With the game tied, 1-1, entering the third period, the Bruins - despite being outshot, 14-9 during the frame - put their foot down with two goals to secure the 3-1 victory. DeBrusk put the Bruins ahead, 2-1, when he buried a nifty feed from Zacha, who took a pass from Hall, patiently outwaited a diving Alec Martinez, and threaded a saucer dish through the slot.
"Hallsy I think made a great play there," said Zacha. "It was a hard play and gave it to me with speed. I knew that JD was coming. I just made the pass and he scored. But I think Hallsy made the play on the wall really hard."
"I just tried to win a battle," added Hall. "I know that Pavs is gonna be trusting that I can make that play. Obviously, he was in a great spot and he does the rest…and JD's ready for it on the backdoor. That's where we have to be on our 3-on-2 rushes. It was a big goal for us. In the third period, in this building, you want to control momentum.
"We weren't going to give away pucks for no reason. But there were also plays to made and that was a prime case of that."
The tally came shortly after Montgomery made a switch by reuniting Pastrnak with Bergeron and Brad Marchand, while slide DeBrusk down to play with Hall and Zacha, a trio that had success earlier this season when Krejci was sidelined by injury.
"We're very fortunate. We've got a lot of guys that can play different positions. We've got some guys that can play all three," said Montgomery. "That allows you to see who's going and put those guys together and hopefully things happen. That did tonight.
"Sometimes, you just get that feel that it's gonna be a tight game. If you think you have the best players, you should put them together and let them win it for you…when Krejci's not there, it's a little easier to make that switch at times.
"I did it in New York. That line - that was in the back of my mind - of Zacha, Hall, and DeBrusk scored a great goal in New York."
Coyle added some insurance at 9:04 of the third with a wrister from the left-wing circle through traffic to give Boston a two-goal lead.
"We knew, 1-1, going into the third, we're the best third-period team in the league," said Montgomery.