Desharnais scores winner late, Habs beat Bruins 4-2

Scoring three unanswered prevented what a few might have seen as a slow start by the Canadiens, but in the end taking the night from Boston gave them a night off before preparing to take on the Penguins Wednesday.

The Bruins hadn’t beaten Montreal in the regular season since March 2014. It was the first goal allowed at home by Montreal’s penalty killers in 24 attempts this season. On the other side of the ice, Tuukka Rask was given the night off ahead of the Bruins game on Sunday versus the Islanders, and Jonas Gustavsson was given the start.

It should have provided more momentum for the Bruins.

Sorry, this video is not available in your country/region. Rookie goalie Mike Condon had 29 saves to improve to 6-0-1.

That’s where he makes his living, but it’s also where he’s susceptible to drawing negative attention from the officials.

Two of Plekanec’s goals have been reversed this week because of Gallagher’s presence in the blue paint.

St. Andrews’ Darren Helm logged nine minutes and 20 seconds of ice time and had three shots on goal as he helped the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1. On the second one, Saturday, Gallagher felt he did everything within the rules.

“Oh absolutely not. I told him right away just keep doing what you are doing. It’s something I’ve never really played in front of, and it’s been fun to be a part of”. “I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do”. He is coming off a season in which he finished with a career-high in goals (38) and points (86).

Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller played his first game in Buffalo since being traded in February 2014, after more than 11 seasons with the Sabres.

A puck tipped in the neutral zone glanced off linesman Michel Cormier and sent the Canadiens in on a two on one, which Desharnais finishing a feed from Tomas Fleischmann 6:22 into the third. The 20-year-old forward from Elkhorn recorded 14 goals and 27 points in 15 games for the defending RBC Cup champion Terriers.

He returned and played briefly but left for good with about 2 minutes remaining in the first period.

“When Coach looks at the rotation certain games fall to the other guy, and I don’t mind that”, Rask said at morning skate, via CSNNE.com. That was the first time I’ve been in the net when we were trailing going into the third period.

“Stupid penalty”, Krejci said.

Nineteen seconds into the second period, Boston center David Krejci was given two minutes for hooking. Krejci only had one hand on his stick when he did this; it hardly limited Desharnais at all. On the powerplay, David Desharnais scored his 2nd powerplay goal of the year off of another Galchenyuk rebound.

In the B’s dressing room after the game, Krejci was the picture of dejection. “Stuff like that shouldn’t happen, especially when it’s guys who have been in the league and know better”. A coach’s challenge from Claude Julien reversed the decision and kept the score in favor of Boston. When you’re on the road you need to find ways to win, and we weren’t able to do that tonight.

There are so many stories worth telling from this season’s Montreal Canadiens squad that it’s hard to pick a single player out.

Will Beaulieu face supplementary discipline?

Therrien wasn’t too sympathetic to Rinaldo’s plight on the play. That being said, we didn’t bail him out on the PK. “From the bench, it looked like (Beaulieu) was trying to protect himself”.