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MONTREAL -- Brendan Gallagher felt a little hard done by the referees. In the final minute of play in Winnipegs 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, Gallagher was roughed up by three different Jets players, preventing him from leaving the offensive zone. With their net empty, and an extra player on the ice for a Canadiens team looking for the equalizer, Gallagher was kept on the wrong side of the blue-line for roughly 20 seconds, keeping his team from entering Winnipegs zone. Gallagher was crosschecked into the net by Zach Bogosian, punched and then elbowed in the head by goaltender Al Montoya in the crease, and then elbowed again by defenceman Jacob Trouba. There was no call on the play. "There could have been five penalties there," said head coach Michel Therrien, who watched the replay before speaking to the media. "Were definitely going to ask the league for explications. Its very frustrating. It could have given us the chance to tie the game." But Montoya, who made 30 saves for his 10th win of the season, wasnt buying any of it, and suggested the Habs forward was doing his best to stay in the zone and draw a penalty. "No. 11?" Montoya asked, apparently not knowing Gallagher by name. "We were all caught up. The referees saw that. They were there. You know he was doing something for a reason." After the game, defenceman Josh Gorges spoke to the press on Gallaghers behalf, calling the five-foot-nine forward too "fired up" and "heated" to address questions about the games final minute. "I have to be careful with what I say," said Gorges. "It was pretty evident they were not allowing him to get out of the zone. He took a punch to the head from the goalie, got tripped up from the defenceman, and the guy coming off the bench gave him another shot." To make matters worse, Gallagher made three trips to the penalty box during the game, for roughing, holding, and tripping. He finished the game with two shots, six penalty-minutes and a minus-1 rating. "I cant comment on how (the referees) feel towards any one individual player," said Gorges. "I dont know if theres a grudge or something. Its too bad." With the game tied at 1-1 going into the third period, Michael Frolik scored the eventual winner at 1:04 after a Winnipeg dump-in was mishandled by netminder Carey Price. The Jets captain Andrew Ladd took the puck off Prices stick, and found a streaking Frolik in front of the net. The Canadiens (29-21-6) kept the pressure on Montoya and the Jets in the final frame, but couldnt benefit from two power plays. Winnipeg held on for their eighth win in 10 games since Paul Maurice took over as head coach on Jan. 12. The Jets (27-25-5) are still in last place in the Central Division, but are only four points off the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Winnipeg has now won four of its last five on the road, and beat the Canadiens for the first time in seven encounters. "Weve made some pretty big strides," said Maurice. "Theres still a lot to cover. Its what we want our team to look like. We want to define what the Winnipeg Jets game is. And thats going to take a long time to do. "Were big and were fast and were young. And we want to use that. We want to be aggressive with our size and our speed." The Jets benefited from good speed by Tobias Enstrom in the second period when he opened the scoring at 9:13 on a great individual effort. The Winnipeg defenceman carried the puck along the end boards, circled the net and squeezed a shot under Prices glove on the wraparound for his sixth of the year. After hitting two posts in the period, the Canadiens got their equalizer courtesy of a quick release wrister by Brian Gionta at 17:06. While playing 4-on-4 hockey, the Canadiens captain took a pass from Tomas Plekanec on his backhand, quickly switched to the forehand and fired home a sharp shot into the roof of the net. And despite the incident with Gallagher in the dying seconds, Gorges thought the Canadiens shouldnt have left it so late. "Thats not what happened tonight, that wasnt the difference," said Gorges of the altercation. "But it was a frustrating end to the game." Price, playing his second game in as many days, made 33 saves in the loss. NOTES: Michael Bournival was back in the Canadiens lineup after missing Saturdays game with the flu. Christian Thomas dressed for the second straight game, while George Parros was a healthy scratch. a The Jets were without Evander Kane, the teams third-best goal scorer. Hes out with an infection in his hand. a The Canadiens beat the Jets 3-0 in the teams first encounter of the year on Oct. 15, 2013. They do not play again this season. David Ross Jersey . 