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MONTREAL -- The Carolina Hurricanes are coming in hot.After a first month of the season that featured more lows than highs, the Hurricanes ride a five-game winning streak into Thursday nights contest against the Montreal Canadiens. Its their most successful stretch since December 31, 2013 to January 9, 2014.Better contributions throughout the lineup, Carolina coach Bill Peters said after his teams practice in Montreal on Wednesday afternoon. Before, we had one or two lines going; now weve got all four going. Were playing the game the right way, were playing hard, unselfishly and for each other, and weve been receiving good goaltending, and thats a recipe for success.Goaltender Cam Ward is the key to the Hurricanes success, enjoying a strong November between the pipes. The veteran netminder is 6-1-2 this month, allowing 14 goals and recording a 1.53 goals-against average and .946 save percentage. Its a notable drop from his October stats, when he won once in five starts while averaging 3.64 goals-against and recording an .869 save percentage.Outstanding. Hes been very good, Peters said of Ward. He was good early in the year, too. Weve tightened up defensively a little bit and that makes our goaltenders look better, whether its Eddie (Lack) or Cam in net. Theyre making some timely saves when weve needed them to.Its shown on the scoresheet, with Peters squad allowing a mere five goals against during their current streak.The Hurricanes and Canadiens face off for the second time in less than a week. The two met last Friday in Carolina, with the home side skating away with a 3-2 victory. Montreal dominated the first two periods and held a 1-0 lead in that contest but the Hurricanes pushed through with a strong third period, scoring three times in six minutes in the first half of the frame.Montreal is coming off a strong effort in a losing cause to Ottawa on Tuesday night. The Canadiens held three separate one-goal leads but defensive miscues and unlucky bounces handed the Canadiens their fourth loss in their past five games since a 13-1-1 start.The top line of left wing Paul Byron, center Alex Galchenyuk, and right wing Alexander Radulov has been the catalyst of Montreals offense. Galchenyuk and Radulov each scored again versus the Senators, giving the trio eight goals in six games as a unit.Yeah, we scored two goals and got some chances but its not all about scoring goals, said Radulov, who is tied for second on the team with 17 points and tied for second in assists with Galchenyuk (13). We got that second goal and were up 2-1 ... but then we come back on the ice and give them a 2-on-1 break, and tie the game.Thats something we have to work on -- not just our line but the whole team. When we score a goal we know that the opponent is going to come hard to try to get that back so we have to be ready.Montreals power play has been finding the back of the net over the last two weeks, converting at least once in five of its past six games. It struck twice against Ottawa on Tuesday but left others on the table with seven opportunities at their disposal. The Canadiens are in tough against the Hurricanes, who lead the NHL and are 22-for-22 in their last 10 games.The Canadiens will be without defenseman Nathan Beaulieu, who will miss at least one game after taking a shot to the throat/neck Tuesday night. The team called up Mark Barberio from the AHLs St. Johns IceCaps while sending blueliner Joel Hanley back down.Jim Thome Jersey . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. Tyler Naquin Indians Jersey . 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Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night.Brisbane remain in the hunt for a top-four finish after stunning NRL leaders Melbourne with a dominant 26-16 victory at AAMI Park.Looking to atone for a crushing 48-6 loss at the hands of the Storm in round 17, the Broncos produced some of their best football of the season on Friday night to secure their fourth-straight win, moving level with the Cowboys and Bulldogs in fourth spot on the table.Two first-half tries to centre Tom Opacic set the tone for Brisbane, who dominated possession in the opening term and withheld a determined Storm outfit after the break to ensure the race for the top four goes down to the wire.The visitors clicked into gear from the outset, showing sublime ball-handling skills to stun the home side twice in early stages.Sam Thaiday celebrated his 250th NRL game in style thanks to a stunning one-handed offload that caught the Storm defence off-guard to set up Opacics opening try after three minutes.Jordan Kahus acrobatic effort in the right corner doubled his teams advantage five minutes later.A rare foray deep into Brisbane territory resulted in Melbourne second-rower Tohu Harris reaching over from close range after 26 minutes to halve the early deficit.But the visitors struck back with a Kahu penalty goal before cashing in on Marika Koroibetes dropped ball deep in Storm territory, allowing Opacic to score his second four-pointer with two minutes left in the half.Melbourne looked more energetic after the break but could not wear down Brisbanes defence.The Broncos made them pay with a polished back-line move that sent Darius Boyd over for a 20-4 lead after 55 minutes.Ben Hampton appeared to breathe life into the Storm when he crossed for his first try of the season with 15 minutes left.But fortune favoured Brisbane when a kick from broken play rolled into the Storms in-goal area, with Cooper Crronk slipping in pursuit to allow Jai Arrow to wrap up the match.ddddddddddddhe Storm could have secured the minor premiership with a victory, but now face the prospect of a winner-takes-all clash with Cronulla for the JJ Giltinan Shield in the final round, provided the Sharks beat the Roosters on Saturday night.Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett was pleased to see his side take control of the match from the beginning.Our start was spot on - it had to be, said Bennett. They (Melbourne) always start well.You dont want to give them momentum and the boys were on from the kickoff.They kind of carried on from where they left off against Canterbury, so that was good.Bennett also praised the pressure and attitude his players applied right across the ground.Captain Corey Parker expressed pride in Brisbanes performance against the ladder-leading Storm.We had a game plan that we thought, if we could execute, wed be right in it, said Parker. Its just really satisfying to be able to do that, particularly against a good side at (their) home.They stuck it to us and it was a good game of footy going on but 1-17 turned up and we got the job done.While full of praise for the victors, Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy lamented another lethargic showing from his charges after similar recent first-half performances against South Sydney and Canberra.I just thought we were really poor defensively in the first half, said Bellamy. Especially at the start of the game, they scored two tries in the first seven or eight minutes.That put us behind the eight ball, to be quite honest, added Bellamy. We didnt really improve too much defensively in the first half.Our second half was a lot better but, by then, the horse had bolted. ' ' '