It took seven games, but in the end, Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens were able to put away the Boston Bruins and emerge victorious in this surprisingly hard-fought first round series.

With the Boston Bruins' loss to their nemesis, the Montreal Canadiens, on Monday night, it is now time to look ahead to the 2008-09 season. This season showed a lot of promise for the Black and Gold, and the future looks bright.

Trailing by a goal heading into what could have been the final 20 minutes of the Bruins' season, the loudspeakers at TD Banknorth Garden blasted Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'.” And as silly as the cliché might sound, the Bruins kept the faith.

James Murphy checks in from Montreal as the Bruins and Canadiens prepare for Game Five at the Bell Centre, with Zdeno Chara and the battling Bruins attempting to pull to within 3-2 in this best-of-seven series.

After one scoreless period, defensive play became the focus in Game Four. But then Montreal's power play struck again, as an Andrei Kostitsyn rebound headed straight for the stick of Patrice Brisebois, who put it away for the night's only goal.

"Well, I guess all good things come to an end. Flip a coin and have it come up heads repeatedly and it’s only a matter of time before it comes up tails. Hockey isn’t quite so cut and dried, but the law of averages did come into play last night."

Tonight it was Marc Savard’s turn to wear the hard-hat. Down 2-0 in the series and 9:25 into sudden-death overtime, Savard capitalized off a pass from Dennis Wideman, beating Carey Price to send a crowd of 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden into bedlam.

Last night, evil of all colors invaded Boston. The bad guys were unavoidable. Whether it was the French language or the New York dialect, evil was visible and audible. Yes, we're talking about sporting events here, but the association is commonplace.