Bruins still looking for first home win of the new year

The 4-game winning streak is over, and the Boston Bruins made sure of that, as their third period performance last night was atrocious.  The Montreal Canadiens scored 4 unanswered goals in the third, en route to a 4-1 win, and leap-frogging the B’s in the playoff hunt.

The game went downhill when former Bruin Glen Metropolit, who continues to haunt the Bruins since switching outfits, scored on a beautiful feed that scorched the back of the net to tie the game at 1.  Then it was Maxim Lapierre’s turn, who stuffed in a rebound past the sprawling Tuukka Rask, to put Montreal ahead to stay, 2-1.  Metropolit would make his presence felt again, as he managed to throw a one-handed backhander on net, Rask made the save, but the puck deflected in the direction of Mathieu Darche, tossing the rubber in the net, and punctuating a come-from-behind victory that had the Boston faithful headed for the nearest exit.  An empty-net goal added salt on the wound, and the rout was on.  Not a good way for the Black and Gold to return from the Olympic break.

Marco Sturm added the lone goal in the first period, as he was able to muscle his way through traffic and poke in a rebound past Carey price.  The B’s would enjoy the 1-0 lead for two periods, only to get hammered in humiliating fashion.