6–2

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 40-27-12 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	0	0	0	6
MTL	0	0	0	2

Bruins at Canadiens

Bruins beat Canadiens 6–2 at Bell Centre on April 15, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Apr 15, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Tim Taylor

2 G

6 shots · 15:44 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Steve Heinze

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 17:09 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Dmitri Khristich

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 21:11 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦

28 Shots on goal 30

4/10 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7

11 Hits 16

10 Blocked shots 6

3 Takeaways 2

17 Giveaways 25

28 Penalty minutes 44

BOS shooting 21.4% (6/28) MTL shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

22/28

.786 SV% · 6 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 44-28-7 (56% win rate, 79 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 40-27-12 (51% win rate, 79 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 44-28-7 (56% win rate, 79 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 40-27-12 (51% win rate, 79 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Carter · Khristich · Heinze 21:11

L2 Axelsson · Sullivan · DiMaio 16:10

L3 Samsonov · Donato · Taylor 13:04

L4 Baumgartner · Thornton · Wilson 5:43

D1 Bourque · Ledyard 25:18

D2 McLaren · Van Impe 19:23

D3 Ellett · Gill 15:15

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 18:42

L2 Rucinsky · Brunet · Savage 16:14

L3 Poulin · Bureau · Hoglund 12:29

L4 Ryan · Bordeleau · Vukota 4:34

D1 Malakhov · Popovic 22:59

D2 Manson · Ulanov 19:28

D3 Rivet · Zalapski 12:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

2–1 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 15, 1998?

Bruins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 6, Canadiens 2.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 28 shots (.786 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?

Bruins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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 · Apr 13

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Apr 11

Also on April 15, 1998

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