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Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins

TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Playoffs Final

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 5–4 on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Montreal Canadiens 4 47-25-10
at Boston Bruins 5 41-29-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 2 4
Boston Bruins 0 1 4 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 8 14 13 35
Boston Bruins 7 13 16 36

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 09:44 Montreal Canadiens Chris Higgins (1) Saku Koivu (1) Even strength MTL 1, BOS 0
2nd 01:54 Boston Bruins Phil Kessel (2) Marc Savard (4), Shane Hnidy (1) Even strength MTL 1, BOS 1
2nd 07:43 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (1) Steve Begin (3) Even strength MTL 2, BOS 1
3rd 03:13 Boston Bruins Vladimir Sobotka (2) Peter Schaefer (3), Dennis Wideman (3) Even strength MTL 2, BOS 2
3rd 10:04 Montreal Canadiens Francis Bouillon (1) Josh Gorges (1), Sergei Kostitsyn (1) Even strength MTL 3, BOS 2
3rd 12:13 Boston Bruins Milan Lucic (2) Aaron Ward (1), Marc Savard (5) Even strength MTL 3, BOS 3
3rd 15:45 Boston Bruins Phil Kessel (3) Marco Sturm (2), David Krejci (3) Even strength MTL 3, BOS 4
3rd 15:56 Montreal Canadiens Chris Higgins (2) Saku Koivu (2), Sergei Kostitsyn (2) Even strength MTL 4, BOS 4
3rd 17:23 Boston Bruins Marco Sturm (2) David Krejci (4), Zdeno Chara (1) Even strength MTL 4, BOS 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 35 36
Power play 0 of 4 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 10 14
Hits 26 34
Blocked shots 16 9
Giveaways 2 3
Takeaways 2 10
Faceoffs won 41/70 (58.6%) 29/70 (41.4%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
6 T. Kostopoulos R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 12:58
11 S. Koivu C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 71.4% 15:02
14 T. Plekanec C 1 0 1 -1 2 8 1 1 52.2% 19:27
20 B. Smolinski C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 55.6% 14:19
21 C. Higgins L 2 0 2 +2 0 5 0 0 16:31
22 S. Begin L 0 1 1 +1 4 2 5 0 13:12
25 M. Dandenault R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 08:51
27 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 0 21:46
40 M. Lapierre C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 11:42
46 A. Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 0 17:53
74 S. Kostitsyn L 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 0 12:03
8 M. Komisarek D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 5 2 20:14
26 J. Gorges D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 3 14:43
32 M. Streit D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 13:37
44 R. Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 3 25:21
51 F. Bouillon D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 07:24
71 P. Brisebois D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 17:57
79 A. Markov D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 3 27:53
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31 C. Price 36 31 5 .861 59:07 Loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 P. Axelsson L 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 0 14:36
13 G. Metropolit C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 1 44.4% 15:13
16 M. Sturm L 1 1 2 +1 0 4 2 2 18:22
17 M. Lucic L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 7 0 16:16
22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 06:06
27 G. Murray R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 13:52
46 D. Krejci C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 1 1 40% 20:12
56 P. Nokelainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 08:58
60 V. Sobotka C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 0 36.4% 07:56
72 P. Schaefer L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11:01
81 P. Kessel R 2 0 2 +2 2 6 1 0 14:53
91 M. Savard C 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 42.9% 17:35
6 D. Wideman D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 0 22:35
21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 1 19:22
33 Z. Chara D 0 1 1 +2 2 4 2 1 26:55
34 S. Hnidy D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15:17
44 A. Ward D 0 1 1 +3 2 0 4 0 22:13
45 M. Stuart D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 14:38
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30 T. Thomas 35 31 4 .886 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:04 Boston Bruins Aaron Ward Tripping 2
1st 09:30 Boston Bruins Phil Kessel Slashing 2
1st 09:30 Montreal Canadiens Steve Begin Diving 2
1st 15:35 Boston Bruins Mark Stuart Tripping 2
1st 20:00 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Roughing 2
1st 20:00 Montreal Canadiens Steve Begin Roughing 2
2nd 05:35 Montreal Canadiens Tomas Plekanec Hooking 2
2nd 08:49 Montreal Canadiens Mark Streit Holding 2
2nd 09:50 Boston Bruins Marc Savard Hooking 2
2nd 18:52 Boston Bruins P.J. Axelsson Interference 2
2nd 18:52 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn Diving 2
3rd 04:00 Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Interference 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Guy Carbonneau
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Wes McCauley, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Dan Schachte, Derek Amell
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Michael Ryder, Ryan O'Byrne, Guillaume Latendresse
Boston Bruins scratches
Jeremy Reich, Andrew Alberts

2007-2008 season series

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 6 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 7 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 8 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/SO Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 2 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 0 Final Playoffs Game page
Boston Bruins 5 at Montreal Canadiens 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Boston Bruins 0 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 19

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Playoffs Game page

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