BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman stopped 21 photographs in his first sport since signing a brand new contract, and Mark Kastelic had two objectives on Thursday night time because the Boston Bruins scored 4 occasions in a row to beat an early deficit and beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-4.
Elias Lindholm and Cole Koepke every had a aim and two assists for Boston, which misplaced 6-4 to the Florida Panthers in its season opener on Tuesday night time. Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak additionally scored to assist the Bruins open a 5-2 lead.
Brendan Gallagher scored twice for Montreal, the second with 4 minutes left to make it a one-goal sport. Kaiden Guhle had a aim and an help and Cayden Primeau made 23 saves for the Canadiens, who beat Toronto 1-0 on Wednesday night time in Montreal.
Takeaways
Canadiens: Opening the season with video games on back-to-back nights, Montreal didn’t have the power to maintain up with Boston.
Bruins: After shedding their opener in Florida with Joonas Korpisalo in web, a sport they trailed 5-1 within the second interval, Boston regarded extra at dwelling with Swayman. The goalie remained unsigned this summer season and missed all of coaching camp earlier than agreeing to an eight-year, $66 million deal on Sunday.
Key second
Montreal scored twice within the third interval, reducing a three-goal deficit to 5-4 on Gallagher’s aim with 4 minutes left. However Kastelic netted his second of the sport simply 17 seconds later.
Key stat
The Bruins outshot Montreal 23-11 within the first two durations however the Canadiens held a 14-6 edge within the third.
Up Subsequent
Montreal returns dwelling to face Ottawa on Saturday. The Bruins host the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday for the center of a three-game homestand.
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