Boston were looking to end this series on away ice, having already won the previous 2 games at the Bell Centre. Montreal needed a big performance to get back in this series and take it to a game 7.
The Canadiens had the lead on a 5 on 3 powerplay at 10.54 after the Bruins had run into penalty trouble. First they were called for too many men on the ice and just 4 seconds later Seidenberg was called for slashing to give Montreal almost 2 full minutes of 5 on 3. They took 69 seconds with Cammelleri firing in a one timer of a feed from Subban.
The Bruins had the game at tied at the start of the 2nd period and Seidenberg made up for his earlier indiscipline. He won a battle in behind the Montreal net and got a wrap around shot in at the near post of Price with just 48 seconds gone.
The Canadiens got their 2nd goal and the game winner 5 minutes later with the Bruins yet again getting into penalty trouble. Lucic was called 5+game misconduct for boarding after drilling Spacek head first into the boards. The Canadiens defenceman was shaken as he was helped off the ice but returned later in the game.
Then Bergeron fired the puck over the glass 16 seconds later to make it another 5 on 3 advantage to Montreal. This time Gionta got the goal, Cammelleri having his blast saved by Thomas and the winger shovelling the loose puck into the net.
That was sweet justice for Gionta who seemed to have a perfectly good goal disallowed in the 1st after Thomas didn't cover the puck. The ref's hadn't seen the loose puck though and whistled as he put the puck in.
It didn't matter in the end, Montreal had secured a 2-1 win and this was another series that was heading for a game 7.
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