Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins

Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:00 PM ET TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Montreal Canadiens	4	41-30-11
at Boston Bruins	5	53-19-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Montreal Canadiens	0	4	0	0	4
Boston Bruins	1	2	1	1	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Montreal Canadiens	9	15	13	2	39
Boston Bruins	11	8	11	3	33

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	17:58	Boston Bruins	Patrice Bergeron (8)	Matt Hunwick (19), Mark Recchi (36)	Even strength	MTL 0, BOS 1
2nd	01:25	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Kovalev (26)	Mathieu Dandenault (8)	Power play	MTL 1, BOS 1
2nd	03:12	Boston Bruins	Phil Kessel (33)	Mark Stuart (12)	Even strength	MTL 1, BOS 2
2nd	05:30	Boston Bruins	Mark Recchi (21)	Zdeno Chara (31), Patrice Bergeron (30)	Power play	MTL 1, BOS 3
2nd	07:27	Montreal Canadiens	Matt D'Agostini (11)	Andrei Kostitsyn (18), Yannick Weber (1)	Power play	MTL 2, BOS 3
2nd	10:28	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Schneider (9)	Roman Hamrlik (27), Saku Koivu (34)	Power play	MTL 3, BOS 3
2nd	16:53	Montreal Canadiens	Matt D'Agostini (12)	Unassisted	Even strength	MTL 4, BOS 3
3rd	05:27	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara (19)	Mark Recchi (37), Marc Savard (61)	Power play	MTL 4, BOS 4
OT	02:42	Boston Bruins	Mark Recchi (22)	Patrice Bergeron (31)	Even strength	MTL 4, BOS 5

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

Team stats

Team stats, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Stat	Montreal Canadiens	Boston Bruins
Shots on goal	39	33
Power play	3 of 7	2 of 4
Penalty minutes	35	41
Hits	22	27
Blocked shots	8	7
Giveaways	7	0
Takeaways	3	4
Faceoffs won	28/67 (41.8%)	39/67 (58.2%)

Box score

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	1	0		13:27
Number 11 S. Koivu	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	52.2%	16:57
Number 13 A. Tanguay	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		14:57
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21.4%	16:41
Number 15 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	30.8%	15:02
Number 21 C. Higgins	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	100%	18:31
Number 25 M. Dandenault	R	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	3	0		18:41
Number 27 A. Kovalev	R	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1		18:15
Number 36 M. D'Agostini	R	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1		11:48
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	0	0	57.1%	13:21
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		12:21
Number 84 G. Latendresse	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		14:14
Number 3 R. O'Byrne	D	0	0	0	-1	14	0	0	0	0		05:26
Number 8 M. Komisarek	D	0	0	0	-1	8	0	5	1	0		22:05
Number 24 M. Schneider	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	1		21:16
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	0	0		24:43
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	3	1	0		27:19
Number 68 Y. Weber	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	0		15:35

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	33	28	5	.849	62:36	OT loss

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 12 C. Kobasew	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	0		13:46
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	0	0	0	0	18	2	2	1	0		11:22
Number 18 S. Yelle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	58.3%	13:29
Number 22 S. Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	0	0		09:57
Number 26 B. Wheeler	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	100%	09:40
Number 28 M. Recchi	R	2	2	4	+2	0	2	1	0	1		19:23
Number 37 P. Bergeron	C	1	2	3	+3	0	3	3	0	0	54.2%	20:47
Number 46 D. Krejci	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	66.7%	16:15
Number 61 B. Bitz	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		08:34
Number 73 M. Ryder	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		14:55
Number 81 P. Kessel	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		15:08
Number 91 M. Savard	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	57.9%	20:14
Number 23 S. Montador	D	0	0	0	+1	2	4	1	0	0		19:27
Number 33 Z. Chara	D	1	1	2	0	4	5	3	2	1		28:05
Number 34 S. Hnidy	D	0	0	0	+2	5	0	0	1	0		16:46
Number 44 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0		22:56
Number 45 M. Stuart	D	0	1	1	+1	4	0	2	1	0		18:33
Number 48 M. Hunwick	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1	0		15:42

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 T. Thomas	39	35	4	.897	62:42	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:45	Boston Bruins	Mark Stuart	Tripping	2
1st	09:55	Boston Bruins	Mark Stuart	Holding	2
1st	13:45	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Roughing	2
1st	13:45	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
1st	17:58	Montreal Canadiens	Josh Gorges	Roughing	2
1st	19:13	Montreal Canadiens	Roman Hamrlik	Cross checking	2
1st	20:00	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Roughing	2
1st	20:00	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
2nd	03:55	Boston Bruins	Shawn Thornton	Roughing	2
2nd	03:55	Montreal Canadiens	Ryan O'Byrne	Roughing	2
2nd	03:55	Montreal Canadiens	Ryan O'Byrne	Roughing	2
2nd	03:55	Montreal Canadiens	Ryan O'Byrne	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	06:06	Boston Bruins	Shane Hnidy	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	06:06	Boston Bruins	Byron Bitz	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	06:06	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Roughing	2
2nd	06:06	Montreal Canadiens	Josh Gorges	Roughing	2
2nd	06:06	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	08:12	Boston Bruins	Shawn Thornton	Roughing	2
2nd	08:12	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Roughing	2
2nd	08:12	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Slashing	2
2nd	08:12	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	08:12	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Interference	2
2nd	18:50	Boston Bruins	Shawn Thornton	Roughing	2
2nd	18:50	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Komisarek	Roughing	2
3rd	04:47	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Dandenault	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	18:59	Boston Bruins	Steve Montador	Holding	2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Bob Gainey
Boston Bruins head coach: Claude Julien
Referees: Dave Jackson, Paul Devorski
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Brian Murphy
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Patrice Brisebois, Robert Lang, Marc Denis, Georges Laraque, Francis Bouillon, Alex Henry, Andrei Markov, Doug Janik, Kyle Chipchura, Gregory Stewart, Sergei Kostitsyn, Ben Maxwell, Max Pacioretty
Boston Bruins scratches: P.J. Axelsson, Marco Sturm, Andrew Ference, Dennis Wideman, Johnny Boychuk, Martin St. Pierre, Tuukka Rask, Vladimir Sobotka, Mikko Lehtonen

2008-2009 season series

Every Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/SO	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Oct 15, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 6	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Nov 13, 2008
Boston Bruins 3 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final/SO	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Nov 22, 2008
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 3	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Tue, Jan 13, 2009
Boston Bruins 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sun, Feb 1, 2009
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 5	Final/OT	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Boston Bruins 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Apr 16, 2009
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 5	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Sat, Apr 18, 2009
Boston Bruins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Apr 20, 2009
Boston Bruins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Other NHL games on Apr 9

Other NHL games on Thursday, April 9, 2009
Matchup	Status	Details
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at New York Rangers 2	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Florida Panthers 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 2	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Atlanta Thrashers, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
New Jersey Devils 3 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final/SO	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Ottawa Senators, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
New York Islanders 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Washington Capitals 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Nashville Predators 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final/SO	Game page: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Dallas Stars 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2	Final/SO	Game page: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Los Angeles Kings 0 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks, Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Phoenix Coyotes 4 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at San Jose Sharks, Thu, Apr 9, 2009