What didn't Saturday night's game between the Bruins and Canadiens, a 3-2 overtime win for the Habs (recap), feature? It had Habs' two-goal comeback in the final 2:22 of regulation. It featured the near-empty-netter that just missed sealing it for the Bruins by a matter of inches. 

It featured a shutout bid by Tim Thomas that was tested by a goal that was called off due to a high stick, while Carey Price just added this win against the Bruins to a long list. 

Long before Max Pacioretty delivered the game-winner at 3:43 of overtime and celebrated Eric Byrnes-style by shoving Zdeno Chara, the game had some of the chippy play one would come to expect from the two teams. So again the question is asked: What didn't this game have?

Call it cliche, but it did not feature a Bruins team that was able to play for 60 minutes in a game that was essentially a four-point swing in the standings had they closed it out. 

There are certainly questions Bruins fans are probably asking following the loss, perhaps none bigger than why Gregory Campbell and Co. were on the ice late in a 2-1 game, forcing him to take the crucial face-off of the game with just about a minute remaining in regulation. While it may look like just another case of Claude Julien's famed fourth-line faith, the fact of the matter is that after Chara's empty net attempt yielded an icing call, the man who had to take the faceoff was B's best statistical face-off man over the last two games. On Saturday, Campbell won 10 of 14 face-offs, good for a 71 percentage. 

Regardless of which ways fingers are pointed, the idea of a blown two-goal lead that led to the B's earning just one point is something Bruins fans are beginning to get used to. After all, it was a week prior to Saturday that the Bruins led the Sabres, 4-2, before losing in a shootout in Buffalo. 

Believe it or not, there was both good and bad that came from the loss. Here's the Hat Trick:

MORE SHUFFLING IN ORDER?

On Friday, Julien retooled the lines so the first line would consist of Milan Lucic, Marc Savard and Michael Ryder. On Saturday, with Nathan Horton (set to play on the third line with David Krejci and Blake Wheeler) out with a rough case of "discomfort," Julien kept the Lucic-Savard-Ryder line together as he moved things around in wake of Horton's absence. 

The result? That first line paid tribute to Horton by getting just two shots on goal. Both of those shots came from Ryder -- one in the second and one in the third. Marc Savard was rather non-existent with his zero-shot effort, while Milan Lucic has avoided some criticism given the team's other struggles. 

Eight of Lucic's 40 games have seen the winger produce no shots on goal this season. It's been very easy to knock Horton for having the same issue of disappearing and not getting pucks on net, but Lucic has emerged as the Bruins' top goal-scoring threat and needs to create opportunities as such.

Lucic, who still leads the Bruins with 16 goals, has not scored in 10 games. One has to wonder whether such a silent performance from the new top line will prevent them from staying together for a second game when the B's face the Penguins on Monday.

BERGERON A MONEY PLAYER

The Bruins have been criticized at times for overpaying for their players. From Andrew Ference, to the extensions given to Chara and Bergeron before the season, the Bruins are clearly going to pay a guy if they like him. Has Bergeron been a $5 million player-to-be (he currently makes $4.75 million) all season? Not necessarily, but the Bruins are certainly getting their money's worth right now. 

Bergeron has 12 points over his last 11 games, and Saturday was a case of him bringing nearly everything to the table. Though he lost 16 of 23 face-offs on the night, he scored the Bruins' only two goals in a game in which Carey Price picked up yet another win over the Bruins (he is now 12-2-2 in 16 career games vs. Boston). 

The 25-year-old also came up big for the B's when they found themselves on a 4-3 following Blake Wheeler's hooking call on James Wisniewski. Julien trusted Bergeron with Dennis Seidenberg and Zdeno Chara to keep the Habs, who ended up getting 25 shots on goal in the third period and overtime, from getting the game-winner on the power play. It was Bergeron who cleared the puck in the final seconds of the penalty to seal the big kill.

Of course, whether Bergeron stays at center throughout the duration of the season remains to be seen. Were it not for Horton missing the game and Brad Marchand jumping up to the second line, Tyler Seguin may have centered the line for a third straight game with Bergeron on the wing. 

Whether at center or wing, Bergeron has been money for the Bruins of late. 

WELCOME WISNIEWSKI

James Wisniewski jumped into the Bruins/Canadiens rivalry in style. Through two periods, Canadiens fans were probably overlooking his five points in the previous four games and dwelling on his minus-2 that came as a result of him being on the ice for both of Bergeron's goals. 

Yet once the third period came, the Habs' new blueliner, who they acquired from the Islanders last month for a couple of draft picks, fetched the dagger that his teammates eventually used to ruin the B's night. 

With the Canadiens trailing, 2-0, Wisniewski drew a Michael Ryder tripping penalty with 3:28 remaining in regulation. It was on that power play that the Habs got a flukey Scott Gomez goal that set them on a course to eventually sink the B's.  

"They were looking for momentum and they found it with the first goal," Thomas, who couldn't get a stick on Gomez' shot, said after the game.

Wisniewski also fired the shot that Boston College legend Brian Gionta redirected past Thomas with 48 seconds remaining. He also drew the Wheeler penalty that ensured the Bruins would spend a good chunk of overtime without a threat of offense. 

All in all, it was an up and down night that ended with multiple exclamation points for the 26-year-old, and if Saturday was any indication, the defenseman sure is capable of having a big impact on the rivalry.