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Old 02-02-2017, 12:48 AM   #60
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Montreal Canadiens (14-3-0) at Boston Bruins (10-4-2)

Montreal does not get a lot of time to lick its wounds after last nights loss as they go to the TD Garden to face the Bruins. Montreal holds a 6 point lead on Boston in the Eastern Conference. Last time the teams met Montreal won 3-2 in Boston. Montreal is ranked 18th in the NHL with 2.59 goals per game. Montreal is ranked 3rd in the NHL with a 1.82 goals against per game.

Veteran assistant captain, RD Jonathan Harper is considered a franchise type player, who plays a defensive defenceman style game. The 33 year old from Aldergrove, BC is also amoung the top defenseman in NHL ranked 5th in career points at the start of the season. Harper has 1 goal and 9 points in 15 games this season. Over his career the 1983 All-Star has 41 goals and 156 points with 90 PIMs in 247 career NHL games. Harper usually plays on the 1st defensive pairing playing a stay at home defenseman role.

The Bruins as previously mentioned are chasing the Habs in the Eastern Conference. Boston is currently ranked 7th in the NHL with 3.06 goals per game. They are ranked 8th with 2.44 goals against per game.

The Bruins will start G Tyrone Inskip, he has 7 wins with a 2.68 GAA and a .919 save % in 12 games. Last year he had 33 wins with a 2.44 GAA and a .916 save % in 64 games with the Bruins. Montreal starts G Stefan Mertel, he has 2 wins with a 1.88 GAA and a .923 save % in 4 games this year.

Boston goes up 1-0 at 16:05 of the 1st period when C Samuel Mathieu gets his 2nd of the year. The shots end up 12 to 11 in favor of Boston.

There was no scoring in the 2nd period, Boston out shot Montreal 14 to 3. Both teams are 0 for 1 on the PP.

Boston gets the 2-0 lead at 8:06 of the 3rd when RD Arnold Christopher gets his 3rd of the year. Christopher makes it 3-0 with his 2nd goal of the night at 8:35. Boston goes up 4-0 at 18:52 when LD Aleksy Wos gets his 5th of the year. Montreal give up 10 goals in 2 nights and lose 4-0. Boston out shot Montreal 11 to 4 in the 3rd and 37 to 18 in the game. Boston and Montreal were both 0 for 5 on the PP.

Boston LD Aleksy Wos was the 1st star with a goal and an assist. The 22 year old now has 5 goals and 9 points in 17 games. Last year he had 7 goals and 39 points in 82 games with the Bruins.

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Around the NHL.........

Dallas Stars RW Frantisek Pustejovsky had 3 assists in a 4-1 win over the Sabres. The 24 year old now has 9 goals and 26 points in 17 games. He had 35 goals and 86 points in 82 games last year for the Stars.

Pittsburgh Penguins C Zvi Zeiger had 3 goals in a 4-2 win over the Lightning. The 30 year old now has 8 goals and 13 points in 16 games. Last year he had 22 goals and 56 points in 74 games with the Penguins.
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