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MONTREAL -- Tomas Plekanec picked the right time to find his scoring touch for the Montreal Canadiens. The veteran centre scored with 1:07 left in the third period to break a tie and then added an empty-net goal to give the Canadiens a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Montreal had blown a 3-0 lead and was having all they could handle in holding off the Jackets young forwards when Plekanec came over the blue-line and fooled goalie Sergei Bobrovsky by taking a quick shot along the ice instead of passing off to open winger Brandon Prust. The puck went in off the goalpost to give Montreal (5-2-0) its fourth straight win. "I tried a no-look shot on the goalie," said Plekanec, who had been off to a slow start with only one goal in his first six games. "I had Prust on the left side, but I wanted to make sure I didnt make a turnover, so I put it on the net. I kind of got lucky." The Blue Jackets got a power play in the final minute, but Plekanec was sent in alone by Prust for the empty netter with 16 seconds remaining. It was Montreals second short-handed goal of the game. "Its great, especially after a slow start for myself and our line," he said. Michael Bournival got his first NHL goal and Rene Bourque also scored for Montreal, while defenceman P.K. Subban had two assists for 10 points in his last six games. Rookie Boone Jenner scored his first two NHL goals and Ryan Johansen got his first of the season for Columbus (2-4-0), which has lost three in a row. Jenner got both his goals by going to the net to pick up rebounds on power plays. The first came during the same Columbus man advantage that Markov scored a short-handed goal on at 6:52 of the second frame to put the Canadiens up by three goals. "It was pretty special," said Jenner. "And we got some momentum off of it, so it was good. "Its a pretty cool building to get it in, obviously. I watched the Habs a lot growing up in Ontario. So its kind of cool. Its one Ill remember for sure." A Columbus lineup missing Marian Gaborik (flu) and Nathan Horton (shoulder) played with energy even after going down 2-0 in the first period, and made it a gripping, end to end contest for the 21,273 Bell Centre fans. "Were a team that never quits," said 20-year-old Jenner. "Were not going to change our game no matter what the score is. We were down 3-0 and we started to pick it up. Getting a couple of power plays got us rolling a bit." Montreal coach Michel Therrien called it the kind of game that fans love but that gives coaches grey hair. Montreal had a 36-33 shot advantage. Therrien was concerned his team would come out flat in its first game at home after a four-game trip to western Canada but, led by Subban, they burst out of the gate. Bourque, who has also been battling the flu, was alone at the far blue-line during a power play for a long pass up the middle from Subban that turned into a breakaway goal only 4:38 into the game. Subban drew two opponents away to get the puck to Andrei Markov for a clever cross-ice pass that Bournival didnt get all of, but the captain of the 2012 Memorial Cup champion Shawinigan Cataractes saw it slide through Bobrovskys pads at 12:01 of the first. Markov made it 3-0 with a short-handed goal as his weak shot from the point went off a stick and past Bobrovsky 6:52 into the second frame. Columbus struck back on the same power play as Jenner picked up Johansens rebound and lifted it past Carey Price at 7:41. Johansen elected to shoot on a 2-on-1 and scored his first of the season at 17:11. Jenner tied it on the power play 3:42 into the third when he scooped up Mark Letestus rebound off Prices shoulder and put a backhand shot under the crossbar. It looked to be headed for overtime when Plekanec surprised Bobrovsky and most of the crowd with his game-winning shot. "He made it look like he was going to dish it off to the guy going with speed on the other side and then he just threw it across his body," Price said of the Plekanec goal. "I know it caught (Bobrovsky) by surprise because he was a good couple of feet off where he should have been." The Canadiens started a five-game homestand that see them face Nashville on Saturday night. The Jackets end a three-game road trip Saturday in Washington. Notes: Sean Collins, who made his first start of the season, replaced Gaborik. . . Had Bourque not played, defenceman Nathan Beaulieu would have skated on the fourth line. Beaulieu was scratched. . . Therrien announced that Max Pacioretty, who was injured Tuesday in Winnipeg, will miss three weeks with a strained left hamstring. . . Linesman Derek Amell of Port Colbourne, Ont, worked his 1,000th NHL game. Evan Longoria Jersey . The CFL unveiled its 2014 schedule Wednesday and the Redblacks will play their first-ever regular-season game in Winnipeg against the Blue Bombers on July 3. Willie McCovey Jersey . Los Angeles announced its new deal for Kupchak late in the fourth quarter of a 145-130 loss to the Houston Rockets. Kupchak had one year left on his current contract. http://www.sfgiantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Brandon-Crawford-Kids-Jersey/ .C. - Steve Clifford isnt exactly singing his teams praises after the Bobcats won for the sixth time in seven games. Will Clark Jersey . LOUIS -- St. Deion Sanders Jersey . Defenceman Tessa Bonhomme was among three players released from the team Tuesday morning along with defenceman Brigette Lacquette of Waterhen, Man.As the Toronto Maple Leafs return from their Olympic break, Jonathan Bernier appears firmly entrenched as their starter while James Reimer is filling the back-up role. Reimer told TSNs Mark Masters on Tuesday that he doesnt know if he will be moved leading up to the March 5 trade deadline but added he wasnt interested in discussing it. "Who knows whats going to happen on the horizon here and right now I dont know if I want to talk about it too much." Reimer said he is at a juxtaposition, between being happy in Toronto yet yearning to start games. "I love playing here and obviously I want to be a starter, so its been an interesting year." The 25-year-old added that would be hard on him to leave the Maple Leafs organization. "This is the team I was drafted by and this is definitely a place I dreamed of playing my whole career." Reimer has played in 24 of the Leafs 60 games this season and started 33 of 48 games in the Leafs lockout-shortened 2013 campaign. He also started all seeven 2013 playoff games.dddddddddddd Reimer admitted that seeing a large reduction in playing time has not been easy on him. "Anytime you go from playing a lot of games to not its a hard pill to swallow. You want to play, you want to be the guy & you want to give your team the best chance to win. Theres no feeling like that other then when youre in there," Reimer told Masters. When he asked if he has proven himself as a starter in the NHL, Reimer said he didnt believe there was any question. "As far as Im concerned, I dont think its up for debate. I feel like Ive had a couple of solid years where Ive played really well. And obviously, last year went to the playoffs and led a team to the playoffs when probably a lot of people didnt expect us to go. Yeah, I feel like Ive played well and I dont think theres much debate for it. Maybe other people think so. I dont know." Reimer has a 10-6-1 record with 3.25 goals against average and a .911 save percentage with the Leafs this season. 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