Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
· Centre Bell, Montreal · Playoffs · Final/OT
Final score
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
OTOvertime |
Total |
| Boston Bruins |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Montreal Canadiens |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
OTOvertime |
Total |
| Boston Bruins |
12 |
13 |
11 |
3 |
39 |
| Montreal Canadiens |
8 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
31 |
Scoring summary
Every goal, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
18:30 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Roman Hamrlik (1) |
Bryan Smolinski (1), Steve Begin (1) |
Even strength |
BOS 0, MTL 1 |
| 2nd |
01:50 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Sergei Kostitsyn (2) |
Patrice Brisebois (2), Alex Kovalev (1) |
Even strength |
BOS 0, MTL 2 |
| 3rd |
03:58 |
Boston Bruins |
Peter Schaefer (1) |
Petteri Nokelainen (1) |
Even strength |
BOS 1, MTL 2 |
| 3rd |
09:34 |
Boston Bruins |
David Krejci (1) |
Marco Sturm (1), Marc Savard (1) |
Power play |
BOS 2, MTL 2 |
| OT |
02:30 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Alex Kovalev (1) |
Andrei Markov (1), Tomas Plekanec (2) |
Power play |
BOS 2, MTL 3 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
| Stat |
Boston Bruins |
Montreal Canadiens |
| Shots on goal |
39 |
31 |
| Power play |
1 of 6 |
1 of 8 |
| Penalty minutes |
18 |
14 |
| Hits |
31 |
38 |
| Blocked shots |
20 |
25 |
| Giveaways |
11 |
28 |
| Takeaways |
3 |
7 |
| Faceoffs won |
33/63 (52.4%) |
30/63 (47.6%) |
Box score
Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 11 P. Axelsson |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
50% |
18:04 |
| Number 13 G. Metropolit |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
47.1% |
15:42 |
| Number 16 M. Sturm |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:56 |
| Number 17 M. Lucic |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:48 |
| Number 22 S. Thornton |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:14 |
| Number 27 G. Murray |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:11 |
| Number 46 D. Krejci |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
57.1% |
18:50 |
| Number 53 J. Reich |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
13:12 |
| Number 56 P. Nokelainen |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:24 |
| Number 60 V. Sobotka |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
09:44 |
| Number 72 P. Schaefer |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
09:34 |
| Number 91 M. Savard |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47.1% |
15:49 |
| Number 21 A. Ference |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
22:27 |
| Number 33 Z. Chara |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
27:50 |
| Number 34 S. Hnidy |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
20:47 |
| Number 41 A. Alberts |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
11:44 |
| Number 44 A. Ward |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
26:57 |
| Number 45 M. Stuart |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
15:53 |
Boston Bruins goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 30 T. Thomas |
31 |
28 |
3 |
.903 |
61:50 |
Loss |
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 6 T. Kostopoulos |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
11:31 |
| Number 14 T. Plekanec |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
56.5% |
19:24 |
| Number 20 B. Smolinski |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
52.6% |
14:29 |
| Number 21 C. Higgins |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:49 |
| Number 22 S. Begin |
L |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
13:05 |
| Number 25 M. Dandenault |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
08:53 |
| Number 27 A. Kovalev |
R |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
22:01 |
| Number 40 M. Lapierre |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
53.8% |
15:07 |
| Number 46 A. Kostitsyn |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
18:22 |
| Number 73 M. Ryder |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
09:46 |
| Number 74 S. Kostitsyn |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
15:28 |
| Number 84 G. Latendresse |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
08:04 |
| Number 8 M. Komisarek |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
|
20:13 |
| Number 26 J. Gorges |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
18:24 |
| Number 32 M. Streit |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
20:41 |
| Number 44 R. Hamrlik |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
21:20 |
| Number 71 P. Brisebois |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
17:27 |
| Number 79 A. Markov |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
27:45 |
Montreal Canadiens goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 31 C. Price |
39 |
37 |
2 |
.949 |
62:22 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
05:52 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Andrei Markov |
Hooking |
2 |
| 1st |
11:00 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Mark Streit |
Holding |
2 |
| 1st |
14:03 |
Boston Bruins |
Zdeno Chara |
Cross checking |
2 |
| 1st |
20:00 |
Boston Bruins |
Jeremy Reich |
Roughing |
2 |
| 1st |
20:00 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Chris Higgins |
Roughing |
2 |
| 2nd |
04:07 |
Boston Bruins |
Petteri Nokelainen |
Holding |
2 |
| 2nd |
07:28 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Mark Streit |
Hooking |
2 |
| 2nd |
11:46 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Roman Hamrlik |
Slashing |
2 |
| 2nd |
18:20 |
Boston Bruins |
Mark Stuart |
Interference |
2 |
| 3rd |
07:45 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Maxim Lapierre |
Hooking |
2 |
| 3rd |
09:20 |
Montreal Canadiens |
Alex Kovalev |
Slashing |
2 |
| 3rd |
12:50 |
Boston Bruins |
Jeremy Reich |
Holding |
2 |
| 3rd |
14:17 |
Boston Bruins |
Glen Metropolit |
Tripping |
2 |
| 3rd |
17:43 |
Boston Bruins |
Shawn Thornton |
High sticking double minor |
4 |
| OT |
01:31 |
Boston Bruins |
Jeremy Reich |
Tripping |
2 |
Game information
- Boston Bruins head coach
- Claude Julien
- Montreal Canadiens head coach
- Guy Carbonneau
- Referees
- Mike Leggo, Paul Devorski
- Linesmen
- Dan Schachte, Derek Amell
- Boston Bruins scratches
- Dennis Wideman, Phil Kessel
- Montreal Canadiens scratches
- Saku Koivu, Francis Bouillon, Ryan O'Byrne
2007-2008 season series
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Details |
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1
 at Montreal Canadiens
6
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2
at Boston Bruins
1
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4
at Montreal Canadiens
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4
at Boston Bruins
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5
at Boston Bruins
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Final
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2
at Montreal Canadiens
8
|
Final
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Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Jan 22, 2008
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4
at Boston Bruins
2
|
Final
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2
at Montreal Canadiens
3
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1
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4
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Final
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2
at Montreal Canadiens
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1
at Boston Bruins
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1
at Boston Bruins
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Final
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5
at Montreal Canadiens
1
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Final
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