9–2

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 4-3-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	3	3	3	9
MTL	0	0	2	2

Bruins at Canadiens

Bruins beat Canadiens 9–2 at Bell Centre on October 28, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Oct 28, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Jason Allison

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · 20:58 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Peter Ferraro

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 13:15 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Grant Ledyard

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 24:12 TOI

4rd star 🐻 BOS

Byron Dafoe

33 saves

0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Ted Donato Go-ahead 1st · 01:36

Assists: Joe Thornton, Peter Ferraro

1–0

🐻 Chris Taylor 1st · 10:00

Assists: P.J. Axelsson, Rob DiMaio

2–0

🐻 Sergei Samsonov 1st · 19:20

Assists: Jason Allison, Dmitri Khristich

3–0

2nd period

🐻 Peter Ferraro PP 2nd · 09:09

Assists: Joe Thornton, Grant Ledyard

4–0

🐻 Dmitri Khristich PP 2nd · 09:34

Assists: Ray Bourque, Dave Ellett

5–0

🐻 Grant Ledyard PP 2nd · 10:00

Assists: Don Sweeney

6–0

3rd period

🐻 Peter Ferraro 3rd · 01:41

Assists: Ted Donato

7–0

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 3rd · 09:50

Assists: Patrice Brisebois

7–1

🐻 Jason Allison PP 3rd · 13:51

Assists: Ray Bourque, Darren Van Impe

8–1

🐻 Jason Allison PP 3rd · 14:36

Assists: Dmitri Khristich, Grant Ledyard

9–1

🇨🇦 Matt Higgins 3rd · 16:13

Unassisted

9–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦

34 Shots on goal 35

5/9 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

9 Hits 26

11 Blocked shots 4

18 Takeaways 31

30 Giveaways 30

15 Penalty minutes 32

BOS shooting 26.5% (9/34) MTL shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

33/35

.943 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

15/21

.714 SV% · 6 GA · 29:53 TOI

Jocelyn Thibault

10/13

.769 SV% · 3 GA · 30:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 6–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Allison · Khristich · DiMaio 19:23

L2 Samsonov · Axelsson · Taylor 16:26

L3 Donato · Thornton · Ferraro 13:15

L4 Baumgartner · Henderson · Mathieu 6:30

D1 Bourque · Ledyard 25:00

D2 Sweeney · Gill 20:30

D3 Ellett · Van Impe 14:36

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Brunet · Damphousse · Recchi 16:36

L2 Rucinsky · Savage · Poulin 14:57

L3 Zholtok · Higgins · Stevenson 13:30

L4 Morissette · McCleary · Hoglund 8:11

D1 Malakhov · Brisebois 25:23

D2 Quintal · Rivet 20:59

D3 Clark · Manson 11:35

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

2–1 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on October 28, 1998?

Bruins won 9–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 9, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Jason Allison (2), Peter Ferraro (2), Chris Taylor, Dmitri Khristich, Grant Ledyard, Sergei Samsonov, Ted Donato.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi, Matt Higgins.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 15 saves on 21 shots (.714 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 24

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 24

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