Alexis Belanger-Champagne, The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — The Canadian couldn’t score a second big throw in a row.

Patrice Bergeron scored late in the third period, Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves and the Boston Bruins beat Montreal 4-2 at the Bell Center on Tuesday night.

Bergeron scored on a return seconds after winning a faceoff in Habs territory. The Canadiens players noted that the linesman should have called an offside in the previous sequence.

“It was a difficult situation for the referee with two players in his way,” emphasized the Canadian’s head coach, Martin St-Louis. From our point of view it was obvious. Too bad there was a faceoff in our zone at this point in the game. It’s like that sometimes.”

St-Louis was particularly proud of his side’s work, which limited the Bruins’ chances for long periods of time. But after beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime on Saturday, the cream finally came back this time.

“I’m very proud of the boys,” said St-Louis. We fought, we played a good match. They’re a difficult team but we were in the game. we were engaged We didn’t have the desired result, but you have to be careful how you measure success.

“Three weeks ago we were probably at rock bottom,” St-Louis added. Not only have we found a way to put ourselves back together, but we’re even better than before our slide.

The Bruins (38-5-4) eventually won their sixth straight game. They have suffered just one regular-time loss in their last 20 games (16-1-3).

Kirby Dach scored twice for the Canadian (20-25-3) and reached the 10-goal plateau in a season for the first time in his career. In his eighth consecutive start, Samuel Montembeault made 25 saves, including several spectacular ones.

David Pastrnak has one clean goal and three assists for the Bruins, who have won their last eight games against the Canadiens. David Krejci had a goal and an assist while Taylor Hall also scored.

The Canadians wrap up their five-game home game Thursday as they host the Detroit Red Wings at the Bell Center.

The last word with the Bruins

The first period was fairly quiet, which must have pleased St-Louis.

The Bruins had their best chance just after passing a penalty. Montembeault, however, frustrated Brad Marchand.

Montembeault was joined by defender David Savard a few minutes later to deny Marchand another goal. The Quebec goalkeeper also stole a specific goal from Trent Frederic thanks to a well-synchronized lateral movement to the left.

At the other end of the rink, Swayman got lucky when a shot from Alex Belzile hit the post late in the half.

The Bruins threatened a power play early in the second period but Montembeault was spectacular in holding the 0-0 tie. His best save came with his shield against Pastrnak after a lateral move to the right.

After 9:11 in the second third, the Canadian finally opened the gate on the power play. Dach scored a one-timer after a cross pass from Mike Hoffman was deflected by Evgenii Dadonov.

The Bruins also responded to the power play at 5:48 in the second period. Hall hit on a return after Montembeault stopped a deflection into the slot by Patrice Bergeron.

Krejci then gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 9:45 of the final period by deflecting a long Pastrnak shot over Montembeault’s shoulder.

The Canadian didn’t wait too long to reply and tied the game 1:46 later. Dach used a comeback from a long-range shot by Justin Barron.

However, Bergeron gave the Bruins the win by scoring with 2:55 left in regulation.

Pastrnak added an empty insurance goal with 49 seconds left.

Dressing Room Echoes

Kirby Dach wasn’t too emotional after breaking his personal mark with 10 goals this season.

“I just want to go on the ice and play hockey. I want to improve every day without thinking about the results. I’m focused on playing good, responsible hockey.”

Josh Anderson emphasized that the memories of this meeting were mainly positive.

“Yes, we will revise small things to correct them, but I think we played well in our structure. We played as a team. If we play like that, we have a chance to win every game.”

Mike Matheson commented on the progress made by Kirby Dach, who has five goals and three assists in his last nine games.

“I think he’s getting more comfortable with every game. He is big and very agile. This makes him a difficult player to contain.