Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins

Saturday, April 23, 2011, 7:00 PM ET TD Garden, Boston Playoffs Final/2OT

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at home.

Final score, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Team	Goals	2010-2011 record
Montreal Canadiens	1	44-30-8
at Boston Bruins	2	46-25-11

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	2nd overtime	Total
Montreal Canadiens	10	6	14	9	6	45
Boston Bruins	12	9	11	12	7	51

Three stars

N. Horton, Boston Bruins (1 goal)
T. Thomas, Boston Bruins (goaltender)
B. Marchand, Boston Bruins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
3rd	04:33	Boston Bruins	Brad Marchand (1)	Patrice Bergeron (1), Tomas Kaberle (1)	Even strength	MTL 0, BOS 1
3rd	13:56	Montreal Canadiens	Jeff Halpern (1)	Lars Eller (1), Mathieu Darche (1)	Even strength	MTL 1, BOS 1
2OT	09:03	Boston Bruins	Nathan Horton (1)	Milan Lucic (1), Andrew Ference (1)	Even strength	MTL 1, BOS 2

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	45	51
Power play	0 of 2	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	35	38
Blocked shots	20	21
Giveaways	14	10
Takeaways	4	10
Faceoffs won	43/86 (50%)	43/86 (50%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 S. Gomez	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	33.3%	25:42
Number 13 M. Cammalleri	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	20%	33:35
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0	2	55.6%	30:42
Number 15 J. Halpern	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	73.3%	23:16
Number 21 B. Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	1		28:15
Number 32 T. Moen	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		14:29
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	7	0		28:23
Number 52 M. Darche	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0		19:00
Number 53 R. White	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	50%	08:37
Number 58 D. Desharnais	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	50%	15:45
Number 81 L. Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	6	1	50%	21:43
Number 94 T. Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		09:57
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		24:39
Number 20 J. Wisniewski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		20:31
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		35:05
Number 55 B. Sopel	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3		19:37
Number 75 H. Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4		37:39
Number 76 P. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		40:38

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	51	49	2	.961	88:45	Loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 G. Campbell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	40%	10:57
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	0	1	1	+1	0	8	1	4		27:37
Number 18 N. Horton	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0		24:25
Number 20 D. Paille	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		09:11
Number 22 S. Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	06:57
Number 23 C. Kelly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	36.4%	24:59
Number 28 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	0	66.7%	25:54
Number 37 P. Bergeron	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	6	3	65.7%	28:18
Number 46 D. Krejci	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	42.1%	28:19
Number 49 R. Peverley	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	14.3%	26:10
Number 63 B. Marchand	L	1	0	1	+1	2	5	2	2		24:20
Number 73 M. Ryder	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2		23:57
Number 12 T. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		21:10
Number 21 A. Ference	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	1		30:07
Number 33 Z. Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1		37:06
Number 44 D. Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	6		38:15
Number 54 A. McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		19:01
Number 55 J. Boychuk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	4	1		32:35

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 T. Thomas	45	44	1	.978	89:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	14:16	Boston Bruins	Andrew Ference	Holding	2
1st	15:47	Montreal Canadiens	David Desharnais	Interference	2
1st	17:11	Boston Bruins	Rich Peverley	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	01:53	Montreal Canadiens	Travis Moen	Holding	2
2nd	19:07	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec	Roughing	2
2nd	19:07	Boston Bruins	Brad Marchand	Roughing	2
OT	16:12	Montreal Canadiens	Brent Sopel	Tripping	2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach: Jacques Martin
Boston Bruins head coach: Claude Julien
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Greg Devorski
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Paul Mara, Alexandre Picard, Benoit Pouliot, Yannick Weber
Boston Bruins scratches: Shane Hnidy, Trent Whitfield, Anton Khudobin, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Yury Alexandrov, Kirk MacDonald, Steven Kampfer, Colby Cohen, Zach Hamill, Michael Hutchinson, Jamie Arniel, Matt Bartkowski, Jordan Caron, Lane MacDermid, Tyler Seguin

2010-2011 season series

Every Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins game in the 2010-2011 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Boston Bruins 1	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Nov 11, 2010
Boston Bruins 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Dec 16, 2010
Boston Bruins 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/OT	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Jan 8, 2011
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Boston Bruins 8	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Wed, Feb 9, 2011
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Mar 8, 2011
Montreal Canadiens 0 at Boston Bruins 7	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Mar 24, 2011
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Boston Bruins 0	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Thu, Apr 14, 2011
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Boston Bruins 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Sat, Apr 16, 2011
Boston Bruins 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Apr 18, 2011
Boston Bruins 5 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Apr 21, 2011
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Boston Bruins 2	Final/2OT Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Sat, Apr 23, 2011
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, Tue, Apr 26, 2011
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Boston Bruins 4	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Wed, Apr 27, 2011

Other NHL games on Apr 23

Other NHL games on Saturday, April 23, 2011
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Apr 23, 2011
New York Rangers 1 at Washington Capitals 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: New York Rangers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Apr 23, 2011
Los Angeles Kings 3 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Apr 23, 2011