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 MONTREAL (AP) - Alex Kovalev scored a power-play goal 2:30 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night and a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
Kovalev drove a slap shot past Tim Thomas from the left side as Montreal took advantage of consecutive penalties to Boston's Shawn Thornton and Jeremy Reich.
Thornton got a double-minor for high sticking with 2:17 left in the third when the Bruins forward's stick came up and struck Montreal's Tom Kostopoulos in the face, drawing blood and an automatic — and ill-timed — 4 minutes in penalties.
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