MONTREAL — Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of a shootout Saturday night, and the Boston Bruins beat Montreal 4-3 after the Canadiens lost Phillip Danault to a head injury on a frightening play in the second period.

Marchand also scored in regulation, helping the Bruins improve to 9-0-3 in their last 12 games. Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci had the other goals for Boston, and Tuukka Rask made 27 saves.

Danault was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was hit in the head by a slap shot from Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara. Danault was moving and speaking to medical staff before he departed to an ovation from the Bell Centre crowd.

Danault was taken to a hospital for further exams. Officials opted to play the final 1:37 of the second after intermission.

Alex Galchenyuk, Max Pacioretty and Nicolas Deslauriers scored for Montreal, and Carey Price had 29 stops. It was Galchenyuk’s 100th career goal.

Claude Julien coached against Boston for the first time since he was fired by the Bruins last February and hired by the Canadiens a week later.

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Montreal jumped in front 3:22 into the first when Pacioretty scored for the third straight game. Victor Mete, playing his first game back after helping Canada win gold at the world junior championships, picked up an assist when the rebound of his point shot was tucked inside the post by the captain of the Canadiens.

Marchand responded with a power-play goal at 17:11. He was left alone in front to take a feed from Patrice Bergeron and score his 18th of the season.

DeBrusk was sent in alone by Charlie McAvoy to beat Price with a high shot 2:55 into the second. Deslauriers picked up a loose puck at the Boston blue line and beat Rask with a low shot from the slot at 5:45.

Galchenyuk put the Canadiens in front again with a power-play wrist shot under the crossbar at 8:51. It was his 11th goal of the season.

But the Bruins tied it again with 2:18 left in the second. Jakub Jerabek swiped at and missed a bouncing puck and Krejci pounced on it and beat Price from close range.

PENGUINS 4, RED WINGS 1: Evgeni Malkin had two goals and two assists, and Pittsburgh won at home for its third consecutive victory.

ISLANDERS 7, RANGERS 2: Mathew Barzal had two goals and three assists, Anthony Beauvillier added two goals and an assist, and the visiting Islanders beat the Rangers for their ninth win in the last 10 meetings of the New York rivals.

WILD 4, JETS 1: Matt Dumba had two goals, Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund also scored, and Minnesota won at St. Paul, Minnesota.

FLYERS 5, DEVILS 3: Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist at Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia posted its fourth straight win, extending New Jersey’s slide to a season-high six games. Wayne Simmonds, Travis Konecny and Michael Raffl also scored for the Flyers.


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