Final: Bruins 6, Canadiens 4 - Bruins collect first win of season in home opener against Canadiens

The Bruins collected their first win of the season in a 6-4 victory against the Montreal Canadiens. There were a lot of goals and penalties in this game, and half of those goals occured within the first period. After a power play goal from Hamus Lindholm was called back early in the first period, the Canadiens responded with a power play goal of their own scored by Brendan Gallaghe, giving Montreal the lead midway through the period. It wouldn't take long for Boston to get a power play goal that stuck on the score sheet. On their second chance with the man advantage, Charlie McAvoy quickly netted a wrist shot from the point tying the game 1-1. 

Cole Caufield gave Montreal the lead minutes later taking advantage of a defensive blunder from Boston. After a minute of play, the Bruins responded as Mark Kastelic sniped a bar-down goal, his first as a Bruin.

 Elias Lindholm would also score his first goal with the Bruins late into the first period, giving Boston their first lead of the night. 

Lindholm's goal was the last tiime a lead change occured in the game, as the Bruins would add two more goals to their lead. David Pastrnak scored his first goal of the season, and Cole Koepke followed a minute later with his first goal with Boston.

Montreal responded in the third period scoring two goals that brought the game to a one-goal difference (5-4 Bruins), but Kastelic's second goal of the game sealed the victory in Boston's first home game of the season. 

Despite a sloppy defensive game for the Bruins, Boston made up for it with their aggressive forecheck and powerplay. Boston's lineup on the man advantage looked great. They passed the puck well which created a lot of movement and confusion for the defense, and it lead to goals on the scoreboard. Also, Boston's forechecking from their bottom six forwards created a lot of pressure for Montreal's defense that lead to easy turnovers and chaos behind the net. Overall, a great bounce back victory after a dissapointing opening night loss to the Florida Panthers.

The Bruins will stay in Boston and face the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday at 1 p.m. 

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WHO: Boston Bruins 0 - 1 - 0 (0 pts) vs Montreal Canadians
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden, Boston
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE 

ROSTERS

PROJECTED LINES

Boston

Zacha - Lindholm - Pastrank

Marchand - Coyle - Geekie

Tufte -  Frederic - Brazeau

Beecher - Kastelic - Koepke

Zadorov - McAvoy

H.Lindholm - Carlo

Wotherspoon - Peeke 

Swayman

Korpisalo

Canadiens

Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky 

Newhook - Dach - Armia 

Anderson - Evans - Gallagher 

Barre-Boulet - Dvorak - Kapanen 

Matheson - Guhle 

Hutson - Savard 

Xhekaj - Barron

Primeau

Montembeault

PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins host the Canadiens tonight in the first of three games between these teams this season and the first of two games of this season’s series at TD Garden.

Boston is 34-17-11-0 mark when opening a season on home ice.

The Bruins tonight open a three-game home stand vs. Montreal on Oct. 10, vs. Los Angeles on Oct. 12 and vs. Florida on Oct. 14.

Boston dropped their season opener with a 6-4 loss to the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Charlie McAvoy had 1-1=2 totals in that game and had single goals from Pavel Zacha (SH), Trent Frederic, and David Pastrnak. Joonas Korpisalo lost his first game as a Bruin.