(CP) – Alex Kovalev scored two goals in the first period as the Montreal Canadiens struck back at the Boston Bruins with a 3-2 NHL playoff victory on Sunday night.
Boston holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final with G
We may be down, but we’re definitely not out. From where we’re standing right now, we’re looking at a fairly big hole, but two games does not make a series, and with that this game is one that we must win. The boys came to play in Game Two, playing their
It was a better game, for sure, but in the end the result was the same. However, for the discerning fan who understands that the playoffs this season are gravy on an already successful season, this overtime defeat where the Habs showed intensity and stro
The youngest player in the NHL was the hero in Boston as Bergeron scored the overtime winner to put the Bruins up by two games to none. At the very least, fans of the Canadiens should be pleased that their team showed up and competed with the Bruins, tho
When all else fails, you’d think it would make sense to try out what was bound to work. At long last, Alex Kovalev will find himself on the first line, and let’s hope he’ll be staying there for a good period of time.
Well, let’s be brutally honest about this one: the better team won. The Bruins had better goaltending on this night, they had better containment on the puck and they were infinitely better and making intelligent and crisp plays. The Habs looked nervous
First blood was drawn in the opening game of the first round of the playoffs between Montreal and Boston as the hometown Bruins won easily by a score of 3-0. Despite succeeding in keeping Joe Thornton off the score sheet, the Habs were unable to fight ba
A familiar face will return to the lineup tonight to face a familiar foe, as Yanic Perreault, who not long ago was flying high on the team’s top line, will make his way onto a line with Jimmy Dowd and Alex Kovalev. Perreault is to play the left wing in pl
When the Boston Bruins won their last game of the season against the Devils on the last day of the season they clinched second place and a series against the Montreal Canadiens, their arch rival and chief nemesis. These playoffs they face Montreal with t
It will be the 30th post-season series between the two Original Six clubs. Montreal is 22-7 so far. If you want to bet 2$ on the matchup, you’ll have an hard time finding an organization accepting it in the U.S.A.. Books are still hesitant to announce the