In Boston, Thomas Jurco had a goal and an assist, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the Bruins.
Drew Miller and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for Detroit. Jimmy Howard made 31 saves.
Loui Eriksson’s power-play goal with 51 seconds left in regulation accounted for Boston’s only score.
Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask allowed three goals on 24 shots.
CANADIENS 4, PENGUINS 1
P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov had two assists apiece, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Monday night in a preseason game at Videotron Centre in Quebec City.
Alex Semin, Lars Eller, Brian Flynn and Dale Weise scored for Montreal. Carey Price, who won the Hart Trophy last season for NHL MVP, and the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender, made 22 saves.
Beau Bennett scored for Pittsburgh, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots.
Quebec City is bidding for NHL expansion franchises. Montreal-based communications giant Quebecor is in in the third and final stage of the process.
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