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MONTREAL -- The Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens, two longtime rivals, played an old-school contest on Monday night.After all the heavy hitting, Bostons Ryan Spooner got the final blow.Spooner scored in overtime and his goal withstood a video review, lifting the Bruins over the Canadiens 2-1.Spooner got his goal 3:20 into OT on a partial breakaway off a nice give-and-go with Torey Krug. Montreal challenged, claiming Spooner was offside, but the goal stood.That ended a rough-and-tumble game between franchises that first met in 1924.You saw a lot of hitting tonight, Bruins coach Claude Julien said. A lot of borderline hits, something we hadnt seen between these two teams for a while. The fans seemed to love it.Well try to keep within the rules and continue to make some exciting games between the two teams.It didnt take long for the bad blood to spill over between the rivals.Alexei Emelin set the tone for the encounter 13 minutes in with a big shoulder-to-shoulder body check along the boards on David Pastrnak.Krug answered seconds later with an elbow to the head on Andrew Shaw in open ice in the neutral zone. The Habs winger went straight to the dressing room but was back for the start of the second period. There was no penalty on Krug on the play.It was a good hit, Julien said.Montreals Brendan Gallagher disagreed. Gallagher took matters into his own hands, dropping the gloves with Krug with five minutes remaining in the first.When you see your teammate get up the way Shaw did, he had blood coming from his face, Shaw would have done that for every guy on this team, Gallagher said. Its tough whenever you play this team. A lot of emotions involved.Austin Czarnik also scored for the Bruins, and Tuukka Rask made 30 saves while Boston handed Montreal a rare home loss.Paul Byron scored late in the third period to salvage a point for the Canadiens. Carey Price stopped 27 shots in defeat, just his fifth loss in 21 starts this season.David Krejci appeared to give the Bruins a victory 59 seconds into overtime, but officials determined Pastrnak had interfered with Price.The loss was only Montreals third at the Bell Centre this year (14-1-2).The second period featured fewer dust-ups and was more about Price and Rask repeatedly frustrating their opponents.Price denied Czarnik on a partial break early in the frame. The Canadiens netminder then made a big pad save on Patrice Bergeron later on in the period.Rasks biggest stop in the second was when he went down and stacked the pads on Tomas Plekanec, just seconds after Pastrnak hit the post at the other end of the rink.Czarnik broke the deadlock with 1:05 remaining in the middle frame. The 24-year-old beat Price for his third goal of the season when he fired a shot between Prices pad and blocker while on a 2-on-1. Nathan Beaulieu was the lone defenseman back, but his sliding effort just missed Czarniks shot.The last time I went up high and he got it with his stick, Czarnik said. So I figured I would just shoot it low, just get it on net and create something and it went in.Rask kept his shutout bid alive until 16:48 of the third period when Byron scored on Montreals 29th shot on goal. After a scramble in front of Rasks net, the goalie lost track of the puck as Byron backhanded home his 10th of the campaign.Game notes Price was denied his 250th NHL win. ... Rask is now 6-15-3 in his career versus the Canadiens. ... Pastrnak leads the Bruins with 18 goals.UP NEXTBruins: Play at Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.Canadiens: Host San Jose on Friday night. Saucony Outlet Online .J. -- Pitcher Carl Pavano is retiring after 14 major league seasons. Cheap Saucony Shoes China .C. -- After a listless first half, the Washington Wizards used a big third quarter run to beat the Charlotte Bobcats Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Wizards used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to take control of what had been a close game and beat the Bobcats 97-83 on Tuesday night. http://www.discountsaucony.com/ . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. 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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Week-long breaks for final exams initially created different results between No. 11 Louisville and visiting Eastern Kentucky, which seemed much sharper from the layoff.The Cardinals shed their early rust to post the all-around effort they will need for a daunting quartet of ranked teams including an archrival.Donovan Mitchell scored 15 points, Quentin Snider added 13 and Louisville used a 20-0 run to close the first half and dominate Eastern Kentucky 87-56 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory.Seeking a good tuneup for next weeks rivalry game against No. 6 Kentucky, the Cardinals (10-1) shook off a sluggish start and 12-6 deficit to outscore EKU 30-4 the rest of the half and hold the Colonels scoreless for the final 7 minutes.Louisville never looked back en route to its 14th championship in 15 years in the Billy Minardi Classic, named for the brother-in-law of Cardinals coach Rick Pitino who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.We started out a little slow because we broke down on what we practiced, Pitino said. I think that gave the other team some momentum and confidence. But once we moved the basketball, once we stayed with our principles of what we wanted to do, we played much better.The Cardinals shot 48 percent from the field and owned the boards 47-31 in dominating the first game between the schools since 2004. They blocked a season-high 14 shots and had 19 assists, including a season-high six by Snider.We did a lot of good things, said Snider, who made 3 of 5 from behind the arc and 5 of 7 overall.Our bigs blocked shots. They really protected the rim real well and passed the ball real well. Thats how we got going.Mangok Mathiang matched a career best with 13 rebounds for Louisville, which follows Kentucky with matchups against No. 13 Virginia, No. 9 Indiana and No. 21 Notre Dame.Jaylen Johnson and Tony Hicks each had 10 points for the Cardinals.Nick Mayo had 15 points and Asante Gist 12 for the Colonels (6-6), who didnt reach 20 points until the 16:39 mark of the second half and shot 36 percent.ddddddddddddTHE BIG PICTUREEastern Kentucky: After their strong start the Colonels were soon overwhelmed by Louisville. They trailed by as many as 36 points with 8:34 remaining and needed a big second half just to finish at 36 percent. The high-scoring tandem of Mayo and Gist combined for 10-of-27 shooting and were held below their per-game scoring averages of 19.3 and 14.4 points, respectively.Were such a young team that Ive got to make sure it doesnt affect us, said coach Dan McHale, a former Louisville staffer and assistant. We probably wont watch a lot of the horrific stuff (from the video). ... Were just evolving right now.Louisville: Sniders eight straight points, including two 3s, helped snap the Cardinals out of their initial offensive funk. He has scored in double digits in consecutive games. Anas Mahmoud returned from a three-game absence (concussion) with six points, five blocks and four rebounds. Louisville has held four of its last five opponents to 36 percent shooting or lower.POLL IMPLICATIONSConsecutive blowouts could push Louisville into the Top 10 just in time to face in-state rival Kentucky.WELCOME BACKOne early block was all the 7-foot Mahmoud needed to feel normal again after sustaining the concussion against Purdue. In fact, he was comfortable enough to take five shots, hit three and try to establish a bigger presence inside.When you come back youre always thinking too much because youve been away, he said. After you get the first touch of the ball and the feeling running up and down the floor, you get comfortable. And the more comfortable I got, the better I played.UP NEXTEastern Kentucky: Continues its five-game road swing on Monday at Norfolk State.Louisville: Hosts No. 6 Kentucky on Wednesday night in the annual showdown for Bluegrass supremacy. The Cardinals have lost three straight in the series.---More AP College Basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '