2–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 14-24-4 before this game

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

Bruins at Canadiens

Bruins beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on January 10, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Jan 10, 2001 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Sergei Samsonov

2 A

2 shots · 17:25 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Joe Thornton

1 G

5 shots · 22:37 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Don Sweeney

1 G

2 shots · 21:35 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🐻 Joe Thornton Go-ahead 2nd · 16:07

Assists: Brian Rolston, Sergei Samsonov · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

3rd period

🐻 Don Sweeney PP 3rd · 04:57

Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Mikko Eloranta · beat Jose Theodore

2–0

🇨🇦 Arron Asham 3rd · 09:45

Assists: Chad Kilger · beat Byron Dafoe

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦

25 Shots on goal 18

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

13 Hits 16

18 Blocked shots 12

8 Takeaways 12

22 Giveaways 26

14 Penalty minutes 10

BOS shooting 8.0% (2/25) MTL shooting 5.6% (1/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

17/18

.944 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

23/25

.920 SV% · 2 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 17-17-8 (40% win rate, 42 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 14-24-4 (33% win rate, 42 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

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 · Thornton · Guerin 22:37

L2 Axelsson · Samsonov · Rolston 17:28

L3 Eloranta · Bates · Knuble 9:45

L4 Nazarov · Belanger · Kovalenko 2:53

D1 McLaren · Traverse 28:12

D2 Sweeney · Gill 20:48

D3 Popovic · Smith 8:30

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Koivu · Petrov 24:33

L2 Kilger · Poulin · Landry 14:03

L3 Ward · Campbell · Asham 10:41

L4 Odjick · Lind 5:34

D1 Brisebois · Weinrich 25:36

D2 Robidas · Souray 19:24

D3 Markov · Dykhuis 14:06

D4 Laflamme 9:03

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Bruins won

Dec 23, 1999

🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS

3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on January 10, 2001?

Bruins won 2–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Don Sweeney, Joe Thornton.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Arron Asham.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 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 · Jan 9

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Jan 6

Also on January 10, 2001

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