🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-2 in series
5–4
Final
MTL leads 4–1
🐻 Home Bruins 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BOS 0004

Canadiens at Bruins — Second Round Game 3

Canadiens, Second Round Game 3, beat Bruins 5–4 at TD Garden on April 21, 1989.

🗓 Fri, Apr 21, 1989 · 18:30 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 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
Larry Robinson
3 A
+2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Bob Joyce
2 G, 1 A
3 shots
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Craig Janney
1 G, 2 A
3 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
28 Shots on goal 26
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
16 Penalty minutes 14
MTL shooting 17.9% (5/28) BOS shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Rejean Lemelin
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:09 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 64-18-4 (74% win rate, 86 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 47-29-11 (54% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 64-18-4 (74% win rate, 86 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 47-29-11 (54% win rate, 87 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 19, 1989
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 17, 1989
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on April 21, 1989?

Canadiens won 5–4.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Bruins 4.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 19
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 19
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
Also on April 21, 1989
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
4–3 final
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