Boston Bruins right wing Brett Connolly (14) and Montreal Canadiens…
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Alex Galchenyuk, Montreal’s 21-year-old super talent, appears to be enjoying his move from the left wing back to center. Montreal had a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:05 after Brad Marchand was called for slashing near the end of that penalty, but failed to get a shot on goal. Sure, he’s going to make a few mistakes defensively and away from the puck, but the Bruins have to rely on their offense right now because the blue line is lacking depth and the ideal amount of defensive skill with Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg injured.
Shots on Goal_Montreal 10-18-10_38.
Alexander Semin led the way with his 77% Corsi-for percentage, and played a large role in the night’s affairs. Setting up in a predictable spot helped his teammates to transition up the ice, and that transition should only improve as the Canadiens become more familiar with their off-season acquisition. Bergeron is the complete player in every sense of the word and should give fantasy owners around 25 goals and 55 points. Emelin was given an interference penalty on the play.
Lars Eller’s second of the night made it 3-0 before Matt Beleskey gets his first as a Bruin to cut it to 3-1. Spooner was assessed a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct for the egregious infraction.
Saturday was a game of firsts for the 22-year old Bruins defenseman. The Bruins clearly missed their supersized defenseman, especially against Montreal’s top line of Eller, Semin and Galchenyuk.
It took the Canadiens 11 seconds on an early power play to take a 1-0 lead.
“We’re going about it with the league’s protocol with concussions and his return will be dictated by how quickly he recovers…so we have no timetable for him”, coach Claude Julien told the team’s website Sunday.
Zac Rinaldo was sent out after the empty-net goal, and he immediately went after Flynn, with the Canadiens winger ending up being hit into the boards from behind for the second time in the period. And David Pastrnak, although he wasn’t credited with an assist in their first goal of the season, has factored in on all of them. “I saw Carey Price sort of back off here looking for the puck with Bergy not even touching him at that point when the puck went in”, Julien continued.
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Patrice Bergeron scores on the power play to make it slightly less bad. Penalties_Beleskey, Bos (illegal check to head minor), 1:14; Fleischmann, Monday (hooking), 3:13; Morrow, Bos (high-sticking), 5:24; Mitchell, Monday (roughing), 9:40; McQuaid, Bos (roughing), 9:40; Krug, Bos (tripping), 15:28.
