BOSTON (AP) — Zachary Bolduc’s goal gave the Canadiens the lead and Montreal scored four times in five minutes to end the third period and beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Sammy Brice, Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slavkovski also scored for Montreal. Jacob Fowler stopped 26 shots for the Canadiens in a game that started with a fistfight but ended with the Bruins meekly going down.
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Marat Kusnudinov and Alex Steeves scored in the first period to give Boston a 2-1 lead, but Demidov tied it two minutes into the second period when he swept past Nikita Zadorov’s pass to David Pastrnak and slid in for Jeremy Swayman’s goal.
The Bruins had a goal disallowed in the final seconds of the second period, but Zadorov broke his stick while trying to clear the zone, leaving the puck to Bolduc and the score remained 2-2.
The Canadiens winger passed the ball and then scored with a shot to make the score 3-2. 99 seconds later, Caulfield scored a goal and Suzuki scored with a two-man advantage.
Swayman blocked 23 shots for the Bruins.
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Boston killed off a four-minute power play late in the second quarter when Steeves was ejected for a high-stick double minor, then appeared to take the lead with 5 seconds left, but Elias Lindholm’s goal after a scramble in the crease was called off due to goaltender interference.
Next
The Canadiens will face Tampa Bay on Sunday.
The Bruins visit Buffalo on Saturday.
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