Bruins beat Montreal in shootout 4-3

Boston Bruins Game 41: Boston Bruins @ Montreal Canadiens game recap video, on January 13, 2018.

On Saturday the Bruins had their first meeting this season with their hated rivals, the Montreal Canadiens and it was also the first time now Montreal coach Claude Julien was facing his former team since his firing. It was a good back and forth game that would eventually go into a shootout where surprisingly the Bruins would come out on top 4-3.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 3:22, Canadiens Max Pacioretty scored, giving the Canadiens a 1-0 lead. At 17:40, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 18th goal of the season, a power-play goal tying the game 1-1.

In the second period, at 2:55, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 10th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 5:45, Canadiens Nicolas Deslauriers scored, tying the game 2-2. At 8:51, Canadiens Alex Galchenyuk scored a power-play goal, giving the Canadiens a 3-2 lead. At 17:42, Bruins David Krejci scored his 7th goal of the season, tying the game 3-3.

In the third period, no scoring happened. It wouldn't be a Montreal game if one of their players wasn't caught diving, as Canadiens Jeff Petry got called for unsportsmanlike conduct, aka diving, at 7:04.

In overtime, no scoring happened.

In the shootout, in the first round, Canadiens Paul Byron scored and Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored. In the fourth round, Bruins Brad Marchand scored to win it for the Bruins 4-3.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 27 saves on 30 shots. Rask is now 15-8-4 with a 2.25 GAA and a .919 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 56% faceoff percentage, shots 32-30 and blocked shots 15-14. The Canadiens led the game in hits 41-36. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Canadiens went 1-for-4.

David Backes led the Bruins with 5 shots. David Backes and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 5 hits each. Brandon Carlo led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
2) Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk
3) Canadiens forward Nicolas Deslauriers

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 24-10-7 with 55 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-0-2 in their last ten games and their road record is now 10-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday, when they host the Dallas Stars, at 1pm ET.