Montreal 3, Boston 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 8, 2011
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees:
Stephane Auger, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen:
Steve Barton, Pierre Champoux
Attendance:
21273
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Max Pacioretty scored 3:43 into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Boston Bruins on Saturday night in a battle of Original Six rivals.
The Bruins held a two-goal advantage late in the third period before the Canadiens rallied to tie the game.
Patrice Bergeron scored a pair of goals just over eight minutes apart in the second period for Boston.
His first came just four minutes into the session and he tallied again 12:27 into the period when he scooped up a loose puck in front of the Montreal net after a shot by captain Zdeno Chara hit a Canadiens defenseman. Bergeron wristed it past Carey Price for his 10th goal of the season.
Montreal cut the deficit in half on a power-play goal by Scott Gomez. The shot deflected off Chara and past goaltender Tim Thomas with 2:22 left in the game.
Chara nearly put the game away by flipping a shot the length of the ice and into an empty net, but the puck went inches wide. Then captain Brian Gionta tied the game with 47 seconds by deflecting a shot by defenseman James Wisniewski from the point.
Thomas made 39 saves in goal for Boston (21-13-6), while Price stopped 27 shots for the Canadiens (23-16-3).
Top Game Performances
| Boston |
|
Montreal |
|
Patrice Bergeron 2 |
Points |
Max Pacioretty 2 |
|
Patrice Bergeron 2 |
Goals |
Max Pacioretty 1 |
|
Zdeno Chara 1 |
Assists |
Max Pacioretty 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Scott Gomez 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Tim Thomas .929 |
Save Percentage |
Carey Price .931 |
|
Tim Thomas 39 |
Saves |
Carey Price 27 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Boston
|
29 |
2 |
0-3 |
2-3 |
21 |
29 |
| Montreal
|
42 |
3 |
1-3 |
3-3 |
21 |
38 |
Upcoming Games
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Montreal will play their next game on the road against NY Rangers. The Canadiens have a W/L % of .455 after a win and .650 after a loss.
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Boston will play their next game on the road against Pittsburgh. The Bruins have a W/L % of .524 after a win and .556 after a loss.
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