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CBCca SportsHockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Fantasy Pool Olympics Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing NHL HockeyScoreboardStatsStandingsTeamsPlayersPlayer NewsInjuriesTransactionsHomeHalak Markov lead Canadiens past IslandersNHL HeadlinesThrashers G Pavelec to return Saturday Girouxs SH PP goals get Flyers by Pens Auld leads Habs to fourth straight win Cole Skinner lift Canes past Rangers Byfuglien lifts Atlanta by Sabres in OT Flames give D Giordano 5year extension Blackhawks Hossa to miss next few weeks Seguin gets first home goal Bruins win Oilers Hall scores first as Jackets win Second straight shutout for Blues Halak (AP PhotoKathy Kmonicek)UNIONDALE NY (AP) Montreal coach Jacques Martin said he regarded Andrei Markovs leadership skills so much he made the defenseman an assistant captain before the season After missing more than two months with a leg injury Markov brought more than just intangibles to his first game since October scoring two of Montreals threepower play goals in the Canadiens 30 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night Jaroslav Halak made 40 saves for his first shutout of the season to help Montreal (16183) snap a fivegame losing streak and start a sevengame trip with momentum Hes an AllStar defenseman that has great vision and moves the puck well Martin said Its nice to get a top player back Those guys are hard to replace His execution was really outstanding Glen Metropolit scored Montreals final goal late in the third and former Islander MarcAndre Bergeron picked up two assists Martin Biron countered with 25 saves but the reeling Islanders (13167) still lost for the sixth time in eight games New Yorks power play finished 0 for 6 We need to tweak things to make our power play and penalty killing a momentumbuilder as it should be Biron said Halak continued his seasonlong mastery over New York Three of his seven wins have come at the Islanders expense I wasnt giving up many rebounds tonight Halak said We were great on the penalty killing blocking the shots That helped a lot Markov needed exactly 744 to shrug off the rust after missing 35 games converting Montreals first power play chance off a scramble in front Markov returned to action after lacerated tendons in his left foot kept him out since the season opener The AllStar defenseman moved well enough in his return to capitalize on Islanders defenseman Jack Hillens holding penalty marking Montreals first power...