BOSTON BRUINS vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS POST GAME NOTES OVERTIME: • The Bruins went to overtime tonight for the 15th time this season and they are now 4-6 in the five-minute session and 3-2 in shootouts. • The Canadiens went to overtime tonight for the 16th time this season and they are now 3-6 in the five-minute session and 2-5 in shootouts. • This is the second game of this season’s series to go to OT, as Boston won the first game of this season’s series by a 3-2 shootout decision in Montreal ... The Bruins now have a 17-13-31 lifetime record vs. Montreal in overtime, including a 3-5 mark in shootouts ... It was Boston’s first overtime win vs. the Canadiens in Boston since Mark Recchi scored for a 5-4 victory on Apr. 9, 2009. WHO’S HOT: • Torey Krug had two assists tonight, giving him 4-10=14 totals in ten of his last 14 games. • Brad Marchand had the overtime goal tonight, his third of the season, giving him 3-3=6 totals in four of his last five games with 10-19=29 totals in 17 of his last 21 contests. • Jake DeBrusk had a goal tonight, giving him 2-3=5 totals in four of his last five games. • Nick Holden had an assist tonight, giving him single assists in each of his two games as a Bruin. • Brian Gionta had an assist tonight, giving him single assists in each of his two games as a Bruin. • Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher had a goal tonight, giving him 3-5=8 totals in seven of his last nine games. THIS AND THAT: • The Bruins outshot the Canadiens by a 50-28 margin tonight, which was their most shots in a game since they had 50 vs. the NY Islanders on Dec. 20, 2016. • The Bruins have swept the Canadiens in a season series for the first time since 1994-95. SPECIAL TEAMS: • The Bruins went 1 for 6 (16.7%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 41 for 200 on the power play this season (20.5%) and they have allowed six shorthanded goals. • The Canadiens went 0 for 4 (0.0%) on the power play tonight ... They are now 40 for 196 on the power play this season (20.4%) and they have allowed four shorthanded goals. • The Bruins went 4 for 4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 152 for 188 overall on the penalty kill this season (80.9%) and they have scored seven shorthanded goals. • The Canadiens went 5 for 6 (83.3%) on the penalty kill tonight ... They are now 161 for 208 on the penalty kill this season (77.4%) ... They have scored six shorthanded goals. ATTENDANCE: • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout figure of 17,565. • That extends the Bruins’ sellout streak at TD Garden to 371 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, March 3, 2018 ... TD Garden; Boston MA.
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