Thursday night's game, a 4-3 Bruins' loss (recap) to Montreal, featured just about everything it could have, including more goals than one would have expected in a contest started by Tim Thomas and Carey Price. 

Thomas allowed four goals for just the second time this season and took his first road loss in regulation, while Price allowed three in picking up his league-leading 18th win of the season. 

Another thing one probably didn't expect to see was a fight between David Krejci and Mike Cammalleri. It was the first fight of the shield-wearing Krejci's NHL career, and he had only dropped the gloves twice (once in the AHL and once in the QMJHL) before that. With the Bruins down a goal at the time in the second period, the 24-year-old deemed it necessary, and although the Habs scored the next goal, it did inject some more life into the Bruins. 

Thursday also marked the return to the lineup for Tyler Seguin, who missed Saturday's game with flu-like symptoms and Wednesday's game as a healthy scratch. Seguin got an assist on Marc Savard's first goal of the season and seemed a bit rejuvenated. Still, the rookie is at his best when he's flying through the neutral zone, and he didn't get that opportunity Thursday. The No. 2 pick now has just two goals in his last 20 games. 

Here's the Hat Trick:

PENALTY SHOT BURNS BRUINS

The Bruins found themselves trailing just 64 seconds into the game thanks to a penalty shot that allowed Mike Cammalleri to notch his 11th goal of the season.

The play began on a turnover in the neutral zone by Milan Lucic, and with Cammalleri on a breakaway, Zdeno Chara was called for hooking the Montreal winger. Cammalleri fooled Thomas with some fancy puck-work and sunk the B's into an early hole.  

Speaking after the game, Tim Thomas wasn't the biggest fan of the call or the impact it had on the rest of the night from such an early point. 

"It looked like stick-on-stick contact and certainly not [warranting of] a penalty shot," Thomas said, adding that the call "changed the whole momentum and outlook of the game, beginning to end."

KAMPFER GETTING PLENTY OF TIME

Claude Julien clearly likes what Steven Kampfer brings to the table. That's why the 22-year-old was third on the Bruins with 22:17 of ice time on Thursday, behind only Zdeno Chara (26:44) and Dennis Seidenberg (25:47). 

It's only five games into the youngster's NHL career, yet he's had 20 minutes of ice time or more in his last two games. It's not because the Bruins are necessarily liberal with the opportunity they're willing to give a young guy — Matt Hunwick, the very defenseman whose skill-set Kampfer is in the lineup to replace, got 20 minutes just twice in his 22 games with the B's before being traded to the Avalanche earlier this month. 

Kampfer isn't polished — one could argue he's far from it — but he has been just about as good as the Bruins could have hoped he'd be when they summoned him from Providence after the hand injury to Mark Stuart. He's been able to handle the minutes, including time on the power play. Furthermore, his mistakes, which there are generally a good amount of with puck-movers, haven't hurt the B's. 

Take Thursday, for example. He made a couple of ill-advised passes, and he took a slap shot from the point right into Tomas Plekanek that Habs forward took for a breakaway. Thomas came up with a big save, so fortunately, the youngster has been able the bad his mistakes can do without the Bruins suffering on the scoreboard. 

With the way Kampfer has responded to the opportunity he's been given here, it will be interesting to see what the Bruins do when Stuart returns. Adam McQuaid, who brings a very similar game as Stuart, would have to hop back out of the lineup for Kampfer to stay. It's very early, but not too early to note that Kampfer is the best puck-moving D man the Bruins have, and it's something they need. 

UNSUCCESSFUL TRIP

After dripping both games of this two-game trip in regulation, the Bruins return home for the next three games. They'll kick it off Saturday when they face the Capitals for the fourth time this season. 

The Capitals have struggled mightily, yet despite dropping their last seven games (0-5-2) lead the tight Southeast division with 40 points. The Bruins have won two of three against them this season, so Julien's club should use the game to raise their both their spirits and their level of play with the Ducks and Thrashers, the latter of whom embarrassed the B's last month, coming to town. 

After the upcoming home-stand, the Bruins will play seven of their next eight games on the road, including their third matchup with the Canadiens this season. The two games the Habs have won over the B's have made the difference between the two clubs in the standings, as Montreal leads the Northeast division with 40 points to Boston's 36.