But in 2025, the Bell Centre isn’t as forboding as the old Forum. The Bruins have won regularly in Montreal in recent years. They killed both two-man advantages and only allowed two shots on goal in the combined 3:16 en route to a 3-2 win.

In Tanner Jeannot and Mark Kastelic, Minten is riding between two of the brashest Bruins when it comes to gloves-off activity.

Jeremy Swayman stopped 26 shots for his fifth consecutive victory and the Boston Bruins overcame the loss of defenseman Charlie McAvoy to a mouth injury to beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in a heated game.

A redirected shot on a Montreal power play jumped up and hit Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy in the face. Players on both teams motioned to the Boston bench, and medical staff came onto the ice in a hurry. The Bruins announced that McAvoy wouldn’t return early in the third period.

MONTREAL -- The Boston Bruins went 7-for-7 on the penalty kill and held off the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 at Bell Centre on Saturday. Marat Khusnutdinov, Mason Lohrei and Viktor Arvidsson scored, and David Pastrnak had two assists for Boston (12-8-0), which has won eight of its past nine games. Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves.

The Boston Bruins continue their Canada swing on Saturday night, making the trek from Ottawa to Montreal for a road matchup with the Canadiens.

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Jeannot pounced. He delivered a strong right to Xhekaj’s face. The Montreal defenseman tumbled backward, and the linesmen jumped in. Jeannot landed a big right to get the better of Ottawa’s Kurtis McDermid on Thursday.

There will be a homecoming on Saturday night as Mascouche, Quebec, native Jonathan Aspirot appears set to sub back into the Boston lineup. The 26-year-old made his NHL debut on Oct. 28 against the Islanders and played six games before sitting out the last two as a healthy scratch.

Anyway, the scoring started at 4-on-4, as the Bruins used the extra ice from a mutual roughing call to set up an extremely pretty passing play that ended with Marat Khusnutdinov putting a beautiful shot past Sam Montembeault! 1-0 Bruins!