The Bruins rebound from the loss to the Panthers by defeating their rival Canadiens in their home opener

It wasn't the biggest workload for the All-Star goaltender, but he did a handful of dandies as usual, especially when the Montreal Express were running late.

The Bruins erased two one-goal deficits in the first half and scored three goals from their fourth line, including two from Mark Kastelic, in a win that evened their record at 1-1.

It didn't take long for spirits to heat up for the latest edition of this ancient and heated rivalry.

Just seconds later, Brad Marchand fired a shot into the stomach of Canadiens goaltender Cayden Primeau. When Kaiden Guhle tried to free Morgan Geekie from the blue paint, Geekie immediately planted the defender and the crowd erupted.

Hockey was back in Boston.

The crowd went wild again when Hampus Lindholm appeared to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a soaring blue-line bomb past Primeau.

The Canadiens called for goaltender interference and won their appeal, ruling that Justin Brazeau tackled the Montreal goaltender a little too hard, who did well to sell it.

Charlie McAvoy fumbled at the blue line and Kirby Dach headed off to run. The Canadiens forward was well defended by Nikita Zadorov, but the Bruins defenseman hung on a split second too long and was sent into the box.

Montreal made it hurt, taking their first lead when Brendan Gallagher got past Brandon Carlo and deflected Joel Armia's shot past Swayman.

The Bruins equalized with a power play goal of their own when McAvoy fired a soaring wrister over the Primeau blocker. It was the first goal the Canadiens conceded this season after shutting out the Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

The unmarked Cole Caufield scored a goal near the goal area to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.

Kastelic, who previously missed a shift after blocking a shot, equalized for Boston.

Kastelic took a nice shot from Zadorov at that point, spun around the top of the right circle and sent a seed over Primeau's glove.

After converting a Trent Frederic penalty, the Bruins struck again and took the lead for the first time in the game – and this season.

David Pastrnak slid a short pass to Zadorov at the blue line and the big Russian fired it through the slot, where Elias Lindholm redirected it through Primeau's five-hole for his first goal as a Bruin.

Primeau calmed down a bit at the start of the second round, parrying Johnny Beecher (wraparound), Pastrnak (glove) and Marchand (belly).

Swayman, meanwhile, barely broke a sweat at the other end, his glove stuck to Nick Suzuki, which was his only real challenge in the mid-20.

The Bruins then scored a quick pair in the final five minutes to extend their lead to 5-2.

Pastrnak scored his second goal of the season by taking a feathery pass from Pavel Zacha behind the net and firing one over Primeau's glove.

Cole Koepke scored his first goal as a Bruin — and first in nearly two years — with a big assist to Beecher, who charged hard to the net. Primeau partially covered Beecher's backhand, but Koepke pounced in and pushed it all the way home to take the big lead in the third round.

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