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 Left winger Max Pacioretty scored twice to lead the Canadiens to
their fourth consecutive win with a 5-1 romp over the Boston Bruins
on Thursday night at the Bell Centre.
"I think our whole team just kind of gets up for Boston," said
Weise, who notched a Gordie Howe hat trick (goal, assist, fight).
"There's something about them. It's just a playoff atmosphere every
night. The crowd was in it right off the start."
Facing a Bruins squad that was playing its third in four nights and
coming off a 6-1 pasting the previous night in Toronto, Weise got
the crowd going with a hit on center Gregory Campbell. The Bruins
forward took exception and the two dropped the gloves.
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton opened the scoring for Boston (10-8-0) at
16:04 on the power play. The Bell Centre's public address announcer
had barely started to announce Montreal right winger P.A.
Parenteau's penalty when Hamilton's shot from the blue line found
its way past Price for his fourth goal of the season.
Weise put the Canadiens on the board at 2:31 of the second period
when he converted on a penalty shot, beating goaltender Niklas
Svedberg five-hole.
Center Lars Eller scored for the third straight game to put Montreal
(12-4-1) ahead at 13:00 of the second period. Right winger Brendan
Gallagher beat two Bruins defenders behind the net and got the puck
to Eller, who backhanded one from the slot past Svedberg.
Pacioretty netted his first goal of the night less than two minutes
later when he took a feed from Weise and fired from the top of the
left circle.
Weise's helper capped off a Gordie Howe hat trick (goal, assist,
fight) and marked his second multi-point game of the season.
"It was a tough second period for us," said Svedberg, who made 29
saves in the loss. "We've got to keep playing even we let a goal
in."
Pacioretty picked up his eighth goal of the season at 5:09 of the
third period when center David Desharnais' pass attempt hit his
skate and went to the back of the net.
"I think we went back on our heels after they scored the first
goal," center Patrice Bergeron said of his team, which allowed more
than three goals in back-to-back games for the first time this
season. "We didn't respond the way we should have after that and we
didn't answer the call. The first 20 minutes was the way we wanted
to start the game, but the final 40 wasn't the way we wanted to
finish."
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Pacioretty added to the Canadiens' lead less than two minutes later
when he took a feed from Weise and fired from the top of the left
circle.
Right winger Jiri Sekac busted the Canadiens' lengthy power play
drought when he scored from just outside the slot at 14:06 of the
third. It was Montreal's first power play goal since Oct. 18 and the
third (of four overall) that the team scored against Boston this
season.
"Us being able to have that type of depth and having everybody feel
like they can step up and be the hero not only helps on the ice but
helps with the team chemistry and camaraderie," Pacioretty said.
Goaltender Carey Price made 21 saves for the Canadiens.
NOTES: Acquired on Tuesday by the Canadiens, D Sergei Gonchar made
his Montreal debut on Thursday night. ... Bruins C Alex Khokhlachev,
recalled earlier in the day on an emergency basis, was scratched
along with D Matt Bartkowski. ... Montreal G Carey Price appeared in
his 383rd career NHL game, tying him with Bill Durnan for fourth in
franchise history in games played by a goaltender. ... Boston D
Zdeno Chara missed his ninth game with a knee injury, and C David
Krejci sat out his third due to an undisclosed injury. ... Montreal
LW Drayson Bowman was scratched as coach Michel Therrien opted for a
lineup with seven defensemen.
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