Rookie Jiri Sekac scored twice and Carey Price stopped 44 of 46 shots as the Canadiens romped over the visiting L.A. Kings 6-2 in Montreal Friday.

The Canadiens only got 20 shots on Kings' goaltender Martin Jones but managed to score on six of them, while Price excelled at the other end, taking a shutout well into the third period.

Sekac opened the scoring by deflecting a P.K. Subban wrist shot past Jones at 8:16 of the first, a meaningful sign, as the Habs entered the game 10-0 in games where they scored the first goal.

Subban was originally credited with the goal scored on the powerplay with Kings’ All Star defenceman Drew Doughty in the penalty box after interfering with Max Pacioretty.

The Habs, who were outshot 14-4 in the first period, burst out of the gates in the second frame with a quick pair of goals.

Andrei Markov took advantage of pristine early-period ice to score his fourth of the season, also a shot from the point redirected in front on the powerplay. Sergei Gonchar and David Desharnais were credited with assists at 1:01 of the second frame.

The Canadiens grew their lead to 3-0 less than two minutes later as a Subban slapshot from the point slipped between Jones’ pads. Dale Weise earned an assist on the play while Manny Malhotra notched his first point in a Canadiens’ uniform with an assist.

The Kings scored a pair of goals in the third but the Habs added three of their own, as David Desharnais scored his third of the season, Sven Andrighetto scored his second - giving him three points in three career NHL games - and fellow-rookie Sekac finished out the scoring with an unassisted effort, his sixth of the season.

Kings' defencemen Drew Doughty and Jake Muzzin scored third period goals for the Kings.

“Carey was good again tonight,” said Canadiens Coach Michel Therrien after the game.

“He gave us a chance and we took advantage of our scoring chances. It wasn’t our best game but we played against the Stanley Cup champions, they’re a good hockey team, they’re tough to play against. We’ve lost some games that we believe that we deserved a better fate but tonight we took advantage of our opportunities," said Therrien.

Therrien was asked whether Swiss rookie Sven Angrighetto had earned a permanent roster spot after notching two goals and on assist in three games. “We're taking it one game at a time," replied Therrien.

"I don’t really worry much about the points. It’s just a dream coming true playing in the NHL right now, winning the two game at home is really important to us and being able to contribute to the team is nice," said Andrighetto after the game.

Jiri Sekac, who now has six goals in 24 games, also expressed satisfaction. “When you play on the power play and the penalty kill you get more ice time and you’re more in the game and more confident and everything works,” said Sekac to a post-game scrum.

The Kings did not look weary in spite of playing their third road game in four nights as Dustin Brown got eight shots on net, Trevor Lewis seven, Jake Muzzzin six and Drew Doughty five. Tom Glibert led the Canadiens with three shots on net.

Prior to the game Doughty was quoted by NHL.com as aiming to outplay Habs' star defenceman Subban. Doughty said that he had outplayed Erik Karlsson in Ottawa one night earlier and wanted to duplicate the feat in Montreal.

“I always obviously want to outplay the opposing team’s best defenseman. I think [Thursday] I did it for sure, [Friday is] going to be a tough challenge. P.K.’s a good player; I’m going to have to outplay him if we want to win the game.”

The Canadiens, who are 18th in the 30 team league in scoring, notched six goals for their third time this season. They scored six in their fifth game of the season on October 16 when they beat the Bruins 6-4. They also scored a half dozen on November 15 beating the Flyers 6-3.

The Canadiens are now 11-0 in games where they score the first goal.