Paul Byron is fast. Very fast. He showed it when he scored a breakaway goal to give the Montreal Canadiens the lead against the Boston Bruins on Monday night.
The puck sprung loose behind Boston’s last man on the power play, and the home team immediately knew they were in trouble with one of the NHL’s best skaters defending against them on the ice. Patrice Bergeron did his best to hang with him, but it wasn’t a fair race. There was no way he would catch Byron.
A few feet separated Bergeron from the Habs forward, but the advantage wasn’t big enough.