Moore winner lifts B’s
First goal of season tops Habs
MONTREAL — After leading for most of the contest, the Bruins still had to pull through late. David Backes drew a double minor for high sticking from Jonathan Drouin with 5:21 to go in a 2-2 game. He was back on the ice in time for the power play, and his shot banked off of Carey Price and went straight to John Moore, who scored his first of the season to lead the Bruinstoa3-2winoverthe Canadiens. The Bruins held a 2-0 lead until 13:14 to go in the third period when the Canadiens went end-to-end to earn their first goal. On their fifth power play of the night, they tied it. The Bruins scored twice in the first period but didn’t find the net again until their late power play. Tuukka Rask had made 25 saves before the first Habs goal, and had fought off several dangerous chances from Montreal to keep the Bruins ahead. Just a night after nearly having his first goal of the season, Backes opened the Bruins scoring in Montreal. With 6:59 left in the first, Backes stripped Jesper Kotkaniemi of the puck in the B’s offensive end to give himself a one-on-one chance on Price. He buried the wrister for the 1-0 advan- tage. After Brad Marchand and Jonathan Drouin were each sent off for roughing, the ensuing 4-on-4 gave Torey Krug space on the goal line to connect with Jake DeBrusk off a give-and-go. DeBrusk buried his 10th goal of the season off Krug’s feed with 5:18 remaining in the first. Montreal appeared to score with time running out at the end of the first and Noel Acciari in the box for high-sticking, but the clock had run out on the Habs. Kevan Miller took a stick check to the groin from Brendan Gallagher in front of the net, causing a ruckus as time expired. Acciari and David Krejci both had near-breakaway chances in the second. In Acciari’s case, he drew a penalty in a period that featured five infractions. Just 28 seconds into the third, it appeared the Canadiens had finally gotten on the board. A scramble in front of Rask on a four-onfour resulted in the puck edging towards Artturi Lehkonen, but he kicked it in and the officials ruled no goal. Drouin gave the Habs their first goal with 13:14 left in the frame as he skated from his defensive end all the way through the Bruins defense and then past Krug at the foot of the crease as he potted it past Rask to bring them back within one. David Pastrnak took a slashing call with 11:45 to go in the game to give the Canadiens their fifth power play of the game. With six seconds to go on the advantage, Tomas Tatar went underneath the crossbar on Rask’s glove side to knot the game 2-2. Backes was struck by Gallagher’s high stick with 5:21 to go in the third, giving the Bruins a man advantage for four minutes. Moore collected a rebound off of Backes’ chance with 2:57 left in the game. The Bruins will end the road trip, and a stretch of six road games over seven contests, in Toronto on Monday night.