Petry propels Canadiens past Bruins in OT

BOSTON -- Jeff Petry scored 15 seconds into overtime, and Carey Price made 41 saves for the Montreal Canadiens in a 3-2 win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Monday.

Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron also scored for Montreal (25-17-5), which has won three of its past four games.
"I think the biggest thing for me is I think we've minimized the glaring mistakes and the turnovers and the sloppy decisions which, you know, crept in our game every once in a while," Canadiens coach Claude Julien said. "There were decision-making things that ended up costing us at times, so we're a lot better."
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David Krejci sent the game to overtime for Boston (26-15-5) when he scored at 19:22 of the third period. Brad Marchand also scored, and Tuukka Rask made 19 saves.

Petry won it for the Canadiens when he batted the rebound of Max Domi's shot out of the air past Rask. It was Petry's 10th goal of the season.
"Well clearly right now it [stinks], especially when it happens that quick," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "It's a pretty straight-forward rush. We folded instead of challenging the puck carrier, so that started a domino effect and we lost coverage in front."
Marchand's 17th goal gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 14:09 of the first period during a 4-on-4 situation. After taking Patrice Bergeron's pass in the neutral zone, Marchand gained the Canadiens end with speed and beat Price with a wrist shot from the left dot inside the far post.
Gallagher tied the score 1-1 with a tip-in at 18:27. It was his 18th of the season and came after Phillip Danault beat Marchand in a face-off back to Petry, whose wrist shot from the left point went off Gallagher's stick.
Byron gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead when he scored shorthanded at 17:09 of the second period. Byron poked the puck away from Bergeron at Montreal's blue line and took off before making a move to the middle of the Boston zone and scoring on a backhand high to Rask's glove side.
Krejci's 10th of the season tied it with a 6-on-4 power-play goal after Rask was pulled for an extra attacker. Krejci's wrist shot from the top of the right circle went off Jordie Benn in traffic in front of the net.
"Just try to shoot, you know, you always practice that in practices," Krejci said. "But it doesn't happen if [Jake DeBrusk] doesn't do a good job screening the goalie. So obviously a big goal for us, and I think we had the momentum on our side. We just couldn't get it done."

They said it

"I feel like [I'm playing my best hockey of the season]. I think we're playing pretty well structured too. It's not just me out there and we're doing a pretty good job in our structure and you know, it's a group effort." -- Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who has allowed two goals or fewer in six of his past nine starts

"We're just kind of roaming a little bit right now on the PP; we've got to be a little more structured. If we do that, then we'll get more pucks back and we'll be in a little better position defensively. But it definitely comes out of respect and we have to play both ends of the rink. When we don't have it on the PP, we've got to make sure that we're in position to get it back and make sure that we don't give up opportunities." -- Bruins forward Brad Marchand on their 10 shorthanded goals allowed this season

Need to know

The Bruins and Canadiens split their four-game season series, with each winning twice on the road. … Petry's goal was his 200th NHL point. … Byron has two career shorthanded goals against the Bruins (Oct. 22, 2016). … Bruins forward David Pastrnak played his 300th NHL game.

What's next

Canadiens: Host the Florida Panthers on Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, FS-F, NHL.TV)
Bruins: At the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN)