownies offensive game plan in a 28-7 loss to Baltimore consisted mainly of incompletions, 2-yard runs, turnovers, sacks and yet another quarterback change. The NFL should be played on Sundays, with one game on Monday. No mas to Thursday night.-On a similar note, college football should be played on Saturdays. End of story. We dont need games on Thursday night (hey, those kids are supposed to go to class the next day, so at least play along with the charade). We certainly dont need them on Friday nights. High school football is meant for Friday nights, not the Big Ten .-We know Nick Saban has some weighty issues on his plate, like the Iron Bowl and winning another national championship. But the Alabama coach should at least know about Election Day .-Its time for Tiger Woods to retire. We want to remember him as perhaps the greatest player in golf history, not some aging, hairline-receding, injury riddled version of Willie Mays or Muhammad Ali, trying to desperately to hang on to a game he can no longer play at the highest levels.-They still have fighting in the NHL? Seriously, what century is this? Ban that silliness immediately. If you need a fighting fix, check out YouTube. Those guys really wailed on each other in the truly Neanderthal days .-LeBron James should take up baseball. Maybe he can do for the Indians what he did for the Cavaliers. But forget about asking him to play quarterback. Not even a King can help the Browns.-The College Football Playoff should expand to eight teams, with spots going to the five Power Five conference champions, the highest-ranked champion from the Group of Five, and the next two highest-ranked teams regardless of league. NNo more conference championship games.dddddddddddd The first or second weekend of December is for the quarterfinals. The semifinals remain on New Years Day, followed by the national championship game a week or so later. See how easy that was.-No one wants to have a beer with Bill Belichick. Or have him pick out what theyre going to wear to work. But we all want him to coach our favorite football team.-Please let there be a day when no city bids for the Olympics. Clearly, thats the only way to let the IOC know the rest of the world has finally figured out that its every-two-years prize is really nothing more than an extortion plot designed to drive cities (and even countries) into bankruptcy. We love the Olympics, but we hate all the red ink and broken promises it leaves behind.-The Chicago Cubs took us on a marvelous ride, but enough with trying to turn a World Series victory into some sort of spiritual, life-affirming triumph over a 108-year-old curse. Besides, you want suffering? Let me introduce you to the A-T-L. While the Windy City has celebrated titles in all the major sports over the last three decades, Atlanta has managed one championship over a combined 168 baseball, football, basketball and hockey seasons. And it doesnt even have the NHL anymore, having lost not one, but two team to Western Canada.-Billionaire owners should pay for their own stadiums and arenas. Kudos to San Diego for being one of the rare cities that told a team what it could do with its plan to have the citizenry pick up the tab for a private enterprise. That decision will likely send the Chargers to Los Angeles, but its not a bad drive to make eight times a year while spending public funds on things that actually benefit everyone, like better schools and parks.-Baseball needs to do many things to make itself more appealing to a younger generation, but getting rid of the organist is NOT one of them. Matthew Kaminski of the Braves is proof of that.-Finally, theres something really comforting about watching winners and losers shake hands at the end of a hard-fought contest and knowing theres always next season.Yep, we can all agree on that.---Paul Newberry is a sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '