BOSTON BRUINS vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS
POST GAME NOTES
SHUTOUT FACTS: • Montreal’s Carey Price recorded his first shutout of the season and 41st of his NHL career tonight ... It is the second time this season that the Bruins have been shut out (Oct. 3 vs. Washington). • It is the 55th shutout by the Canadiens over the Bruins and the 22nd in Boston ... It is the first Montreal shutout over the Bruins since Price had a 2-0 victory on Nov. 22, 2014 in Boston.
WHO’S HOT: • Montreal’s Artturi Lehkonen had two assists tonight, giving him five assists in four of his last five games. • Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher had a goal tonight, giving him 6-1=7 totals in six of his last nine games. • Montreal’s Max Domi had a goal tonight, extending his point streak to six games with 5-3=8 totals in that span. • Jordie Benn had an empty net goal tonight for his first point of the season and first goal since Dec. 5, 2017 vs. St. Louis. • Montreal’s Matthew Peca had an assist tonight, giving him three assists in two of his last six games. • Montreal’s Xavier Ouellet had an assist tonight, giving him single assists each in three straight games. • Montreal’s Jonathan Drouin had an assist tonight, giving him 3-5=8 totals in six of his last seven games.
SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 9 for 32 on the power play this season (28.1%) and they have allowed one shorthanded goal. • The Canadiens went 0 for 3 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 7 for 39 on the power play this season (17.9%) and they have allowed two shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 27 for 34 overall on the penalty kill this season (79.4%) and they have scored one shorthanded goal. • The Canadiens went 3 for 3 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 26 for 34 on the penalty kill this season (76.5%) ... They have not yet scored a shorthanded goal.
ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 390 straight regular season and playoff games starting on Dec. 5, 2009 vs. Ottawa. • Their last non-sellout game at TD Garden was on Dec. 2, 2009 when a Wednesday game vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning drew 16,553.
Saturday, October 27, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA