David Pastrnak scored two goals and set up another as the Boston Bruins defeated Montreal on Saturday night 4-1 to sweep a set of three games in an eight-day period over the Canadiens.
Torey Krug had a goal and two assists and Riley Nash added an empty-net goal for Boston (27-10-8), which extended its point streak to 16 games (12-0-4).
Max Pacioretty scored for Montreal (19-22-6), which ended a stretch of five games in eight days since their mid-season break at 1-2-2. The Canadiens were coming off a 3-1 win Friday night in Washington.
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Pacioretty kept his hot streak going with his seventh goal in seven games 11:29 into the second period. Paul Byron lost the puck, stripped it back from Charlie McAvoy from behind and then slipped a backhand pass to Pacioretty on a 2-on-1.
Pastrnak caught Carey Price sleeping with a quick shot along the ice from zero angle that caught the goaltender's left skate and went in at 14:09.
Krug was allowed to walk in from the blue line, take a feed from Pastrnak and beat Price over the right shoulder at 15:56.
The Bruins looked to have another goal on a power play at 11:00 of the third period, but a video review showed the play was clearly offside.
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Pastrnak got one that counted, his 20th of the season, at 17:03 as Jamie Benn couldn't handle a puck in front of Price and the Czech forward swept in to put it in the net.
The Bruins had won in a shootout the previous Saturday in Montreal before winning 4-1 at home on Wednesday against their long-time rivals.
Before the game, a moment of silence was held for legendary sports writer Red Fisher, who covered the Canadiens from 1955 to 2012. Fisher died Friday at 91.