National Hockey League Playoff Game Capsules

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Facing the prospect of a two-game hole in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Boston Bruins sent everything they could at Carey Price. One shot knuckled into the ice and skipped past the Montreal Canadiens goalie to tie the game. Barely two minutes later, Price couldn’t get all the way over to stop Reilly Smith. Another NHL playoff game, another blown two-goal lead. Smith scored the go-ahead marker during a four-goal flurry to end the third period as Boston came back to beat Montreal 5-3 in Game 2 on Saturday, evening the series. The Bruins rebounded from Thursday’s Game 1 loss, when P.K. Subban scored on a Montreal power play 4:17 into the second overtime, and they rallied from a 3-1 deficit in this one with 13 1/2 minutes to play. Milan Lucic added an empty-netter and Daniel Paille scored earlier for the Bruins, who escaped with a win at home before traveling to Montreal for Game 3 on Tuesday. Tuukka Rask made 25 saves for the hosts, who also lost Game 1 to Detroit in the first round, then won the next four to make it out of the first round for the fifth time in six years. Mike Weaver had a goal for Montreal and Price gave up four on 34 shots. He had 25 saves on 26 shots in the first two periods.

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