🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 28-27-8 before this game

5–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	2	3	5
BOS	1	1	0	2

Canadiens at Bruins

Canadiens beat Bruins 5–2 at TD Garden on March 2, 2000.

🗓 Thu, Mar 2, 2000 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Shayne Corson

2 G

6 shots · 17:02 TOI · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Benoit Brunet

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 18:39 TOI · +3

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

2 A

4 shots · 14:44 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Sergei Samsonov Go-ahead 1st · 00:28

Assists: Ray Bourque, Cameron Mann · beat Jose Theodore

0–1

2nd period

🐻 Eric Nickulas 2nd · 11:38

Assists: Darren Van Impe · beat Jose Theodore

0–2

🇨🇦 Benoit Brunet SH 2nd · 16:16

Assists: Patrick Poulin · beat Robbie Tallas

1–2

🇨🇦 Shayne Corson Tying 2nd · 19:54

Assists: Saku Koivu, Benoit Brunet · beat Robbie Tallas

2–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Sergei Zholtok Go-ahead 3rd · 11:49

Assists: Craig Rivet, Oleg Petrov · beat Robbie Tallas

3–2

🇨🇦 Shayne Corson 3rd · 14:54

Assists: Saku Koivu · beat Robbie Tallas

4–2

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky SH 3rd · 18:42

Unassisted · beat Robbie Tallas

5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻

35 Shots on goal 25

32 Hits 34

14 Blocked shots 12

5 Takeaways 9

7 Giveaways 9

12 Penalty minutes 6

MTL shooting 14.3% (5/35) BOS shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

23/25

.920 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐻Bruins

Robbie Tallas

30/35

.857 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 28-27-8 (44% win rate, 63 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 27-23-13 (43% win rate, 63 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Brunet · Rucinsky · Linden 18:12

L2 Corson · Zholtok · Koivu 16:03

L3 Poulin · Darby · Petrov 11:59

L4 Stevenson · Ward 8:08

D1 Weinrich · Brisebois 24:12

D2 Lachance · Souray 20:04

D3 Dykhuis · Bouillon 15:49

D4 Rivet 12:09

🐻Bruins

L1 Thornton · Savage · Mann 21:36

L2 Samsonov · Axelsson · Eloranta 17:20

L3 Andreychuk · Bates · Heinze 14:47

L4 Belanger · Laaksonen · Nickulas 5:42

D1 Sweeney · Bourque 25:10

D2 McLaren · Gill 19:26

D3 Van Impe · Timander 15:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Jan 15, 2000

🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL

2–2 (OT) · Bruins won

Dec 23, 1999

🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS

3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on March 2, 2000?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Shayne Corson (2), Benoit Brunet, Martin Rucinsky, Sergei Zholtok.

Who scored for Bruins?

Eric Nickulas, Sergei Samsonov.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Robbie Tallas made 30 saves on 35 shots (.857 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Bruins season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 1

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Feb 29

Also on March 2, 2000

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