Spooner, Czarnik Deliver in Bruins Win Over Montreal

MONTREAL - The Bruins have been searching for secondary scoring all season. They know they can rely on David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand. Dominic Moore has provided an unexpected jolt of offensive prowess.
But beyond that, many of the Bruins have yet to find their stride offensively.
That's why Tuesday night was so gratifying.
Boston received tallies from third-liners Austin Czarnik and Ryan Spooner - he notched the winner - en route to a 2-1 overtime victory over Montreal at the Bell Centre.

"We need more goal scoring from everybody," said Bruins coach Claude Julien, whose team ended a brief two-game skid. "Tonight was a good night for that. They did a great job of getting the goals we needed. Hopefully that continues so we get some scoring spread out a little bit more."

Spooner's winner came 3:20 into the extra session when he took a feed from Torey Krug and slipped one through Carey Price's five-hole to secure the victory.
"Felt great. The offense in the last 15 games…haven't been able to get a lot so happy for that, was happy that we won, too," said Spooner. "The two guys actually tried to pinch me off at the blue line. I kind of panicked a little bit and threw the puck in the air.
"Tried to beat my guy to the net and it was a great pass. I came in and I was going to go backhand, saw that he was playing deep and just tried to fake a shot."
As the Bruins celebrated, the play was reviewed to check for offsides. It was the second review of the extra session. Earlier in overtime David Krejci appeared to score, but the officials on the ice called goaltender interference on David Pastrnak, who tumbled into Price.
"It was great to be back on track," said Patrice Bergeron. "We talked about that, we talked about going back to playing our game and playing our style. I thought it was a great effort.
"Obviously we gave them a point with three minutes left, but we showed some character staying with it and having some chances in overtime and finally putting it in."
Czarnik, who was back at his natural center position, ended over a month of frustration with 1:05 left in the second period. The rookie was robbed of the tying goal against Toronto on Saturday night and had another golden chance early against Montreal.
He finally broke through when he sped down the left wing and fired a shot short side on Price to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. It was Czarnik's first goal since Nov. 10. Adam McQuaid registered the assist for his first point of the season.

"I figured the last time up high he got it with his stick, so I figured I would just go and shoot it low, just get it on net and create something there," said Czarnik, who was celebrating his 24th birthday.
Paul Byron, who broke the Bruins hearts by scoring a last-minute winner the last time the team's played in Montreal in early November, tied the game with 3:12 to go.
But Spooner came through in overtime to send the Bruins to Pittsburgh on a high note.
"We need [Spooner and Czarnik] to be successful," said Krug. "We can't rely on the top two lines to do everything. If those two are scoring goals it means we have the depth and we're doing well.
"It was important to get those guys and hopefully it gets us on a little bit of a roll."

Rask Stands Tall Again

Tuukka Rask made 30 saves, including a handful of stellar stops highlighted by his two-pad stack of Tomas Plekanec's attempt and a point-blank stop on Andrew Shaw in the second period.
"It was a duel of two of the best goaltenders around," said Julien. "It was nice to see him win this duel and stand tall for us. The other guy did the same thing for his team.
"That's why it was a close game. Both goaltenders were great. At the end, I'd like to say ours was better."

Rask lost his shutout bid with just over three minutes remaining when Byron tied the game. The netminder has now lost a handful of shutouts in the final minutes this season.
"I try to stay even-keeled no matter what happens," said Rask. "That late in the game there's no time to get rattled."

Rivalry Renewed

Nearly every player that spoke to the media after the game noted the intensity of Monday night's game. A number of hits, particularly in the first period, had both teams - and the fans - engaged early.
"It was definitely the most emotional game we've had this season," said Rask. "Couple big hits there in the first and that obviously gets everybody going. But it wasn't too chippy.
"It was pretty honest hockey and both teams battled hard. Even I got a piece of it there."
Rask was referring to a hit he took in overtime when Torrey Mitchell decked him as he came out to play a loose puck by the right circle. Alexei Emelin also hit David Pastrnak hard along the boards in the first period and just a few moments later Krug delivered a heavy check on Andrew Shaw in the neutral zone.

"Something we haven't seen between those two teams in a while," said Julien. "The fans seem to love it, so we'll make sure we're trying to stay within the rules and continue to create some exciting games between the two teams."
Krug dropped the gloves with Brendan Gallagher shortly after his hit on Shaw.
"I figured it was coming," said Krug. "That's one of those things that's kind of lost in this league, you hit a guy you expect someone to come challenge you. You feel like these days guys are just cowering and running away. I kind of knew it was coming. It is what it is."

Penalty Kill Comes Up Big

Boston's penalty kill has been strong all season long and that trend continued Monday night, as the Bruins killed off all five of Montreal's power plays. Boston, meanwhile, received just one power play.
"We killed way too much. Didn't like the fact that we had that many penalties. It was frustrating to say the least," said Julien. "But our penalty kill did a great job and probably helped us win that game, no doubt."