BOSTON (AP) — Zachary Bolduc scored to present the Canadiens the lead as Montreal scored 4 targets in a five-minute span to snap a third-period tie and run away from the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Tuesday evening.
Sammy Blais, Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky additionally scored for Montreal. Jacob Fowler stopped 26 photographs for the Canadiens in a recreation that started with fisticuffs however ended with the Bruins taking place meekly.
Marat Khusnutdinov and Alex Steeves scored within the first interval to present Boston a 2-1 lead, however Demidov tied it two minutes into the second when he swept in to steal a nasty cross from Nikita Zadorov to David Pastrnak and skated in on Jeremy Swayman for the purpose.
The Bruins had a purpose waved off within the ultimate seconds of the second interval and it was nonetheless 2-2 when Zadorov broke his stick whereas attempting to clear the zone and left the puck for Bolduc.
The Canadiens winger handed the puck after which adopted as much as knock residence a rebound to make it 3-2. Caufield scored on an influence play 99 seconds later, and Suzuki scored with a two-man benefit.
Swayman stopped 23 photographs for the Bruins.
Boston killed a four-minute energy play when Steeves was despatched off for a high-sticking double minor late within the second, after which appeared to take the lead with 5 seconds left within the interval, however Elias Lindholm’s purpose after a scramble within the crease was waved off for goaltender interference.
Up subsequent
The Canadiens face Tampa Bay on Sunday.
The Bruins go to Buffalo on Saturday.
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