nhl Game Recap
Montreal Skates Past Boston 5-4 - Recap
Victor Mete scored a pair of goals against the Bruins as Montreal handed Boston a 5-4 defeat on Tuesday at Bell Centre.
Montreal was an underdog by +102 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Montreal got goals from Victor Mete(2), Tomas Tatar, Paul Byron, and Ben Chiarot in the victory. Mete opened the scoring at 1:13 of the first period.
Carey Price turned in a 21-save effort for the Canadiens.
Anders Bjork, Connor Clifton, Sean Kuraly, and David Pastrnak scored for the Bruins, finding the net behind Carey Price.
Tuukka Rask stopped 26 of 31 shots for the Bruins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Montreal went 0-for-2, while the Bruins were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Boston lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 31-25.
Montreal heads into a battle against the Flyers. Boston, meanwhile, will have their next action against Detroit.