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March 22, 2007

Slumping Bruins fall to Canadiens

Tomas Plekanec and Chris Higgins each had a goal and two assists to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Montreal scored five unanswered goals in the last 22 minutes of the game and swept the home-and-home series after shutting out Boston 1-0 Tuesday.

Trailing 3-1, Plekanec cut the Bruins' lead with 1:49 left in the second period when he flipped the puck past Bruins goalie Tim Thomas.

Mike Johnson, Maxim Lapierre and Higgins put the game away when they each scored 2:16 apart in the third period to take a 5-3 lead with 11:09 remaining in the game.

Phil Kessel, Marco Sturm and Mark Mowers scored for the Bruins, who lost their third straight.

Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves for Montreal, which scored three power-play goals.

--ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted by Corey Bourassa  at 10:09 PM to Bruins | Permalink

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