1–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 34-29-10 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	0	0	1	1
MTL	1	0	2	3

Bruins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Bruins 3–1 at Bell Centre on March 24, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Mar 24, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Martin Rucinsky

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Darcy Tucker

1 G

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky Go-ahead 1st · 12:44

Assists: Peter Popovic, Vincent Damphousse

0–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Darcy Tucker 3rd · 14:31

Assists: Mark Recchi, Turner Stevenson

0–2

🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse 3rd · 15:07

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Stephane Richer

0–3

🐻 Jozef Stumpel PP 3rd · 17:37

Assists: Jean-Yves Roy, Jason Allison

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦

20 Shots on goal 33

1/9 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

32 Penalty minutes 53

BOS shooting 5.0% (1/20) MTL shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Jim Carey

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 48:32 TOI

Robbie Tallas

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 10:21 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–1

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 4–2 Full head-to-head →

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on March 24, 1997?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 1, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Jozef Stumpel.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Darcy Tucker, Martin Rucinsky, Vincent Damphousse.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–2 after 6 games.

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 · Mar 22

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 22

Also on March 24, 1997

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