One week after the Canadiens beat the Bruins in Montreal, they were soundly manhandled in Boston losing by a score of 5-2.

GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens 2 vs Boston Bruins 5 | Final

Canadiens Lineup

Forwards

15 Alex Newhook - 14 Nick Suzuki - 22 Cole Caufield
20 Juraj Slafkovsky - 91 Sean Monahan - 56 Jesse Ylonen
17 Josh Anderson - 28 Christian Dvorak - 11 Brendan Gallagher
70 Tanner Pearson - 71 Jake Evans - 55 Michael Pezzetta 

Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 52 Justin Barron
21 Kaiden Guhle - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
54 Jordan Harris- 27 Gustav Lindstrom

Goaltenders

Starter: 34 Jake Allen
Alternate: 35 Sam Montembeault

Out of the lineup

Scratches: Cayden Primeau
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), David Savard (hand), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Arber Xhekaj (upper-body)

Game Report

In a bid to put an end to a three-game losing streak, Marty St. Louis remodeled his lineup making changes to each of his four trios. The players on the Canadiens third line of veterans were broken up and redistributed.

Montreal's top line of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook held their own but beyond them, this was a game dominated by the Bruins in every respect, front to back.

"The Bruins came in waves early on. Just over six minutes in, Jesse Ylonen prevented a sure goal by tying up David Pastrnak but was called for hooking. Thirteen seconds later Johnathan Kovacevic tripped Brad Marchand, and the Bruins had a 5-on-3 advantage. 47 seconds later, Charlie McAvoy opened the scoring.

Boston added a second goal in the last minute of the first period with Trent Frederic redirecting a Brandon Carlo point shot. Shots were 18-8 in the opening frame for the Bruins; shot attempts were 32-11.

The Canadiens faced more of the same in the second period. A shot from Pavel Zacha that deflected off Jordan Harris' stick found the back of the net. Montreal goaltender Jake Allen could not be faulted on any of the Bruins' first three goals. 

Juraj Slafkovsky got the Canadiens on the board with his second goal of the season halfway through the second period. Just over two minutes later, it was a Slafkovsky turnover that led to Boston's fourth goal.

The two teams traded goals in the third period for a 5-2 final. Shots attempts were 79-37 for the Bruins. Allen made 39 saves in the game.

The Canadiens are on a four-game losing skid. They remain without a regulation win since October 23rd.

Game Statistics

Canadiens (7-9-2)
Shots: 22
Face-off %: 50.0
Power play: 0/2
Penalty minutes: 12
Hits: 19
Blocks: 12

Bruins (13-1-2)
Shots: 44
Face-off %: 50.0
Power play: 2/5
Penalty minutes: 6
Hits: 18
Blocks: 12

Scoring Summary

Canadiens Scorers
1st period: --
2nd period: Slafkovsky (2)
3rd period: Kovacevic (2)
OT: --
SO: --

Bruins Scorers
1st period: McAvoy (3)-PPG, Frederic (4)
2nd period: Zacha (6), Frederic (5)
3rd period: Riemsdyk (5)-PPG
OT: --
SO: --

Goaltenders
MTL: Allen (L) 3-4-1
BOS: Swayman (W) 7-0-1

Canadiens Player of the Game

Johnathan Kovacevic - Kovacevic scored his second goal of the season.

Video Highlights

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Post-game Quotes

Martin St. Louis

“They were good tonight. We gave the opponent too much respect. We worked poorly tonight and it was reflected in quite a few aspects of the game. We were sluggish."

Nick Suzuki

"We wanted to present ourselves better tonight. It took us a while, maybe until mid-game. We need to find a way to start better."

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