The biggest news in the Bruins' 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadians last Thursday night at TD Garden came from off the ice.

After playing the first two periods of Thursday's game, Canadiens' left wing Michael Cammalleri was pulled out of the lineup and subsequently traded to the Calgary Flames.

Despite Cammalleri's tirade about the team's laziness, Montreal General Manager Pierre Gauthier said the left-winger's comments did not result in the trade being finalized.

"No, they did not influence the trade at all." Gauther said.

"And you know, I didn't make a big deal about that, but there's emotion around the team, somebody says something. I'd rather see emotion than people who don't care."

On the ice, though, the Bruins struck first against their hated rivals just one minute, 23 seconds into the first period of the match.

Right wing Jordan Caron, who had just been called up from minor-league affiliate Providence that day, scored his second goal of the season, off a bad bounce from the glass. Caron skated toward the puck, capitalizing on an empty net for the goal.

"I saw [Jonny Boychuk] was going to rim it around, and I wanted to get on the fore-check, and it bounced in front so I was just there for an easy tap in," Caron said.

Neither team scored in the second, a period defined by tight defense and few scoring chances.

In the final period of the game, the Bruins extended their lead on a goal from left wing Milan Lucic. Bruins right wing Nathan Horton, standing next to the left post, passed to Lucic, who battled for the puck near the crease and backhanded it past Price for his 15th goal of the season.

The Canadiens cut the Bruins' lead to one on a power-play goal from defenseman Yannick Weber, whose wrist shot from the right side sealed the 2-1 win.

Looking to rebound from a demoralizing 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks the previous Saturday, the Bruins sought revenge against the Winnipeg Jets last Tuesday.

Though it took two periods to get going, Boston would not be denied, upping the ante in the final period of the game to skate past the Jets in a 5-3 victory.

"We knew we weren't playing our best hockey in the first and second," said Horton, who scored two goals that night. "But it's nice to get that quick goal at the beginning, and obviously when forward [Tyler] Seguin scored, it gave us a little momentum."

Boston displayed a shooting clinic early on, yet was unable to capitalize on any of their shots on goal.

Winnipeg capitalized with 3:07 remaining in the first period, as defenseman Zach Bogosian's slap shot found its way past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

However, TD Garden was sent into a frenzy when Lucic slid the puck across the face of the Jets goal, where a waiting Horton was on hand to tap it home.

To start off the second period, the Jets jumped back out to a 2-1 lead. Less than five minutes afterward, forward Shawn Thornton knocked in empty-shot goal to tie the match at two with 14:44 left.

Later in the period, at the 11:11 mark, Winnipeg right wing Tim Stapleton fed fellow wing Eric Fehr, who slotted the puck past Rask for the Jets' third goal of the night.

After two periods, the Jets defied expectations and were up on the Bruins by a score of 3-2. However, Lucic and Horton worked their magic a mere eight seconds into the period, putting forth the equalizer. In the next three minutes, forwards Tyler Seguin and Benoit Pouliot fired goals past the Jets goalie to secure the 5-3 victory.

Boston now sits at a 28-11 record with 57 points, putting them at second place in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins next travel to Tampa Bay, squaring off against the Lightning tonight at 7:30 p.m.