MONTREAL -- The Boston Bruins went 7-for-7 on the penalty kill and held off the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 at Bell Centre on Saturday.

Marat Khusnutdinov , Mason Lohrei and Viktor Arvidsson scored, and David Pastrnak had two assists for Boston (12-8-0), which has won eight of its past nine games. Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves.

Jake Evans and Cole Caufield scored for Montreal (10-6-2), which had not lost consecutive games in regulation prior to its current three-game losing streak. Sam Montembeault made 19 saves.

The Canadiens went 0-for-7 on the power play, including two lengthy 5-on-3 opportunities in the first two periods. Montreal has not scored a power-play goal in five games and has failed to score in its past 17 times on the man-advantage.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAv

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