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All it took for the Montreal Canadiens to avoid their longest losing streak of the season was a return home. That and some line shuffling by coach Michel Therrien. Strong play at home has been a constant all season for the Canadiens, who look to continue that trend Friday night against the Los Angeles Kings. You can listen to coverage on TSN Radio 690 Montreal beginning at 6pm et. Montreal matched its longest skid of the season with a third straight loss, 4-1 at Dallas on Saturday. That ended a stretch of seven of eight on the road for the Canadiens (18-10-2), who returned to more familiar surroundings with a 3-1 victory over Vancouver on Tuesday in the opener of a five-game homestand. It was far from a perfect win, though, as the Canadiens were held to a season-low 16 shots and needed Thomas Plekanecs tiebreaking goal with 4:16 remaining. We all knew we needed to do more offensively, said Brendan Gallagher, who opened the scoring in the second period. We generated a lot of chances. Every line contributed. With his team struggling, Therrien put Alex Galchenyuk at center with Max Pacioretty and Gallagher on the first line, while David Desharnais played with Michael Bournival on the second. Sven Andrighetto joined Plekanec and fellow rookie Jiri Sekac on the third. Andrighetto has picked up a point in each of his first two NHL games. I dont really focus on goals and points, Andrighetto told the teams official website. Its my job to help the team win games. Thats my primary role on the second line with Plekanec. Defenceman P.K. Subban will play against the Kings after he missed yesterdays practice due to illness. The Canadiens have scored only 15 goals - excluding one into an empty net - during a 2-5-1 stretch. However, they are 10-3-1 at home with an average 3.1 goals compared to 1.8 per game on the road. Part of their offensive woes can be traced to slow starts. Montreal has scored a league-low nine first-period goals and has been outscored 8-2 in the opening 20 minutes over the past nine games. The Kings gained a split on the first two stops of a five-game trip with a 5-3 victory over Ottawa on Thursday. Jake Muzzin had a career-high three assists, setting up third-period goals by Anze Kopitar and Trevor Lewis to help Los Angeles (15-9-5) avoid a third consecutive loss. Kopitar scored his first goal in 10 games, putting the Kings ahead for good 36 seconds after the Senators made it 2-all. That was big. They had momentum going their way and we kind of shifted it back into our hands, Muzzin said. To come back with a goal right away was huge. The five goals were the most by the Kings since a 5-2 win over Florida on Nov. 18. They totaled eight in the previous four games. After Jonathan Quick made 32 saves to beat the Senators, red-hot Martin Jones could get the nod in the second half of this back-to-back. Jones has lowered his goals-against average to 1.42 with shutouts in his last two starts. He stopped 31 shots in a 6-0 victory at Montreal on Dec. 10, 2013, lifting Los Angeles to its first win there since 1999. The Kings won both meetings against the Canadiens last season after seven straight losses in the series. -- PROJECTED LINES: Pacioretty - Galchenyuk - Gallagher Andrighetto - Plekanec - Sekac Bournival - Desharnais - Parenteau Prust - Malhotra - Weise Markov - Subban Emelin - Gonchar Beaulieu - Gilbert Price (starter) Tokarski Scratches: Tangradi, Allen Injured: Eller (UBI), Weaver (concussion) TSN Game Notes LAK were 2-0-0 vs MTL last season, outscoring them 8-1 MTL has gone 5-1-0 past 6 at home vs LAK (lost last) MTL (18-10-2): won last game, havent won back to back last 8 games 2-0-1 when scoring first, 0/9 on PK 10-0-0 when scoring first Plekanec (1G, 2A) 3 game PT streak LAK (15-9-5): 4-2-2 past 8 road games, 4GF or more in 5 of the games 12-0-3 when scoring first 1 career GP for Quick (0-1-0) in MTL Jan 31/09 (4GA) Carter (0G, 2A) past 10 games Patrick DiMarco Jersey .com) - The Milwaukee Bucks will try to get another win on this homestand Thursday night when they welcome the Utah Jazz to the Bradley Center. 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Two minutes later, Aritz Aduriz netted Bilbaos second when he raced forward and pounced on a poor clearance by Villarreal defender Mateo Musacchio, sending a low shot rolling past goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo.SAN ANTONIO -- Kawhi Leonard could have been devastated by losing last seasons NBA Finals. Instead, he vowed to get better. Just think -- the San Antonio Spurs youngest star is only getting started. Hes a champion now, with the Spurs beating the Miami Heat 104-87 on Sunday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, finishing off a 4-1 triumph. And after watching the Heat celebrate last season, Leonard was the pick as MVP of the series, accepting his award from 11-time champion Bill Russell. "Everybody is just living in the moment right now," Leonard said. "Really dont know whats going on." Hell figure it out quick. After all, the Spurs know titles -- this one being their fifth since 1999. When Commissioner Adam Silver announced Leonard as the MVP, he was mobbed by his teammates and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich roared with laughter, knowing Leonard would have to do what he hates most -- talk about himself. "Right now, its just surreal to me," Leonard said. "I have a great group of guys behind me." Leonard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, his third straight big game in the series. He fouled out in the fourth quarter, which was barely noticed after the job he did helping keep LeBron James in some sort of check over the final three quarters. When it was over -- actually, a few seconds before it was over -- James led a group of Heat players down to the Spurs bench foor the first round of congratulatory hugs.dddddddddddd The first one he gave, and rightly so, was to Leonard. It was James taking the trophy from Russell in each of the last two seasons, after Miamis titles. This time, the night belonged to Leonard, a 22-year-old who the Spurs have long thought was the heir apparent to the Big 3 of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. "The first two games, he didnt play so well," James said about Leonard. "I thought he attacked more in the last three games, shot the ball extremely well." Added Heat guard Dwyane Wade: "Its like he just played free. ... Hes the future of this team." The Big 3 in San Antonio is still championship-good. But their key guy now might be Leonard, who just took over this series. "Hes a great learner and hes super competitive, has a drive to be the best thats really uncommon in our league," Popovich said. "He walks the walk. I mean, hes there early, hes there late. He wants more. He wants me and the coaches to push him. So I just talked to him about not being in that defer sort of stage. The hell with Tony, the hell with Timmy, the hell with Manu, you play the game. You are the man." In this series, he absolutely was. Leonard averaged 17.8 points on 61 per cent shooting. And he became the youngest Finals MVP since Duncan won it for the Spurs in 1999. 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