nhl Game Recap
Montreal Falls 6-3 to Bruins - Recap
Charlie McAvoy scored twice to lead the Bruins over Montreal 6-3 on Sunday at TD Garden.
Boston was favored by -248 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Boston got goals from Charlie McAvoy(2), Charlie Coyle(2), Cole Koepke, and David Pastrnak in the victory. McAvoy opened the scoring at 11:45 of the first period.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 26 of 29 Montreal shots in the victory.
Montreal got goals from Cole Caufield(2), and Emil Heineman in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Montreal got a 24-stop effort from Cayden Primeau in the loss.
Boston scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Boston by a margin of 30-29.
Next game, Boston takes its act home to face Detroit looking for another win. For Montreal, they head home to face New York.