🍁 Away Maple Leafs 39-27-12 before this game

1–4

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 30-39-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	1	0	1
MTL	2	1	1	4

Maple Leafs at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Maple Leafs 4–1 at Bell Centre on March 31, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Mar 31, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Karl Dykhuis

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · 21:39 TOI · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Benoit Brunet

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 17:35 TOI · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Craig Darby

1 G

2 shots · 16:30 TOI · +2

4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jose Theodore

32 saves

0.970 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Karl Dykhuis Go-ahead 1st · 07:49

Assists: Brian Savage, Oleg Petrov · beat Curtis Joseph

0–1

🇨🇦 Karl Dykhuis PP 1st · 10:54

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Jan Bulis · beat Curtis Joseph

0–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Benoit Brunet 2nd · 03:00

Assists: Jim Campbell, Karl Dykhuis · beat Curtis Joseph

0–3

🍁 Aki Berg PP 2nd · 12:21

Assists: Darcy Tucker, Yanic Perreault · beat Jose Theodore

1–3

3rd period

🇨🇦 Craig Darby Empty net 3rd · 19:06

Assists: Benoit Brunet, Sheldon Souray

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR MTL🇨🇦

33 Shots on goal 22

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

18 Hits 14

17 Blocked shots 14

13 Takeaways 12

16 Giveaways 21

8 Penalty minutes 6

TOR shooting 3.0% (1/33) MTL shooting 18.2% (4/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Curtis Joseph

18/21

.857 SV% · 3 GA · 59:26 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

32/33

.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🍁Maple Leafs

L1 Sundin · Hoglund · Tucker 17:33

L2 Roberts · Berezin · Thomas 15:08

L3 McCauley · Perreault · Korolev 12:35

L4 Ponikarovsky · Antropov · Domi 10:50

D1 Yushkevich · McCabe 24:58

D2 Kaberle · Markov 21:30

D3 Berg · Manson 13:10

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Rucinsky · Koivu · Petrov 18:36

L2 Savage · Brunet · Kilger 17:35

L3 Darby · Bulis · Zednik 16:26

L4 Campbell · Asham 8:53

D1 Brisebois · Dykhuis 23:04

D2 Traverse · Souray 19:06

D3 Robidas · Bouillon 15:22

D4 Markov 5:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

Feb 24, 2001

🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR

1–5 · Maple Leafs won

Dec 23, 2000

🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL

5–2 · Maple Leafs won

Nov 18, 2000

🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL

6–1 · Maple Leafs won

Oct 7, 2000

🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR

0–2 · Maple Leafs won

Mar 4, 2000

🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR

3–4 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs MTL, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Canadiens on March 31, 2001?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Canadiens?

The final score was Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Aki Berg.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Karl Dykhuis (2), Benoit Brunet, Craig Darby.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Canadiens season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–1 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Mar 29

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 29

Also on March 31, 2001

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