Canadiens top Bruins 5-1 at home of Patriots

There are several levels of surreal for Mike Condon at the Winter Classic, but he reached another one as the Canadiens traveled to Gillette on Thursday.

The game started bad and got worse for the Boston Bruins in Friday’s Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium.

While Friday’s triumph may not technically carry any extra weight in comparison to other regular-season games, a road win over a rival in the NHL’s signature game could give Montreal the confidence it needs to regain a stranglehold on the Eastern Conference for the remainder of the campaign.

“Forever now it’s going to be a game we’re not very proud of, and we’re always going to look back and be embarrassed about”, said Krug, via CSNNE.com. “That was a great win to give us momentum for the rest of the year”. The Big O is closed … it’s indoors. Bring the Winter Classic to Minnesota!!!

In 2011, Molson’s Evenko entertainment company put on a pair of U2 concerts at the old Hippodrome de Montréal site with 80,000 people in attendance at the temporary stadium.

“He got the bug from being in the atmosphere in that building”, his father said.

The game was played in front of a crowd of 67,246, making it the fourth-largest crowd to watch the event.

They had no explanation for what happened in this ugly 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens Friday afternoon at Gillette Stadium, and they may never be able to explain it because they just weren’t good enough. “I wasn’t looking to fight Hayes but I didn’t want to back down, either”. Brady provided a photo on Facebook of himself wearing the Bruins’ jersey, as well as hockey equipment, along with his football helmet and holding a football under his arm. In the past, we’ve seen classic rivalries like the Rangers and Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit, Chicago and Toronto and a modern-day one in the shape of Pittsburgh and Washington. “So it was pretty exciting”.

For the matchup this year the teams wore “fauxback” uniforms, a term we use to describe a uniform that looks like it was designed in the past but is actually a modern creation.

Plekanec batted an aerial puck over the glass from inside his zone and went to the box with 29.5 second left in the second period. When defenseman Dennis Seidenberg showed his hand and committed to Gallagher, he casually sent a pass through the middle of the ice to Pacioretty, who buried it for a 4-1 score.

“You could feel the energy in the warmup”, he said. (Think Lambeau Field or Happy Valley or Notre Dame Stadium.) Indeed, Gary Bettman said recently that the league has discussed such a thing, even if it’s just talk at this point. We managed the puck.

While Chara may not agree, numerous Montreal players testified to just how much Gallagher’s presence means to a team that was mired in such a long struggle.

His fortunes changed dramatically, as they did for the Canadiens, in December.

Boston also must overcome two key voids on New Year’s Day in Brad Marchand (3-game suspension) and David Krejci (separated shoulder). “We had a lot of fun with it and now we move on and we try to get ready for the rest of the season here”.

P.K. Subban said there was a simple message in the Canadiens locker room leading up to the game.

“Every win is huge”, he said. “Weren’t executing the game plan like we wanted to in skate”.

“Yeah, probably the most special”, Condon told reporters. “It’s a tough game to sometimes be fully focused for”.

Things technically got better for the Black and Gold in the middle frame, but that isn’t saying much. They were first to the puck for the whole first period.