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But in 2025, the Bell Centre isn’t as forboding as the old Forum. The Bruins have won regularly in Montreal in recent years. They killed both two-man advantages and only allowed two shots on goal in the combined 3:16 en route to a 3-2 win.
In Tanner Jeannot and Mark Kastelic, Minten is riding between two of the brashest Bruins when it comes to gloves-off activity.
MONTREAL -- The Boston Bruins went 7-for-7 on the penalty kill and held off the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 at Bell Centre on Saturday. Marat Khusnutdinov, Mason Lohrei and Viktor Arvidsson scored, and David Pastrnak had two assists for Boston (12-8-0), which has won eight of its past nine games. Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves.
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins will try to keep their six-game home win streak alive when they play the Carolina Hurricanes. Boston is 8-3-0 at home and 12-8 overall. The Bruins are 4-2-0 in games their opponents serve more penalty minutes.
The visiting Boston Bruins scored twice in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and held on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in Saturday night's battle of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division.
There will be a homecoming on Saturday night as Mascouche, Quebec, native Jonathan Aspirot appears set to sub back into the Boston lineup. The 26-year-old made his NHL debut on Oct. 28 against the Islanders and played six games before sitting out the last two as a healthy scratch.
Jeremy Swayman will be back in net for the Bruins while the only change among the skaters will be Jonathan Aspirot going in for Henri Jokiharju. A left shot, he’ll play on the right side on the third pairing with Mason Lohrei. It will be Jokiharju’s first healthy scratch of the season.
Marat Khusnutdinov, right, celebrates with Bruins teammates David Pastrnak, center, and Charlie McAvoy after scoring the game’s first goal Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Boston Bruins could get some terrible injury news regarding their top defenseman after a gruesome incident on Saturday night.