It was an eventful night in Montreal.

The Canadiens scored five goals in just under nine minutes to open their contest versus the Colorado Avalanche, and tacked on five more for a monstrous 10-1 beatdown.

As usual, the Twittersphere was all over it.

The jokes began long before Montreal reached double digits:

The Blue Jackets are familiar with the feeling:

And here are some more jokes:

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If this season is his last, Jarome Iginla wants a chance to go out on top.

The Colorado Avalanche currently sit in last in the Central Division, and the veteran winger is will consider to waiving his no-trade clause, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports.

Iginla, in the final year of his contract with Colorado, had the same opportunity last year, but opted to stick with the Avalanche. He's familiar with the situation though, as he left the Calgary Flames in 2013 for the Pittsburgh Penguins in search of a championship.

In 25 games this year, Iginla has only recorded three goals and three assists, but with 614 goals and 1,279 points to his name over his Hall of Fame career, plenty of contenders could benefit from his experience come trade deadline.

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The NHL has its first 20-goal scorer of the season. Yup, you guessed it: it's Sidney Crosby.

In only his 22nd game of the season, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain reached the plateau on a rocket one-timer from the slot - his second tally of the game.

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Mike Yeo spent five years in Minnesota. He's looking forward to one more day.

The former head coach of the Minnesota Wild, now associate coach with the St. Louis Blues, returns to his old stomping grounds Sunday as the Blues take on the Wild.

It marks Yeo's first trip back to Minnesota's Xcel Energy Center since his time behind the bench was cut short last season.

Still, Yeo is excited to reminisce with familiar faces in the place where he first served as bench boss after years as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization.

"It's your first head coaching job, and the experience of working with a great organization and great people was something I'll always remember," Yeo told Mike G. Morreale of NHL.com. "To be able to do it in a hockey-mad market was something else. The people were passionate and always respectful.

"At the same time, you knew every day they were thinking and caring about what was going on with the Wild, and that made it fun."

Now with the Blues, Yeo plays a key role under long-time head coach Ken Hitchcock, who is in his final year with the club. Yeo will assume the head coaching duties next season. It was that interaction with Hitchcock that attracted Yeo to the Gateway City.

"Aside from wanting to help the team win this year any way I can, I've got a chance to learn from a Hall of Fame coach and a chance to learn about the group I'll be coaching," Yeo added, "So those are two invaluable tools for me."

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The Arizona Coyotes have bolstered their lineup down the middle.

In acquiring pivot Peter Holland from the Toronto Maple Leafs in a Friday deal, the team strengthened a group which this season has featured veteran Martin Hanzal, winger-turned-center Jordan Martinook, and a host of rookies, namely Christian Dvorak, Laurent Dauphin, and Tyler Gaudet.

"The risk we had going into this season was certainly up the middle of the ice, which isn't ideal, but it's also where we've expended a lot of our resources and key resources to try to acquire those types of players up the middle," Coyotes general manager John Chayka told Sarah McLellan of The Arizona Republic.

The Coyotes were hoping for more from their middle men, but that changed once Brad Richardson, who scored nine points in 16 games, broke his leg in mid-November, and 19-year-old Dylan Strome was returned to junior.

That left the Coyotes with a hole they hope to fill with the addition of Holland, who was looking for a change of his own.

Holland spent the last three seasons with the Maple Leafs, netting a $1.3-million contract extension this summer. But things didn't work out this year, with him appearing in just eight games through the season's quarter mark before asking for a move out of Hogtown.

Arizona sent a conditional sixth-round pick in 2018 to Toronto for Holland.

"This deal was about the proper risk-to-reward ratio," Chayka said. "It was about getting a player who, in limited opportunity and ice time, has been a relatively efficient, productive producer. That was the deal more than anything."

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With questions about his deployment on the Maple Leafs' fourth line at the forefront lately, William Nylander made the most of his reunion with Auston Matthews.

Nylander picked off a pass in the neutral zone, danced around David Pastrnak, then found Matthews in a prime shooting position.

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With injury comes opportunity.

The Arizona Coyotes received a devastating blow Saturday, announcing that winger Max Domi is week to week with an upper-body injury.

For now, the Coyotes will look to the positives, and that means more opportunity for the team's host of young talent. Specifically, lanky winger Brendan Perlini, the team's top pick in the 2014 draft.

A product of Guildford, England, Perlini spent the last four seasons with the OHL's Niagara IceDogs before moving on to the Tucson Roadrunners, the Coyotes' AHL affiliate, this season.

There, Perlini has had an immediate impact, pocketing 11 goals in 16 games before receiving Rookie of the Month honors in November. At the time of his Dec. 4 recall, the rookie pro led all AHLers in goals.

Now with the Coyotes, Perlini has appeared in three games, registering three shots while averaging 14:53 in ice time. While he's yet to find the scoresheet, his blazing speed and blistering shot has impressed.

It's those same attributes that gave Perlini early success in his first season in Tucson.

"I've seen a guy that's grown, a guy that's been very coachable," Roadrunners coach Mark Lamb told Craig Morgan of Arizona Sports. "His two biggest assets are that he has unbelievable speed and he's got an unbelievable shot, and we're seeing both of those pretty much every night in all areas."

Perlini now hopes to showcase that same skill as he shoots for a full-time gig in the NHL.

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The Bell Centre announcer still hasn't caught his breath.

The Montreal Canadiens got off to a roaring start Saturday versus Colorado, recording a whopping five goals in a span of 8:41 to open the game, capped by Paul Byron's breakaway snipe.

Avalanche starter Calvin Packard was pulled after the third goal in favor of Semyon Varlamov, who didn't fare much better.

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The Ottawa Senators aren't happy with Saturday's result for a variety of reasons.

On top of losing 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings, a clock malfunction in the second period should have negated a goal against, and the team has contacted the league in protest, reports TSN's Darren Dreger.

Kings forward Trevor Lewis scored the goal at 19:58 of the second period.

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Max Pacioretty has no problem with Carey Price's right hook.

The Montreal Canadiens netminder made headlines Thursday after throwing punches into New Jersey Devils forward Kyle Palmieri, who had bumped into Price beforehand.

It was one too many for the franchise goaltender.

"It seems to be the nature of the league; go to the net, run the goalie over, and score a goal. You just gotta stick up for yourself every once in a while," Price said after the game.

Related: Should Price have been ejected for unleashing his blocker on Palmieri?

The Canadiens captain didn't disagree with his goaltender's stance.

"You like to see guys stay away from him," Pacioretty told reporters. "You want to protect the best player in the league and it's nice to see him stand up for himself."

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