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NEW YORK -- Shea Weber came through with a late goal to get the NHL-leading Montreal Canadiens another big win.Webers power-play goal with 2:57 remaining lifted the Canadiens to their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night. Paul Byron and Phillip Danault also scored to help Montreal improve to 6-0-1 and remain the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss.Its still early but weve done some good things so far, Weber said after getting his third goal and ninth point since being acquired in a big offseason trade with Nashville. Got to keep winning games. It doesnt mean anything if we lose two, three in a row. We got to keep getting better every night.Al Montoya, who played for the Islanders from 2010-12, stopped 26 shots in his first start since Oct. 18 as the Canadiens beat New York for the seventh straight time.We had a slow start. Montoya played well for us, great in the first, Weber said. We came on maybe in the last five, six minutes of the first, played better after that. He made some big saves at the end of the third before we were able to score on the power play.John Tavares and Dennis Seidenberg scored for New York and Thomas Greiss had 26 saves in his second straight start and third of the season. The Islanders lost for the second time on a five-game homestand.With the Islanders Nick Leddy off for slashing, Weber took a pass from defenseman Jeff Petry and fired a shot from the point for the tiebreaking goal. It was just the second power-play goal in 23 opportunities given up by New Yorks league-leading penalty-killing unit.I knew (Petry) was going to pass it over, Weber said. It was kind of rolling, so I just wanted to make sure I got good wood on it. I think (Islanders defenseman Travis) Hamonic went down in front of the goal and it just found a way through.Danault gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead with 8:39 remaining. He deflected the rebound of a shot by Torrey Mitchell past Greiss for his second of the season and sixth of his career.Seidenberg tied it with 5:44 to go with a one-timer from above the right faceoff circle.Andrew Shaw had breakaway for Montreal less than a minute later but fired his shot wide of the net.Alex Galchenyuk nearly gave the Canadiens the lead about 6 minutes into the third, but his shot hit the crossbar.Montreal came out more aggressive in the second period and outshot New York 12-5. The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead early in the middle period as Brendan Gallaghers wrister from the right side was stopped by Greiss, but the rebound went past New York defenseman Travis Hamonic in front and Byron fired it in at 3:10.Montreal had another great chance more than a minute later but Greiss made a sprawling save on Artturi Lehkonen.Second period (was) probably our worst period of the season, Tavares said. We responded in the third and gave ourselves a chance and we just didnt get it done.Tavares tied it for the Islanders with 4:47 left in the second on a power play with Lehkonen off for high-sticking. Nick Leddy fired a point shot from inside the blue line through traffic that bounced off a screened Montoya. Andrew Ladd knocked Alexei Emelins stick off the puck and Tavares came in and fired it past the Montoya from the right side for his fourth of the season.New Yorks Anthony Beauvillier blocked a slap shot from Greg Pateryn on his right leg with about 1:48 left in the middle period and was down for several minutes before being helped off the ice to the dressing room. He returned for the start of the third.The Islanders controlled the play for most of the scoreless opening period, outshooting the Canadiens 8-6.Game notesMontreals Tomas Plekenec played in his 850th game, two behind Mario Tremblay for 17th place on the franchise list. ... Montreal scratched D Mikhail Sergachev, the No. 9 pick in the June draft, for the third straight game. ... New York F Nikolay Kulemin missed the game due to an upper body injury. He was replaced in the lineup by Mathew Barzal, one of the Islanders two 19-year-old rookies who played for the second time. ... New York went 3-1-0 on its five-game homestand. After a trip to Pittsburgh to complete a back-to-back, the Islanders will open another stretch of five straight at home on Sunday against Toronto. ... Tavares goal on the Islanders lone power play made them 5 for 26 with the man advantage this season.UP NEXTCanadiens: Host Tampa Bay on Thursday to complete their first of 15 back-to-backs this season.Islanders: At defending champion Pittsburgh in their first road game since the opening weekend of the season.---Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAPFake Patriots Jerseys .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday. New England Patriots Gear . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. https://www.patriotsjerseysale.com/ . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. Patriots Jerseys 2020 . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. New England Patriots Shirts . Luis Suarezs double powered Liverpool to a 4-0 victory over Fulham, and Southampton easily overcame Hull 4-1 to continue the south coast clubs impressive start to the season. Liverpool and Southampton sent Chelsea down to fourth place as the west London club was held to 2-2 at home.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- All along, Jordy Nelson said his goal was to be back on the field for the?Green Bay Packers regular-season opener. It appears he has beaten that by a little more than three weeks.The?Pro Bowl receiver passed his physical on Wednesday and was activated off the physically unable to perform list, according to the NFLs daily transaction notice. It came six days shy of the one-year anniversary of the torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered in his right knee.?It doesnt necessarily mean Nelson will play in any preseason games, but with a little more than three weeks until the season opener, it gives him time to practice with Aaron Rodgers and the rest of the offense.Nelson missed the entire offseason program while rehabbing from reconstructive knee surgery. He appeared set to practice by the start of training camp until he experienced an issue -- what he called a hiccup -- with his left knee while workiing out earlier this summer.ddddddddddddOur end goal is still the same, Nelson said when training camp opened on July 26. Well be ready for the regular season. Like I said, theres just a little hiccup with the other leg.Were not worried about it. Were going to work through it inside and continue to progress, and well be ready to go at some point during camp and definitely for the season.Without Nelson last season, the Packers offense slipped to 23rd in the NFL and Rodgers, without his deep-threat receiver, saw his yards per attempt drop to 6.7 -- the lowest since he became a starter in 2008.Nelson caught 98 passes for 1,519 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2014.The Packers have only one player remaining on the PUP list: center Corey Linsley, who has yet to practice because of a hamstring injury. ' ' '