The visiting Boston Bruins scored twice in the second period to break a 1-1 tie and held on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in Saturday night's battle of the top two teams in the Atlantic Division.

Viktor Arvidsson scored the eventual game-winner on a power play at 16:51 of the middle frame after Marat Khusnutdinov and Mason Lohrei gave the Bruins 1-0 and 2-1 leads, respectively.

David Pastrnak had two assists and Jeremy Swayman stopped 26 of the 28 shots he faced for Boston, which bounced back from its first loss after a seven-game win streak.

Jake Evans and Cole Caufield scored and Sam Montembeault made 20 saves for Montreal, which has lost three straight.

The Canadiens had a 28-23 advantage in shots, but went 0-for-7 on the power play.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy did not

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