FINAL: Canadiens 3, Bruins 2 (OT) - Guhle scores in OT

The Bruins fell to the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Saturday night in Charlie McAvoy's return to action. Boston falls to 11-1-2 on the season with the loss. 

The Bruins scored :36 into the first period thanks to Pavel Zacha who recorded his fifth goal on the season.  McAvoy and Brad Marchand were credited with the assist. However, the rest of the period was sloppy for both teams as they had trouble with taking care of the puck which resulted in turnovers. 

The sloppiness continued in the second period as Boston had too many penalties throughout the night. Boston finished the night committing eight penalties.  

Nick Suzuki scored on the power play :24 into the third period to tie the game at one apiece. Shortly after, Brendan Gallagher scored at the 0:51 mark to give the Canadiens a 2-1 advantage. Montreal scored those two goals in just :27. Oskar Steen scored later in the period which would have tied it up at 2-2. However, it was wiped off the board due to goaltender interference. Brad Marchand saved the B's at the 12:58 mark when he tied the game at two apiece on the power play with his seventh goal of the season. 

Montreal won it in overtime as Kaiden Guhle scored his first goal of the year 2:13 into the overtime period. 

KAIDEN GUHLE WINS IT FOR MONTREAL IN OVERTIME!#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/KCHpMOHQcj

— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) November 12, 2023

Jeremy Swayman suffered his first loss of the season but still finished with 24 saves in goal. 

The Bruins will finish their quick two game road trip on Tuesday in Buffalo when they face the Sabres with puck drop set for 7pm.  

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WHO: Bruins 11-1-1) at Canadiens (6-5-2)
WHEN: 7p.m.
WHERE: Bell Centre, Montreal.
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE
ROSTERS

PREDICTED LINES

BOSTON
Marchand-Zacha-Pastrnak
Van Riemsdyk-Coyle-Frederic
Heinen-Poitras-DeBrusk
Lauko-Beecher-Steen

Lohrei-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Forbort-Mitchell

Swayman
Ullmark

Scratched: Kevin Shattenkirk

CANADIENS 

Last Game:

Newhook-Suzuki-Anderson
Caufield-Dvorak-Slafkovsky
Pearson-Monahan-Gallagher
Pezzetta-Evans-Armia

Matheson-Barron
Guhle-Kovacevic
Xhekaj-Harris

Primeau
Allen

PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins face off against the Montreal Canadiens in an Original Six matchup north of the border at 7p.m. Charlie McAvoy will make his return tonight after serving his four-game suspension. With McAvoy returning, he will skate with Mason Lohrei. That will put Hampus Lindholm and Brandon Carlo together on the second line, Ian Mitchell will skate with Derek Forbort on the third line and Kevin Shattenkirk will be the odd man out of the lineup. 

Jakub Lauko is expected to be in the lineup tonight after missing time with the facial fractures that he suffered on October 24th against the Chicago Blackhawks. 

The B's enter action tonight with an 11-1-1 record on the season coming off a 5-2 win on Thursday night over the New York Islanders at TD Garden.

Jeremy Swayman will be starting in goal looking to keep a perfect 6-0 record. 

Boston sent down Parker Wotherspoon to Providence on Friday. 

The Bruins face a Montreal team that enters tonight sitting at 6-5-2 on the season, coming off of a 3-2 win in Detroit over the Red Wings on Thursday night. 

Sean Monahan leads Montreal on the season with six goals. Monahan is also tied for second on the team with Nick Suzuki with 12 points. Cole Caulfield leads the Canadiens in points with 13 on the year. Caulfield and Suzuki are also both tied for second on the team with five goals on the season.