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SUMMARY
Montreal 2, Boston 3, 2nd period – Before the end of the period, Elias Lindholm put the Bruins ahead for the first time in the game.
It’s a match where the two clubs respond blow for blow since the Bruins created the tie 2-2 thanks to Mark Kastelic.
Cole Caufield put the Habs back in front by recovering a loose puck to score his second in two games. Lane Hutson got his second assist of the game.
Defenseman Charlie McAvoy quickly set the record straight with a power play goal to even the odds.
Brendan Gallagher deflected the puck on a power play to put the Canadiens ahead in the first period on assists from Joel Armia and Lane Hutson. This is the Habs’ second goal during a power play this season.
The Bruins thought they had opened the scoring, but were deprived of a goal following a video review early in the game which determined that Justin Brazeau had made contact with goaltender Cayden Primeau.
Pre-match notes
The Montreal Canadiens will play a second game in as many days as they face the Bruins this evening in Boston.
Forward Oliver Kapanen will be in uniform for this meeting and will play his first career game in the NHL, the team announced. To insert him into his training, head coach Martin St-Louis decided to leave out attacker Emil Heineman.
St. Louis explained that it was the plan to give each player a game and that it had nothing to do with Heineman’s performance in yesterday’s 1-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. evening at the Bell Centre.
Samuel Montembeault, who posted the 48-save shutout against the Leafs, gets a night off and will hand over the net to Cayden Primeau this evening.
The Bruins will trust Jeremy Swayman in front of their net. The goalkeeper will play his first game since signing his eight-year, $66 million contract whose negotiations kept him out of the team’s training camp.
Tuesday, in their first game of the campaign, the Bruins started Jonas Korpisalo, who allowed six goals in a 6-4 loss to the Florida Panthers.
