The Boston Bruins entered Thursday night's game riding a 12-game losing streak against the Montreal Canadiens and, well, they simply had enough of it. Boston jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first period thanks to goals by Shawn Thornton, Stephane Yelle, and Marco Sturm, as they rolled to a 6-1 victory in a battle of early-season Northeast Division heavyweights. Yelle and Sturm would each add another goal, while Milan Lucic added the other tally for Boston.
Saku Koivu, who is somehow one of 800 Canadiens leading the early All-Star voting, scored the only goal for Montreal.
Carey Price had his worst start of the season, stopping only 25 of the 31 shots Boston threw his way. In the process, the Bruins take over sole possession of first place in the Northeast, two points ahead of Buffalo, and three points ahead of the Canadiens.
Bruins blog HubHockey celebrates the end of the streak, while Montreal blog The Notwithstanding Clause offers the following: "I have a message for our defense: pylons are usually orange."
