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After failing to hold on to a lead Monday night against Kirk Muller’s Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal welcomed their biggest rivals to the Bell Center on Wednesday.  You knew the Bruins would be raring to go against the Habs as they had just lost their previous Matchup a night earlier, going down 3-0 at the hands of the Rangers.

The game started with a feeling out process as both teams looked to see who would crack first. This brought out the physical game as both began to throw their weight around looking to punish their opponent.

The Habs and Bruins faced off in a chess match Monday night where tight checking and blocked shots highlighted the evening. The Bruins came into town looking to extend their eight game winning streak, while the Habs were looking to end that streak just like they did in the previous game against the Rangers. Both teams started the game cautiously as they went through a feeling out process for the first few minutes of the period. The boo birds were out as expected and they made sure that Zdeno Chara heard them loud and clear every time he touched the puck.

This was it, game seven, winner take all, last team standing! The Habs did their best to claw their way back into this game but it simply was not meant to be, as they lost the game in overtime for the third time in this series. The first goal of the game came early when Johnny Boychuk beat Carey Price with his point shot just 3:31 in. The puck found its way past Price’s trapper after he had just pushed Patrice Bergeron out of his crease. A couple of minutes later, the Bruins jumped to a quick 2-0 lead giving us the sense that this could be a long night.