McAvoy, Coyle each scores twice, Bruins win Centennial game against Canadiens 

Cole Caufield scored twice, and Nick Suzuki had two assists for Montreal (8-13-3), which misplaced 4-3 on the New York Rangers on Saturday and has misplaced 4 of its previous 5 (1-3-1). Cayden Primeau made 24 saves.

“I imply, this ceremony earlier than, [and] anytime we come right here, they provide us a tough time,” Primeau stated. “Simply as we do. However yeah, they’re a tough group. … It’s arduous to attempt to come again after attempting to return again yesterday towards two good groups, again to again.”

McAvoy gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 11:45 of the primary interval, skating by means of the appropriate face-off circle earlier than looping across the web and scoring with a wraparound.

“I’m my angle to shoot, and I had sufficient velocity the place I assumed if I can look and promote this, then I’m going to wrap,” McAvoy stated. “You simply make that call after which go together with it.”

Pastrnak pushed it to 2-0 at 12:40, ending Pavel Zacha’s cross from behind the online with a one-timer.

Coyle prolonged it to 3-0 simply 15 seconds later, lifting a backhand over Primeau’s stick from in entrance.

“You’ll be able to’t assist the opposite group, dig your self in a gap,” Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis stated. “It’s arduous to play catch-up hockey on a back-to-back. It’s arduous if you’re contemporary, so we lacked a little bit little bit of that tonight.”