The Montreal Canadiens were taught a lesson in humility by the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden on Saturday night.
GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens 4 vs Boston Bruins 9 | FINAL
Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens 9-4.Canadiens Lineup
Forwards
22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
17 Josh Anderson - 71 Jake Evans - 11 Brendan Gallagher
89 Joshua Roy - 91 Sean Monahan - 40 Joel Armia
49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard - 13 Mitchell Stephens - 55 Michael Pezzetta
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 58 David Savard
47 Jayden Struble - 21 Kaiden Guhle
54 Jordan Harris - 52 Justin Barron
Goaltenders
Starter: 35 Sam Montembeault
Alternate: 30 Cayden Primeau
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Johnathan Kovacevic, Jesse Ylonen, Jake Allen
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body), Christian Dvorak (upper body)
Game Report
The Montreal Canadiens kept the game close for two periods, but a game filled with numerous turnovers and bad goaltending eventually caught up to them. Danton Heinen recorded a hat trick as the Bruins cruised to a 9-4 win.
Montreal opened the scoring with Cole Caufield scoring a goal for his fifth consecutive game. Caufield is now on pace for a 29-goal season.
Joel Armia scored his eighth goal of the season on a next setup by Joshua Roy. It was Roy's first NHL assist.
The Bruins scored three times in the opening period including two goals in the final two minutes of the frame giving the home team a one goal lead heading into the intermission.
The two teams each added two goals in the second period leaving the Bruins with a one-goal lead after 40 minutes.
In the third period, the wheels fell off for the Canadiens as Boston scored four unanswered goals.
It was a struggle for Sam Montembeault throughout the game. Montembeault gave up eight goals on 30 shots for a .733 save percentage. In relief, Cayden Primeau allowed one goal on six shots.
TD Garden has been an unfriendly territory for the Habs. The last road victory against the Bruins came on January 14, 2019.
Game Statistics
Canadiens (19-20-7)
Shots: 21
Face-off %: 47.3
Power play: 2/3
Penalty minutes: 11
Hits: 33
Blocks:7
Bruins (28-8-9)
Shots: 36
Face-off %: 52.7
Power play: 1/3
Penalty minutes: 11
Hits: 27
Blocks: 14
Scoring Summary
Canadiens Scorers
1st period: Caufield (16)-PPG, Armia (8)
2nd period: Matheson (7)-PPG, Gallagher (8)
3rd period: --
OT: --
SO: --
Bruins Scorers
1st period: Carlo (3), DeBrusk (11), Heinen (6)
2nd period: Heinen (7), Coyle (16)
3rd period: Pastrnak (30), Marchand (20), Zacha (10), Heinen (8)-PPG
OT: --
SO: --
Goaltenders
MTL: Montembeault (L) 10-7-4, Primeau
BOS: Ullmark (W) 14-5-2
Canadiens Player of the Game
Sean Monahan - Monahan recorded three assists in almost 18 minutes of ice time.
Video Highlights
Post-game Quotes
Brendan Gallagher
"Any time you give up nine goals, we're going to have to hit the reset button to learn from this and make sure that doesn't happen again because I don't care who you're playing, that should never happen."
Martin St. Louis
"Every now and then this league will humble you. That's kind of what happened to our team in the third period."
"No time to feel sorry for yourself, just get to work."
"When it got to eight (goals), I thought it might get to 12 (so I pulled Montembeault.)"
Up Next
The Canadiens host the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre on Tuesday.
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