Canadiens 5, Bruins 2: Montreal Beats Boston on Its Own Ice

Montreal walked into Boston and walked out with a 5-2 win, and the scoreboard does most of the talking. The Canadiens found five goals, the Bruins managed two, and at home that gap is the kind of result that makes a building go quiet.

Boston had its chances to make this a game and couldn't convert enough of them to keep pace. A three-goal margin isn't a close-game gut punch. It says one team was in control for most of the night and the other never found the answer.

For Bruins fans, the frustration is simple: losing at home by three invites questions about how the game got away, and the final tally alone doesn't answer them. For Habs fans, this is a road win you take and don't overthink. Five goals in an opponent's building is a loud statement regardless of context.

We're not going to pretend to know more than the final score gives us. What we can say is that Montreal did the scoring that mattered, Boston got its goals but not enough of them, and the visitors left with a clean, uncomplicated win.