BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens were surprised to learn that their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins will start on Thursday night. They were expecting it to start on Friday, and the earlier date made for a busy day of preparations. The special teams unit was on the ice a half-hour early while the main practice went a full hour on Wednesday. "We werent really planning on playing a game (on Thursday), but it all works out better that way," said forward Max Pacioretty. "We were trying to cram in a bit of system stuff as well, so it was a good practice. "We found out (Tuesday) night. I like it better that way. Theres a little less time to think. Were jumping right back into the action. I think thats when I play my best hockey, when Im not thinking." The Canadiens have been idle since completing a sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning on April 22. The Bruins finished off the Detroit Red Wings in five games on Saturday. Although the NHL had not released a schedule, Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin mentioned a Friday start in a television interview this week. The opener was moved up reportedly because Northeastern University has graduation ceremonies at the TD Garden on Friday morning. Game 2 is expected to be played Saturday at 12:30 pm ET, although that has not been confirmed. Pacioretty likes that, too. "I like playing afternoon games," he said. "No meetings in the morning. Not thinking too much about the game. Just going out and playing." The Canadiens will have had eight days off between games. To break the monotony, they held a simulated game day on Monday, with a morning skate followed by an intra-squad game at night. Then they took Tuesday off. "Im about ready to stop practising and start playing," said goalie Carey Price. Christian McCaffrey Jersey . 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Donovan scored twice within nine minutes to give Los Angeles a 3-2 lead in the 82nd minute, but Perez notched his team-leading eighth goal of the season four minutes later. Dallas nearly won it in stoppage time when Jackson launched a 40-yard shot that went off the right post. "I really feel like the ball was going in," said Jackson through a translator. "I was really confident I took a really good shot that I thought was going in." The draw lifted the Galaxy (10-9-4) into a fifth-place tie with Seattle in the Western Conference. Dallas (8-6-9), which had its winless streak extended to 10 matches (0-4-6), remains one point behind. "We felt good about ourselves but we got lazy, gave up a real easy, careless free kick and then they score a goal," said Donovan whose hat trick was his first in an MLS game since 2008. "At the end of the day, its good we fought back, but when you have the lead with five minutes to go, you should win the game." All three Dallas goals originated off set pieces (one from a corner kick and two via free kicks), marking a league-leading 10 such goals the Galaxy have allowed this season. "Its been the story of the whole year with our set pieces, where we fall asleep and they end up getting a goal," Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez said. "Its just a matter of putting everything you have into that 15-30 second play. It just has to be better. Our fight has to be better, more than the guy were going up against and tonight it just wasnt there. The Galaxy also felt that Perezs tying goal, and perhaps his first one, should have been called offside. "Terrible officiating, no question about it," LA coach Bruce Arena said. "However, we were still in position to win the game. What more can you say? Its a shame that we cant get better officiating in these games. Were the team that should have won this game. Its a shame, it really is." Matt Hedges scored Dallas other goal in the 15th minute, snapping a club-record goalless streak at 464 minutes, the seventh-longest drought in MLS history. "Its important that the goals were scored and that bad run is finished," Dallas midfielder David Ferreira said through an iinterpreter.dddddddddddd "But at the same time, there is sadness and the feeling in the locker room is that this was a game that the team could have taken the three points. That didnt happen, so the feeling is kind of mixed." Chris Seitz made five saves for FC Dallas in just his third appearance this season. He filled in for starter Raul Fernandez, who is with the Peru national team. "It was an exciting game with two teams that played really hard," Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman said. "I thought it was a good performance on our part in regards to team energy, hard work, we battled for balls. When we were down, we continued to fight, showed a lot of character playing against a very good team. I just wish the wind would have blown that ball in when it hit the post. That was a great shot by Jackson." With Dallas ahead 2-1, Donovan received a short pass from Marcelo Sarvas and stepped into a right-footed shot from 18 yards that beat the diving Seitz just inside the right goal post in the 73rd minute. Nine minutes later, a throw-in by Robbie Keane bounced to Donovan about 8 yards out and the U.S. national team star spun and drilled a right-footed shot past Dallas defender George John. The ball initially appeared to be going wide, but it curled just inside the far post and in. Perez tied the score off a free kick by Michel from 25 yards. The ball sailed into the middle of the penalty area, where Gonzalez headed it out, but it went right to Perez, who fired a 15-yard shot that beat Galaxy goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini just inside the left post. Perez snapped a 1-1 tie in the 48th minute on another play that was set up by a free kick from Michel, who had entered the match to start the second half. His looping free kick from 30 yards curled toward the left post, where Perez lunged with his left foot to re-direct it home. Hedges scored his second goal of the season, and FC Dallas first in six games, to give his side a 1-0 lead just 15 minutes in. Ferreira delivered a corner kick into the middle, where George John headed it down. The ball bounced past several players to Hedges, who headed it just inside the left post. Donovans first of the game tied it during first-half stoppage time, when he got past Hedges to chase down a nice lead ball from Keane and head it over the charging Seitz. Keane, L.A.s leading scorer and captain, was back in the lineup after missing three league games with a hip flexor injury. 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