nhl Game Recap
Montreal Falls 5-4 to Bruins - Recap
Boston skated to a 5-4 victory over Montreal on Thursday in NHL action at Bell Centre.
Bettors who backed the Bruins were rewarded as -300 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.5.
Boston got goals from Trent Frederic, David Pastrnak, Charlie Coyle, Dmitry Orlov, and Jake DeBrusk in the victory. Frederic opened the scoring at 9:19 of the first period.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 30 of 34 Montreal shots in the victory.
Lucas Condotta, Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta, and Nick Suzuki scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Jeremy Swayman.
Sam Montembeault stopped 16 of 21 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Boston went 0-for-6, while the Canadiens were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Boston lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 34-21.