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

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.”