CALGARY, Alberta (AP) β Dale Weise completed his first career hat trick midway through the third period and the Montreal Canadiens blew out the hapless Calgary Flames 6-2 on Friday night to end a two-game skid and become the first NHL team with 10 wins.
Weise scored in each of the first and second periods, then got his third with 8:16 left by smacking in the rebound from Tomas Fleishmann’s shot.
Nathan Beaulieu, Devante Smith-Pelly and Paul Byron also scored, and rookie Mike Condon made 29 saves. Montreal got its first win since its nine-game season-opening win streak ended against Vancouver on Tuesday.
The Flames have lost four straight and are yet to win in regulation this season.
Joni Ortio stopped 25 shots for Calgary. Jiri Hudler and Josh Jooris scored.
Weise broke a 2-2 tie 6:57 into the second. He took the puck away from Benoit Pouliot, skated toward the right circle and beat Ortio with a wrister.