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I will go into more detail when digging into the Canucks Off-Season Game Plan, which will be coming earlier this year since they are part of the non-playoff contingent, there are some reasons to think this is a favourable situation for President of Hockey Operations Trevor Linden and whomever he selects to be the new general manager. Ernie Banks Jersey . Phoenix got injured centre Emeka Okafor and a top-12-protected first-round draft pick in 2014 -- giving the rebuilding Suns potentially four choices in the opening round. The Suns also sent guards Kendall Marshall, Shannon Brown and Malcolm Lee to Washington so the deal will work financially.The Arizona Coyotes continued success over Edmonton is one reason why they remain just in front of the last-place Oilers in the Western Conference. The visiting Coyotes will try to push further ahead of their Pacific Division rivals, losers of nine in a row, while avoiding a season-high fourth consecutive defeat Monday night. Its two wins over Edmonton this season has helped Arizona (9-12-3) hold a five-point cushion over the lowly Oilers (6-14-4). A 2-1 victory in Edmonton on Nov. 16 pushed the Coyotes to 17-1-3 in the last 21 meetings, and they won 7-4 in a matchup in Arizona on Oct. 15. The Oilers look far from primed to end that dominance as theyre mired in one of the longest losing streaks in franchise history, an 0-6-3 skid that began Nov. 11. Another defeat Monday would mark Edmontons longest skid since a 12-game slide from Feb. 25-March 21, 2007. The Oilers two latest defeats both came in overtime, 1-0 on Thursday against Nashville and 4-3 on Friday to St. Louis. They blew a pair of one-goal leads against the Blues. This is an extremely hard and tough situation for everybody in our organization, from the players to the coaches to the managers, coach Dallas Eakins said. It is hard and it is painful, and somewhere you have to believe that this is going to make you extremely resilient and tough down the road. Eakins club has been outscored 31-16 in its last nine games and 27-12 while going 0-6-1 in its last seven in Edmonton. The Oilers last lost eight in a row at home Jan 5-28, 2010. The Coyotes, however, have produced just four goals during a three-game skid and have scored nine while going 1-3-2 in their last six. AA 3-0 loss to Calgary on Saturday was their fifth straight at home.dddddddddddd Its not fun when youre losing games, and weve got to start finding some ways to squeak out some wins here, forward Brandon McMillan said. We have to try to score some ugly goals and hopefully get some confidence going that way. Arizona has totaled 30 goals in seven games against Edmonton since the start of 2013-14, with Mikkel Boedker tallying seven scores along with four assists. He had his first career hat trick and an assist in the October matchup, but has two assists in his last six overall contests. Edmontons Taylor Hall has three goals and seven assists during a six-game point streak in the series, and six goals and 11 assists in 14 career matchups. Hall will face the struggling Mike Smith in the Arizona net. Smith, 4-11-2 with a 3.26 GAA and winless in seven games since Nov. 7, is 9-0-1 with a 2.46 GAA in his last 11 matchups with the Oilers. Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines Forwards Hall - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle Perron Draisaitl Pitlick Yakupov Arcobello Purcell Gazdic Gordon Pinnizotto Defence Ference Fayne Klefbom Petry Nikitin Schultz Goalie Fasth Games Notes Coyotes (21PTS) at Oilers (16PTS) - 930PM ARZ is 2-0-0 vs EDM this season, 1-0-0 in EDM ARZ has won 4 straight in EDM EDM (6-14-4): 0-6-3 past 9 games, 3/27 on PP, 16GF 0-6-1 past 7 at home, 9GF at even strength did not win a home game in Nov. Hall (3G, 1A) vs ARZ this season ARZ (9-12-3): 1-3-2 past 6 games, 9GF, 2/13 on PP 1-2-0 past 3 on road, 2/7 on PP Boedker (4G, 1A) vs EDM this season ' ' '