Boston mounts Montreal and rides 'em ragged

Six Bruins had two points as seven different players buried the puck in the Bruins 7-4 win on the road over the Montreal Canadiens.

The Bruins broke open the game in the third as four of the team's seven goals came in the last frame. Zdenek Kutlak scored his first of the season as part of the highlights.

Andy McDonald got the Bruins on the board first, splitting the Canadiens defensemen just fifty-eight seconds into the game. Less than a minute later, Sean Brown made it 2-0, redirecting a Tim Connolly bullet pass Martin Brodeur. For good measure, Shawn McEachern netted a power play goal at 15:33 of the period. Mike Grier cut the Bruins lead to two goals as he scored his ninth of the season just before the clock expired, and the Habs went to the locker room down 3-1.

After the quad of goals in the first period, the second was a quiet one. Montreal chipped away at the lead as Brent Sopel scored his second goal of the year on a low wrist shot off the far post to close the game to 3-2.

Six minutes into the third period, Sheldon Keefe tied the game at three all on a power play with some nifty stick-work in tight to beat goaltender Andrew Raycroft. Then at 9:17, Tomas Kopecky returned the favor, registering his second of the season on the power play to give the Bruins a 4-3 lead.

The onslaught was on come 14:21, when Bret Hedican also scored his second of the year off Tim Connolly's second assist. Daniel Briere stalled the progress on the power play less than a minute later, but it would not be enough.

In the last two and a half minutes, Zdenek Kutlak would put his first of the year past Mathieu Garon, roofing a quick wrist shot off of the face-off and expanding the Bruins' lead to 6-4. Just over two minutes later, Brian Rolston would get his fourth and end the scoring, deflecting a pass through the crease from Lee Goren.

"It was a game that had a momentum swings in it," said Bruins' Coach Robbie Ftorek. "Obviously, the power play tonight was big for us, answering the bell for us. We're coming together and we're making progress."