Montreal’s quality pleases Price

MONTREAL 4 BOSTON 2

BOSTON — The Montreal Canadiens are already off to a strong start. It doesn’t hurt that they have star goaltender Carey Price getting some early season rust off now, too.

Price stopped 19 shots in his second start, and Brendan Gallagher and Phillip Danault each had second-period goals Saturday to lift the Canadiens to a 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins.

Price, playing just his second game after a bout with the flu at the start of the season, missed most of last season with a right knee injury. He won his season debut, stopping 27 shots against Arizona on Thursday.

“It’s always good to get minutes in, good quality minutes,” Price said. “The guys are playing really well defensively in front of me and everybody’s rolling.”

Torrey Mitchell and Paul Byron also scored for Montreal, which has not lost in regulation through its first five games (4-0-1). Byron’s goal was shorthanded.

Dominic Moore and Ryan Spooner scored for Boston, winless in its last nine games at home against its longtime rivals. Backup goalie Anton Khudobin made 25 saves. “I don’t like to lose,” Khudobin said after falling to 0-2 this season. “It’s the worst feeling, I would say. I understand maybe you’re not going to win all games, but I’m trying and it’s just a bad feeling when you’re losing.”