Bruins continue point streak, beat Montreal 4-1 again

Boston Bruins Game 45: Boston Bruins @ Montreal Canadiens game recap video, on January 20, 2018.

On Saturday the Bruins visited the Montreal Canadiens, facing off against their hated rivals (although this season there hasn't been much if any hate during their games against each other) for the third time in a week. As the Bruins won the first two games, the Bruins continued their winning ways with a 4-1 win over the Canadiens up in Montreal to continue their point streak to 16 games. The Bruins point streak is now tied for the 6th longest in Boston Bruins history.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, at 11:29, Canadiens Max Pacioretty scored, giving the Canadiens a 1-0 lead. At 14:09, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 19th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 15:56, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 7th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead.

In the third period, at 17:03, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 20th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead. At 19:25, Bruins Riley Nash scored his 6th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 25 shots. Rask is now 17-8-4 with a 2.17 GAA and a .921 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 62% faceoff percentage and in shots 31-25. The Canadiens led the game in hits 43-32 and blocked shots 22-13. The Bruins went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Canadiens went 0-for-1.

David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 8 shots. Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 5 hits. Noel Acciari and Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots each.

Kevan Miller, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
2) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug
3) Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 27-10-8 with 62 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-0-3 in their last ten games and their road record is now 12-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday, when they host the New Jersey Devils, at 7pm ET.