The Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at TD Garden, powered by two-goal performances from Charlie McAvoy and Charlie Coyle.
Boston took control with three goals in a span of 1:10 during the first period. McAvoy opened the scoring at 11:45 with a wrap-around goal, followed 55 seconds later by David Pastrnak backhanding his ninth goal of the season. Coyle added another backhand goal just 15 seconds after Pastrnak to make it 3-0. McAvoy pushed the lead to 4-0 at 0:38 of the second period with an unassisted backhand goal while Boston was shorthanded.
Cole Caufield put Montreal on the board at 5:42 of the second period with a deflected goal. Coyle restored the four-goal lead 21 seconds into the third period with a wrist shot. Montreal responded with a snap shot from Emil Heineman at 2:28 and Caufield second goal of the afternoon at 6:38 to pull within two. Cole Koepke ended the scoring with an empty-net wrist shot for Boston at 17:46.
Jeremy Swayman earned the win for Boston by making 25 saves on 28 shots. Cayden Primeau took the loss for Montreal, stopping 24 of 29 shots. Both teams went 0 for 2 on the power play, with Montreal also conceding a shorthanded goal.
The win brought Boston to 12-11-3 on the season and improved the Bruins to 2-0 against Montreal this year. The Canadiens fell to 8-13-3 and are winless in two straight games.
