La Belle Province not kind to Boston

 

The Jekyll and Hyde Boston Bruins strolled into Montreal fresh off a 9 goal outburst against Chicago. Well they used up al their offence the previous night, and were embarrassed by the Canadiens 6-1.

 

The Bruins came out flat in this one, generating shots on net but little to no high danger scoring chances. Montreal capitalized on their chances with Ed Ward and Trevor Linden, shorthanded, giving the Habs 2 goals on a mere 5 shots in the frame and the lead after the first.

 

Sean McKenna scored on the first shift of the second, but it was all Montreal after that. Rafalski, Ward with his second, Linden and Fedorov all scored which chased starter Curtis Joseph. Just like that it was 6-1 and the Bruins were reeling. Coach Guevremont called a time out but the damage was done. The Canadiens were clearly the better team in the third, peppering backup Brian Hayward with shots but he stood tall not allowing anything else. He was the best player on the ice in a lopsided effort, which clearly isn't good enough for a team expected to compete for a Wales Conference crown this season.

 

"We need to find some consistency in our game," said coach Guevremont. "This team is better than this."

 

The Bruins have no time to sulk, they need to figure it out heading into Anaheim to face the Mighty Ducks tomorrow night.

 

GAME STARS:

 

3. Pat Roy

2. Ed Ward

1. Trevor Linden

 

GAME NOTES:

 

- The Bruin PP went 0 for 5 and the PK went 3 for 4

- Wayne Presley took out Scott Niedermayer midway through the second period, and Van Allen took out Donald Audette in the third. We'll see if they will face any additional discipline tomorrow when the league looks at both incidents

 

THE SANWICH REPORT:

 

The Sandwich Bruins visited Laval and lost 3-2. Daniel Marois and Jimmy Dowd scored the lone Sandwich goals. Pasi Nurminen was back in the pipes after being off for the last 20 games with a lower body injury.