The Colorado Avalanche continued their hot streak Saturday night in Montreal, beating the upstart Canadiens 5-4 in the shootout. With the victory, the Avs have won 10 of their past 12 games, holding off the surging Minnesota Wild for third place in the hyper-competitive Central Division.

MONTREAL -- The Colorado Avalanche blew a three-goal lead in the third period before recovering for a 5-4 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Saturday. Brock Nelson scored his third goal in two games and had an assist, then scored the deciding goal on Sam Montembeault in the fourth round of the shootout.

Brock Nelson scored the shootout winner in the fourth round as the Colorado Avalanche spoiled a third-period comeback try by Montreal and beat the Canadiens 5-4.