"There's a lot of injuries piling up (and) it's frustrating," the defenceman said. "But the 20 guys who are in the lineup every night have to compete, show up and play whether it's our full roster or not."
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The Canadiens turned in a valiant effort for two periods in Boston on Sunday, but the reality is they didn’t come close to the level they needed to beat the Bruins.
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Goaltender Samuel Montembeault weathered a 20-shot barrage in the second period to give Montreal a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes, but the Bruins scored three goals in the first half of the third period and cruised a to 5-2 victory at TD Garden.
The second period has been a problem for the Canadiens all season and, while each team scored a goal in the second period Sunday, the momentum was clearly on Boston’s side going into the third period.
Defenceman Jeff Petry said Montreal had trouble dealing with the long change in the middle period.
“That second period we were turning pucks over and they were able to throw two or three lines out there against the same line we had going;” Petry said. “We’ve talked about it and we have really have to clean up that part of the game.”
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Petry is not having a good year and that could be because he is playing through injuries, and he is being asked to to play a larger role in the absence of Shea Weber and his partner from last season, Joel Edmundson.
He was a factor as the Bruins scored twice to go ahead 3-2.
He took a penalty for holding David Pastrnak early in the third period and, 49 seconds later, defenceman Charlie McAvoy tied the game with his second goal of the contest.
The Bruins went ahead at 5:58 when Petry attempted to steer a rebound to the corner and it caromed in off Charlie Coyle’s visor.
“That’s something we’re taught when the rebound comes out, don’t throw it up the middle, but to throw it to the corner. But it hit him in the visor and bounces in,” Petry said.
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Montembeault, who stopped 36 of 40 shots, was playing because Jake Allen suffered a concussion Saturday in a 3-2 overtime loss in Detroit. Mike Hoffman also suffered an injury in that game and they joined a list that includes Edmundson, Jonathan Drouin, Cédric Paquette, Mathieu Perreault, Paul Byron and Carey Price.
“There’s a lot of injuries piling up (and) it’s frustrating,” Petry said. “But the 20 guys who are in the lineup every night have to compete, show up and play whether it’s our full roster or not. It’s our responsibility to find it within ourselves.”
One player who has taken advantage of the opportunity to play is Michael Pezzetta. He had an assist Saturday for his first NHL point and scored his first goal Sunday.
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“I’m just trying to build my game,” Pezzetta said. “I think I belong jn this league. I know I can help this team and it’s a matter of doing it every night.”
On Saturday, the Canadiens salvaged a point when they tied Detroit in the third period before losing in overtime. It was a costly defeat because Allen left the game late in the first period after a collision in the crease with the Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin. Allen was diagnosed with a concussion and will be out indefinitely.
Montembeault was beaten on the first two shots he faced in Allen’s relief, but he settled down and stopped 22 shots before Larkin scored his second goal of the game in OT. Ryan Poehling opened the scoring for Montreal and Chris Wideman tied the game in the third period. Artturi Lehkonen was lying on the ice along the end boards when he set up Wideman with a blind pass.
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