In Montreal, Brad Marchand scored his second goal of the game with 34 seconds gone in extra time to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 win over the Canadiens on Monday night.
“I kind of knew it was going to come back just because of the way he kind of showboated on the save at the end of the second,” Marchand said. “I wanted to score a little bit extra because of that save, so luckily it went in.”
With the Bruins trailing by one late in the third period, Connor Clifton hit for the tying goal, 2-2, to force the extra session.
Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves in the Boston win.
The Bruins moved to 39-19-5.
“First place, last place, somewhere in between, either team, it’s still a passionate game,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I thought that’s what took place tonight. Both teams were into it. They were physical early, had a couple of big hits and we tried to respond with that and let the game play out. I thought it was a good hockey game. Either team could have won.”
Marchand scored the game’s first goal in the opening stanza.
David Savard knotted the game, 1-1, for the Canadiens in the middle frame.
The Habs dropped to 17-37-9.
“It’s tough to lose a game like that,” the Canadiens’ David Savard said. “Jake played really, really well. He made some big, big saves to keep us in the game.”
Montreal took a 2-1 lead in the game early in the third period off a strike from Joel Armia.
Jake Allen made 43 saves in the Montreal loss.
“It’s tough. It’s part of the business,” Allen said. “I think we all knew there was potential of this [happening] today. We didn’t know if anything was actually going to happen, and we got up from our naps and saw the news, and it is what it is. Those guys have great opportunities now to go in the playoffs and earn themselves some new contracts and go for a Stanley Cup, so you’ve got to be happy for them.”
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