Canadiens riding three-game win streak ahead of long stretch away from home [Video]

The Montreal Canadiens are on a season-best win streak ahead of their longest stretch away from home.

Patrik Laine scored on the power play, again, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Detroit Red Wings on consecutive nights with a 5-1 victory Saturday.

Juraj Slafkovsky, Jake Evans, Emil Heineman and Brendan Gallagher also scored for Montreal (14-16-3), extending its run to three games. The streak might be short, but the Canadiens are playing their best hockey of the season amid another campaign where the playoffs look out of reach.

Joe Veleno opened the scoring early in the first for Detroit (13-16-4), then Montreal rattled off five unanswered goals to draw “Olé, Olé, Olé!” chants out of the Bell Centre crowd.

“We were talking about it before the game, and we wanted a good game at home before the New Year, and started right away,” captain Nick Suzuki said. “Got down a …