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Bruins break away from Habs in series opener

Apr. 16, 2009
Phil Kessel had two goals and an assist, and Zdeno Chara scored with 8:45 left to break a third-period tie and give the Boston Bruins a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night in the opener of their first-round playoff series.
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NHL: Boston 4, Montreal 2

BOSTON, April 16 (UPI) -- Zdeno Chara scored the go-ahead goal with 8:45 to play Thursday and the Boston Bruins opened the playoffs with a 4-2 decision over Montreal.

NHL: Boston 5, Montreal 4 (OT)

BOSTON, April 9 (UPI) -- Mark Recchi's overtime goal Thursday gave the Boston Bruins a 5-4 win over Montreal, which sneaked into the NHL playoffs despite the loss.

NHL: Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 (OT)

MONTREAL, March 26 (UPI) -- Saku Koivu scored 1:45 into overtime Thursday to bring the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 decision over Tampa Bay.

NHL: Boston 5, Montreal 4

BOSTON, April 19 (UPI) -- Phil Kessel had two goals and Boston again scored four times in the third period to beat Montreal 5-4 and take their Eastern Conference quarterfinal to Game 7.

NHL: Montreal 4, Boston 1

MONTREAL, April 10 (UPI) -- Tom Kostopoulos had a goal and an assist Thursday when the Montreal Canadiens beat Boston 4-1 in the opener of their Eastern Conference series.

NHL: Carolina 3, Montreal 1

MONTREAL, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Matt Cullen's power-play goal late in the second period Saturday night helped the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens, 3-1.

NHL: Montreal 3, Boston 2

MONTREAL, April 11 (UPI) -- Alexei Kovalev scored a pair of goals and Jose Theodore recorded 21 saves as Montreal beat Boston, 3-2, to stay in their Eastern quarterfinal series.

Montreal 4, Carolina 1

RALEIGH, N.C., May 5 (UPI) -- Montreal captain Saku Koivu scored a goal and set up another in the first period as the Canadiens tied their Eastern Conference semifinal series at one win each

Montreal 5, Boston 3

MONTREAL, April 23 (UPI) -- Saku Koivu highlighted a third-period comeback with the go-ahead goal Tuesday night as the Montreal Canadiens recorded a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in G

Montreal 4, Columbus 1

MONTREAL, April 6 (UPI) -- Jose Theodore made 19 saves and defenseman Stephane Quintal snapped a scoreless tie 5:05 into the second period Saturday night as the Montreal Canadiens defeate
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic