Carey Price made 35 saves for his second shutout and the Montreal Canadiens ended Vancouver's six-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory over the Canucks on Tuesday night.
Andrei Markov and Roman Hamrlik scored for Montreal, which had lost three of four.
Price recorded his sixth career shutout, including a 19-save effort in a 3-0 win in Ottawa on Oct. 23.
Roberto Luongo stopped 27 shots for Vancouver, which began a five-game road trip.
The Canucks had gone 6-0-1 since a 6-2 loss in Minnesota on Oct. 19. They had a seven-game winning streak from Jan. 16-30.
Markov gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead with his first goal of the season at 6:53 of the first period. The veteran defenseman drove to the net to put home a loose puck after Luongo failed to cover up Brian Gionta's tip on a shot from the left corner by Tomas Plekanec.
Montreal was unable to convert each of its first three power-play opportunities, falling to 3 for 50 overall after failing to take advantage of Andrew Alberts' double minor for high sticking Mathieu Darche 2:21 into the second.
Hamrlik scored the Canadiens' fourth power-play goal of the season during their fourth man advantage of the game at 4:39 of the third.
With Alberts in the penalty box serving a delay of game penalty after his clearing attempt sailed over the glass, Hamrlik drove home a slap shot from the left side for his first goal.
Vancouver, which entered with a league-high 29.4 percent success rate on the power play, went 0 for 4 with the man advantage.
