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The Bruins pelted Carey Price with 51 shots. An overtime bid by Boston's Carl Soderberg slid across the crease behind the goalie but didn't go in.

The team with the NHL's best regular-season record had plenty of chances.

So coach Claude Julien says the Bruins are feeling positive after the Canadiens 4-3, double-overtime victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Thursday night.

"Of course it is," he said Friday. "There was no panic after the game. It was only Game 1 and it's a long series."

And Canadiens coach Michel Therrien didn't sound overconfident going into Game 2 on Saturday.

"The Bruins," he said, "were the best team in the league all season long and they had a good first round and they played a solid game (Thursday)."

But after having nine days off after Montreal's sweep of Tampa Bay, Therrien thinks his team can improve. Price was outstanding, but the Canadiens know they can't let 51 shots get through to him again.

Sloppy play led to 13 takeaways by Montreal, while Boston had just three. The Bruins also allowed two goals on the three power plays after the Canadiens had just two in 13 opportunities in the four games against the Lightning.

"We had some great chances there in the second half of the second. It just took us a while to get our game going," Julien said. "I thought from midway through the second period on, that's where we were at our best."

So now the Bruins are in the same spot where they were after Game 1 of the opening round. They lost 1-0 to Detroit then won the next four games to advance.

Three years ago, they lost the first two games of the first round at home against Montreal then won it in seven games and went on to capture the Stanley Cup.

After a close game in which they outplayed the Canadiens in several aspects, the Bruins expect to show resiliency, just as they did after falling behind 2-0 and 3-2 on Thursday.

But the Canadiens won't be satisfied with gaining a split in Boston.

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