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Archives for January 15, 2019

Rivals Meet

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Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 2

When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, January 14, 2019
Where: TD Garden, Boston
Attendance: 17,565
Recap for Digital Sports Desk by Field Level Media

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BOSTON – Jeff Petry scored the overtime winner to cap a two-point game and goalie Carey Price was sensational in a 41-save performance as the visiting Montreal Canadiens claimed a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.

Just 15 seconds into overtime, forced by a late Boston goal, Montreal’s Max Domi fired a shot that Boston goalie Tuukka Rask couldn’t control. Petry, whose father Dan was a major league pitcher, batted the puck out of the air for his 10th goal of the season.

The Canadiens have won two straight and three of four games, and showed solid determination to net the victory, first erasing a deficit, then recovering from a blown late lead.

Boston’s Brad Marchand showed his offensive skill when he opened the scoring at the 14:09 mark of the first period. Marchand drove down the left wing and wired a wrist shot into the top, glove-side corner for his 17th goal of the season.

Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher evened the count at 18:27 of the first frame with his 18th goal of the season. Phillip Danault cleanly won a faceoff in the Boston zone, drawing the puck to Petry at the point and Gallagher perfectly deflected the shot.

Paul Byron put the Canadiens ahead 2-1 at 17:09 of the second period with a thrilling short-handed breakaway tally. Byron showed off his blazing speed to get the puck at the offensive blue line, and held off the check as he lifted a backhand into the top corner for his 10th goal of the season. It’s the 10th time this season the Bruins have surrendered a goal while on the power play.

However, David Krejci tied the score with 37.6 remaining in regulation to force overtime. During a late power play, and with the goalie pulled, Krejci buried a shot from the top of the right circle for his 10th goal of the season.

Rask made 19 saves for the Bruins, who pulled within a point of the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the Atlantic Division and are on a 6-1-1 run.

Byron also had a two-point game.

–Field Level Media

Celtics Can’t Climb From Deep Hole

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Brooklyn Nets 109, Boston Celtics 102

When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, January 14, 2019
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn
Attendance: 16,247
Recap for Digital Sports Desk by Field Level Media

BROOKLYN – D’Angelo Russell scored 18 of his 34 points in the third quarter as the Brooklyn Nets snapped a 10-game, head-to-head losing streak to the Boston Celtics by dominating the third quarter in a 109-102 victory Monday night.

The Nets pulled away by outscoring Boston 44-21 in the third. During the period, Brooklyn shot 65.4 percent (17 of 26) and produced its widest point disparity in a third quarter since outscoring Boston by 24 on April 2, 2005.

Russell shot 7 of 11 in the third as the Nets tied the franchise record for points in the third. He hit 13 of 26 field-goal attempts overall, including 7 of 13 from 3-point range, and recorded his sixth 30-point game of the season.

Two of Russell’s 3-pointers occurred in a 15-0 run in a span of 3:20 when the Nets built a 76-59 lead. He then hit two more jumpers in the final two minutes of the period as the Nets expanded their lead to 90-66 into the fourth.

After dominating the third, the Nets wobbled down the stretch, allowing Boston to cut a 27-point deficit to 105-98 on a transition layup by Jaylen Brown with 88 seconds left. Brooklyn finally secured the win in the final minute.

Kyrie Irving sat out for the Celtics due to a right quad contusion. At points in the fourth quarter, he heard chants of “Kyrie’s Leaving” from fans in reference to his upcoming free agency. Irving missed his fifth game of the season and Boston’s Marcus Smart (illness) sat out for the first time this season.

Without Irving, the Celtics appeared disjointed until the fourth and lost a third consecutive game for the third time this season. Boston has yet to lose four in a row this season.

Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with a career-high 34 points while Jaylen Brown added 22. Terry Rozier started for Irving and was held to seven points.

Rookie Rodion Kurucs added 19 points for the Nets, who won for the 14th time in 19 games despite getting outscored 36-19 in the fourth quarter. Jarrett Allen added 19 points and 12 rebounds for Brooklyn.

Russell scored 10 points as the Nets took a 27-25 lead after the opening quarter. Brooklyn was up 46-45 at halftime after holding the Celtics to 32.6 percent shooting from the field.

–Field Level Media

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