🐻 Away Bruins 0-0 in series
2–3
Final
MTL leads 4–1
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0002
MTL 0003

Bruins at Canadiens — Second Round Game 1

Canadiens, Second Round Game 1, beat Bruins 3–2 at Bell Centre on April 17, 1989.

🗓 Mon, Apr 17, 1989 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1988-89 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

BOS vs MTL · MTL leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
2–3
Final · MTL
Game 2
2–3
OT · MTL
Game 3
5–4
Final · MTL
Game 4
2–3
Final · BOS
Game 5
2–3
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Bobby Smith
2 A
+2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mike Keane
1 G
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Russ Courtnall
1 G
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 15
2 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 7.1% (2/28) MTL shooting 20.0% (3/15)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Andy Moog
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:20 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 47-28-10 (55% win rate, 85 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 62-18-4 (74% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 47-28-10 (55% win rate, 85 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 62-18-4 (74% win rate, 84 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 27, 1989
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · Canadiens won
Jan 12, 1989
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–3 · Canadiens won
Jan 7, 1989
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · Canadiens won
Dec 22, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–2 · Canadiens won
Dec 12, 1988
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 17, 1989?

Canadiens won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 2, Canadiens 3.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 11
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 19
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 9
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–3 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 19
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Also on April 17, 1989
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
3–4 final
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