Pastrnak's 61st goal lifts Bruins over Canadiens to cap historic regular season

The Boston Bruins ended their historic regular season on a high note.

David Pastrnak scored the winning goal with nine minutes remaining and Boston earned a 5-4 comeback win over rival Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

"We took five minutes and celebrated it and we moved on," said Jeremy Swayman, who was awarded the William Jennings trophy along with teammate Linus Ullmark. "We know that there's a bigger goal in mind. And we're going to take that confidence into the playoffs."

"I think we appreciate what we've accomplished," added Bruins coach Jim Montgomery. "But the beauty of sports is you have to have a short memory because two days later, the next day, we've got to move on. Three days from now, we start game one."

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The Bruins are now set for a first-round matchup against last season's Presidents Trophy winners, the Florida Panthers.

"They're a really good team, very dangerous team and we're gonna have to be at the top of our game if we want to have success," Montgomery said of the Panthers.

Dmitry Orlov, with a goal and an assist, Trent Frederic, Jake DeBrusk and Charlie Coyle also scored for Boston (65-12-5). Swayman made 30 saves.

Lucas Condotta scored in his NHL debut, while Michael Pezzetta, with one goal and one assist, Nick Suzuki and Justin Barron added the others for Montreal (31-45-6).

Starting on back-to-back nights, Sam Montembeault made 16 saves.

Condotta put Montreal in front early when he zoomed into the crease and batted the puck in 3:27 into the first period. Joel Teasdale was later credited with an assist, giving him his first NHL point.

"It was loud, it was nice to hear," Condotta said of the crowd cheering as his name was called. "To be honest, some of