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March 3, 2007

Bruins ice Canadiens, 3-1

Glen Murray scored his team-leading 28th goal, and Tim Thomas made 16 of his 31 saves in the third period to lead the Bruins to a 3-1 win over Montreal on Saturday.

Petr Tenkrat and Brandon Bochenski also scored for the Bruins, who snapped a three-game losing streak and moved six points behind eighth-place Carolina in a crowded race for the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot.

Sheldon Souray scored his 23rd goal for Montreal, which lost its third straight and fourth in five to remain one point behind the Hurricanes.

Thomas was tested often in the final period, making a pair of stops on Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kastsitsyn seconds apart with just under 12 minutes left.
Murray's goal, a wrister from the slot, made it 3-1 with 4:09 to play.

Two nights ago, Bruins coach Dave Lewis was frustrated after his team gave up 55 shots on goal in an overtime loss to the Flyers, calling the performance “totally ridiculous.”

On Saturday, the Bruins controlled play for extended periods before grabbing a 1-0 lead on Tenkrat's goal 3:30 into the second.

Tenkrat fired a slap shot from just outside the right circle and the puck caromed off the stick of defenseman Souray, knuckling over the right shoulder of Halak.

Bochenski made it 2-0 with 1:03 left in the second. He collected a loose puck at center ice, broke in down the left wing and slipped a wrister inside the left post.

Souray's shot ricocheted off defenseman Andrew Ference's stick and past Thomas 3:02 into the third period.

BRUINS NOTES: Thomas was coming off a career-best 51-save performance in the 4-3 overtime loss to the Flyers Thursday. ... A large contingent of Canadiens fans, filling a good portion of the east end of the building, broke into chants of 'Go Habs Go' numerous times. ... Montreal played the third of five games in 12 days away from home, and travels to Atlanta and St. Louis before returning home against the Islanders on March 13.

--ASSOCIATED PRESS

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