Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens

Monday, April 21, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Playoffs Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–0 on Monday, April 21, 2008 at home.

Final score, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Boston Bruins	0	41-29-12
at Montreal Canadiens	5	47-25-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	0	0	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	1	2	2	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	11	6	8	25
Montreal Canadiens	8	17	10	35

Scoring summary

Every goal, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:31	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek (1)	Alex Kovalev (3), Saku Koivu (3)	Even strength	BOS 0, MTL 1
2nd	10:45	Montreal Canadiens	Mark Streit (1)	Maxim Lapierre (2), Alex Kovalev (4)	Even strength	BOS 0, MTL 2
2nd	15:13	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Kostitsyn (2)	Sergei Kostitsyn (3), Roman Hamrlik (2)	Even strength	BOS 0, MTL 3
3rd	17:58	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Kostitsyn (3)	Patrice Brisebois (4)	Power play	BOS 0, MTL 4
3rd	19:52	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn (3)	Tomas Plekanec (3), Andrei Kostitsyn (2)	Even strength	BOS 0, MTL 5

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	25	35
Power play	0 of 6	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	12
Hits	24	38
Blocked shots	12	23
Giveaways	9	16
Takeaways	5	9
Faceoffs won	24/54 (44.4%)	30/54 (55.6%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 P. Axelsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1	0		16:13
Number 13 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	50%	15:32
Number 16 M. Sturm	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	0	100%	20:03
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		17:56
Number 22 S. Thornton	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		06:27
Number 27 G. Murray	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		04:16
Number 46 D. Krejci	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	30.8%	17:43
Number 56 P. Nokelainen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	0	33.3%	15:46
Number 60 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	40%	07:29
Number 72 P. Schaefer	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:13
Number 81 P. Kessel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1	0		17:59
Number 91 M. Savard	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	0	55.6%	18:50
Number 6 D. Wideman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		21:19
Number 21 A. Ference	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0		22:39
Number 33 Z. Chara	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	0		24:04
Number 34 S. Hnidy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0		17:50
Number 44 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	-4	0	1	2	5	0		20:41
Number 45 M. Stuart	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0		14:27

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 T. Thomas	35	30	5	.857	59:59	Loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 6 T. Kostopoulos	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0		16:49
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	1	0	57.1%	16:44
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1	0	61.5%	15:57
Number 20 B. Smolinski	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	44.4%	16:03
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	0	0		18:24
Number 22 S. Begin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0		13:26
Number 25 M. Dandenault	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		06:50
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	0	2	2	+2	2	4	1	1	0		17:56
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	2	0	62.5%	11:16
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	2	1	3	+2	0	4	1	0	1		13:08
Number 74 S. Kostitsyn	L	1	1	2	+2	4	1	2	0	0		14:34
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	4	0		22:16
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3	0		19:39
Number 32 M. Streit	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0	100%	11:11
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	4	0		21:24
Number 51 F. Bouillon	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0	0		14:19
Number 71 P. Brisebois	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0		13:24
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1	0		24:40

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	25	25	0	1.000	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:40	Montreal Canadiens	Patrice Brisebois	Slashing	2
1st	13:48	Montreal Canadiens	Andrei Markov	Interference	2
1st	17:02	Boston Bruins	Mark Stuart	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:04	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn	Interference	2
2nd	13:12	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Holding	2
2nd	18:55	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev	Hooking	2
3rd	01:22	Montreal Canadiens	Francis Bouillon	Boarding	2
3rd	04:17	Montreal Canadiens	Sergei Kostitsyn	High sticking	2
3rd	06:36	Boston Bruins	Andrew Ference	Interference	2
3rd	16:24	Boston Bruins	Marc Savard	Interference goalkeeper	2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach: Claude Julien
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Guy Carbonneau
Referees: Bill McCreary, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Jean Morin
Boston Bruins scratches: Jeremy Reich, Andrew Alberts
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Michael Ryder, Ryan O'Byrne, Guillaume Latendresse

2007-2008 season series

Every Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2007-2008 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 6	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Oct 22, 2007
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Boston Bruins 1	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Nov 8, 2007
Boston Bruins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 7	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Nov 17, 2007
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Dec 6, 2007
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Boston Bruins 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Jan 10, 2008
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 8	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/SO	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Mar 22, 2008
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Apr 10, 2008
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Apr 12, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 2	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Sun, Apr 13, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 0	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Tue, Apr 15, 2008
Boston Bruins 5 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Apr 17, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 5	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Sat, Apr 19, 2008
Boston Bruins 0 at Montreal Canadiens 5	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Apr 21, 2008

Other NHL games on Apr 21

Other NHL games on Monday, April 21, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers, Mon, Apr 21, 2008

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