PLEKANEC & COLE LEAD THE HABS TO A WIN

GOAL SCORERS

MTL:   E. Cole (10:27 - 2nd) , T. Plekanec (10:46 - 3rd)

BOS:   P. Bergeron (PPG, 14:05 - 1st)

GOALIES

MTL: C. Price (W)

 BOS: T. Thomas (L)

            Last night in Boston, the Habs took on the Bruins for the first time since Game 7 of the 2011 playoffs where the Bruins beat the Habs in overtime. With 7 minutes to go in the first, Marchands shot was stopped and Price denied Krejci on the rebound. 2 minutes later, Plekanec won the faceoff in the defensive zone ( to the right of Price), but he accidentally won it into his own net. Bergeron would get credit as the Bruins take a 1-0 lead. 8 minutes into the second, Cole sent the puck down the ice right to Cammalleri and he had a breakaway and he was stopped by Thomas with the right pad.

         A couple of minutes later, Spacek shot the puck from the left point and it was tipped in by Eric Cole to tie the game at 1-1. Then with 5:39 to go in the second, Peverley had a breakaway and he was stopped by the shoulder of Price. Just 2 minutes later, Subban and Marchand dropped the gloves and the fight would end in a tie with both players throwing decent punches. 1 minute later, the Bruins dumped the puck in and had an empty net was Bergeron and he was denied by a diving Diaz to keep the game tied going into the third. 10 minutes into the final frame, Plekanec came in on a 1 on 3 and he took a shot and it was blocked but he got his own rebound and scored to give the Habs a 2-1 lead and that would be the final.

        In the win, Price made 29 saves. In the loss, Thomas made 33 saves. After the game, there was talk about Subbans fight with Marchand."When you are frustrated -- and I know I was -- it doesn't take much," said Subban.It wasn't Marchand who frustrated me. There was no animosity between us. ... If I was in Montreal and saw him out to dinner, we'd probably hang out together." With the loss, the Bruins fins themselves in last place in the Eastern Conference."I'll probably get nightmares on how we are playing right now," coach Claude Julien said. "Our inability to focus for 60 minutes is obvious and apparent."

Game 2 of this home and home will be Saturday night at 7:00pm E.t in Montreal on CBC-M (HD).

Written By Andrew Di Pardo