The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins 4-2 in Game 3 of their second-round series Tuesday. P.K Subban scored a goal and added an assist, and Carey Price stopped 26 of 28 shots to help Montreal gain a 2-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series.
Tomas Plekanec and Dale Weise also scored for the Canadiens, while Patrice Bergeron scored late in the second period and Andrej Meszaros added another goal with just over two minutes to go in regulation to make thing interesting, as the Bruins are prone to do.
Lars Eller added an empty net goal to seal the win for Montreal.
Star Performer
Subban led the Canadiens in ice time with just under 28 minutes, scored a goal, added an assist and continued to prove that his game-breaking skills are unparalleled.
Nothing exemplifies that more than this breakaway goal in the second period.
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Turning Point
At the time, Weise's goal gave Montreal a seemingly comfortable 3-0 lead. In the end, it turned out to be the game winner, and a pretty nice one at that.
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Highlight Reel
Boston's first goal of the night came off a deft deflection by Patrice Bergeron on a shot by Torey Krug.
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In net, Price remained focused all night, thwarting the Bruins' attack even in the midst of heavy traffic.
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Quote of the Night
Tuukka Rask, who allowed three goals on 25 shots (including two via breakaway) summed up his team's night from his view in the crease.
Tuukka Rask: "I don't think we played bad; we just made stupid mistakes."
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) May 7, 2014
The underlying possession numbers point to some validity in that statement, but unfortunately for the Bruins, those gaffes were enough to do them in.
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Game 4 is set for Thursday in Montreal.
Series Recap
Game 1: BOS 3, MTL 4 (2OT) (Canadiens lead 1-0)
Game 2: BOS 5, MTL 3 (Bruins tie 1-1)
Game 3: MTL 4, BOS 2 (Canadiens lead 2-1)
Game 4: Thursday, May 8 7:30 p.m. ET
Game 5: Saturday, May 10 7:00 p.m. ET
Game 6*: Monday, May 12 TBD
Game 7*: Wednesday, May 14 TBD
