nhl Game Recap
Montreal Skates Past Boston 4-1 - Recap
The Canadiens earned a 4-1 victory over the Bruins on Thursday at Bell Centre.
Montreal was favored by -200 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Montreal got goals from Cole Caufield, Christian Dvorak, Nick Suzuki, and Brendan Gallagher in the victory. Dvorak opened the scoring at 0:40 of the second period.
Sam Montembeault stopped 18 of 19 Boston shots in the victory.
Boston got a goal from Elias Lindholm in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 28 of 31 shots for the Bruins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Montreal went 0-for-1, while the Bruins were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Montreal outshot Boston 32-19 in the game.
Montreal looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Flyers. The Bruins will aim to get back on the winning track vs. Carolina.