The Montreal Canadiens did not look bad, far from it, once morest the best team in the National Hockey League, Thursday in Boston. He still suffered a 4-2 loss to the Bruins.
CH outshot their arch-rivals 32-21 in the penalty shootout column, but were never able to take the lead.
Robustness was required in the duel. In addition to the numerous skirmishes that erupted throughout the game, Quebec’s AJ Greer received a major penalty in the first period following a cross-check in the face of Mike Hoffman.
Nick Suzuki took the opportunity to score his 22nd goal of the campaign. By teaming up with Kirby Dach on a massive offense later in the game, the captain hit the 200 career point plateau.
Tyler Bertuzzi, Jake DeBrusk, David Pastrnak and David Krejci took care of filling the Habs net.
The Bruins thus signed their 55th victory of the season.
The Canadian will resume the collar on Saturday. He will be visiting the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Bell Centre.
