🐻 Away Bruins 30-28-12 before this game
3–2
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 27-37-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 2103
MTL 0112

Bruins at Canadiens

Bruins beat Canadiens 3–2 at Bell Centre on March 17, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Mar 17, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Sergei Samsonov
2 G
3 shots · 18:59 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Bill Guerin
2 A
6 shots · 22:16 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Eric Weinrich
1 G
3 shots · 23:24 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Sergei Samsonov Go-ahead 1st · 06:10
Assists: Bill Guerin · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
🐻 Sergei Samsonov 1st · 18:08
Assists: Mikko Eloranta · beat Jose Theodore
2–0
2nd period
🐻 Eric Weinrich PP 2nd · 02:17
Assists: Bill Guerin, Brian Rolston · beat Jose Theodore
3–0
🇨🇦 Johan Witehall 2nd · 06:48
Assists: Jan Bulis, Jim Campbell · beat Byron Dafoe
3–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray 3rd · 03:30
Assists: Benoit Brunet, Stephane Robidas · beat Byron Dafoe
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
33 Shots on goal 16
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
19 Hits 20
9 Blocked shots 16
8 Takeaways 11
16 Giveaways 27
4 Penalty minutes 6
BOS shooting 9.1% (3/33) MTL shooting 12.5% (2/16)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
14/16
.875 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 59:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–1
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 22:16
L2 Samsonov · Axelsson · Rolston 17:53
L3 Ward · Kovalenko · Knuble 15:28
L4 Eloranta · Nazarov · Goren 4:50
D1 Weinrich · Sweeney 22:16
D2 McLaren · Popovic 19:50
D3 Gill · Kultanen 16:32
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kilger · Koivu · Zednik 21:17
L2 Brunet · Savage · Petrov 19:31
L3 Bulis · Darby · Asham 15:47
L4 Witehall · Lind · Campbell 4:52
D1 Robidas · Souray 23:43
D2 Brisebois · Traverse 21:39
D3 Dykhuis · Laflamme 14:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Feb 1, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–0 · Canadiens won
Jan 10, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · Bruins won
Mar 29, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 · Canadiens won
Mar 11, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–3 · Bruins won
Mar 2, 2000
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on March 17, 2001?

Bruins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 3, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Sergei Samsonov (2), Eric Weinrich.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Johan Witehall, Sheldon Souray.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 14 saves on 16 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 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 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Mar 15
🐋VAN @ 🐻BOS
2–2 · VAN won
Next game · Mar 20
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
2–2 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Mar 14
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
6–3 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 20
🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · FLA won
Also on March 17, 2001
🦈SJS @ 👑LAK
0–1 final
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
3–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🐆FLA
5–3 final
🌵PHX @ 🐯NSH
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 🔥CGY
2–2 final
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
1–5 final
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