BOSTON — A number of Bruins newcomers made their mark to cleared the path to a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Boston’s house opener at TD Backyard on Thursday evening.
It was additionally the primary win of the season for the Bruins to maneuver their report to 1-1-0 whereas the Canadiens dropped to 1-1-0.
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ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
Bruins common supervisor Don Sweeney was aggressive within the offseason, bringing in a number of new items to go together with Boston’s robust core.
Properly, Sweeney’s imaginative and prescient got here to life in opposition to Boston’s hated rival.
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The Bruins obtained loads of manufacturing from their offseason signings to assist Boston rating 4 consecutive objectives after the Canadiens took a 2-1 lead with 7:42 left within the first interval.
Mark Kastelic, who obtained right into a struggle on opening evening, confirmed off his scoring expertise by going bar right down to tie issues up and Elias Lindholm gave the Bruins the lead earlier than the primary interval got here to an finish when the centerman redirected in a move from Nikita Zadorov, who got here to Boston alongside Lindholm from the Vancouver Canucks.
Fourth-line winger Cole Koepke, who turned in a three-point evening, factored right into a aim when he crashed the web onerous and poked a puck previous Canadiens goalie Cayden Primeau. By the tip of the evening, Kastelic, Lindholm, Zadorov and Koepke mixed for 10 factors.
The Bruins obtained the everyday contributions as nicely from Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak as every tallied a aim. McAvoy’s got here on the facility play.
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Put all of it collectively and it was sufficient for the Bruins to carry off a Canadiens rally and make them 14-0-1 in opposition to Montreal within the final 15 video games the 2 sides have met.
STARS OF THE GAME
— Lindholm’s first aim in a Bruins uniform with 1:37 left within the first interval gave Boston the lead for good. He additionally registered assists on McAvoy and Pastrnak’s objectives to safe a three-point evening.
— Zadorov assisted on back-to-back objectives on the finish of the primary interval to assist in giving the Bruins the lead. His move to Lindholm for a tally confirmed the connection the 2 have from having performed three earlier seasons collectively.
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— Kastelic scored twice and netted an enormous insurance coverage aim. He discovered the again of the web simply 16 seconds after Brendan Gallagher rating his second of the evening. Kastelic additionally made an impression on the dot successful 5-of-6 faceoffs.
UP NEXT
The Bruins proceed their first homestand of the season Saturday once they host the Los Angeles Kings in matinee motion. Puck drop from TD Backyard is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET, and you’ll watch the sport, plus an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.
