Brad Stuart scored his second goal of the third period with 1:42 remaining and the visiting Boston Bruins held off the Montreal Canadiens, 6-5, last night.

Stuart scored midway through the period to give Boston -- which led, 4-1, in the second -- a 5-4 advantage before Montreal's Sheldon Souray tied it moments later with his team-leading 10th goal on a power play.

Stuart restored Boston's lead once again at 18:18 with his fourth of the season.

Marc Savard had three assists for Boston, which has won four of five. Glenn Murray, Marco Sturm, Shean Donovan and Wayne Primeau also scored for the Bruins, who allowed three consecutive goals in the second after they chased Canadiens starter Cristobal Huet.

Boston's Tim Thomas stopped 34 of 39 shots, improving to 9-3 in his last 12 starts.

David Aebischer stopped 12 shots after replacing Huet following Primeau's short-handed goal 3:12 into the second.

Huet, who made his fourth consecutive start, also had 12 saves.

Notes

Bob Clarke returned to the Philadelphia Flyers as a senior vice president, more than six weeks after he quit as the team's general manager because of burnout. ... The Aquilini Investment Group took full control of the Vancouver Canucks and their arena. The NHL's board of governors approved the purchase of the remaining 50 percent of the team from Seattle businessman John McCaw.