🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-0 in series
5–2
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🐻 Home Bruins 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Bruins — First Round Game 1

Canadiens, First Round Game 1, beat Bruins 5–2 at TD Garden on April 18, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Apr 18, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs BOS · MTL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
5–2
Final · MTL
Game 2
4–6
Final · BOS
Game 3
3–5
Final · MTL
Game 4
5–2
Final · BOS
Game 5
2–1
Final · MTL
Game 6
1–2
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Yanic Perreault
3 A
2 shots · 12:42 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Donald Audette
2 G
5 shots · 12:50 TOI · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 13:37 TOI · +2
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jose Theodore
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
27 Shots on goal 32
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
28 Hits 27
10 Blocked shots 10
7 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 13
18 Penalty minutes 20
MTL shooting 18.5% (5/27) BOS shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 42-31-9 (51% win rate, 82 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 47-24-11 (57% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 42-31-9 (51% win rate, 82 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 47-24-11 (57% win rate, 82 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Gilmour · Zednik 18:31
L2 Kilger · Dackell · Petrov 16:36
L3 Koivu · Perreault · Audette 12:50
L4 Lindsay · Odjick · Van Allen 7:03
D1 Quintal · Brisebois 24:54
D2 Rivet · Dykhuis 19:38
D3 Souray · Markov 15:14
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Rolston · Guerin 20:51
L2 Samsonov · Stumpel · Murray 18:01
L3 Axelsson · Zamuner · Lapointe 16:07
L4 Mcinnis · Stock · Bonvie 4:14
D1 O'Donnell · Gill 23:06
D2 McLaren · Boynton 18:55
D3 Sweeney · Brown 13:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 6, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won
Jan 30, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 (OT) · Bruins won
Dec 20, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–5 · Bruins won
Nov 20, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Nov 13, 2001
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–5 · Bruins won

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on April 18, 2002?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Bruins 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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 · Apr 13
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–0 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 21
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–6 · BOS won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 13
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–7 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 21
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–6 · BOS won
Also on April 18, 2002
🏝️NYI @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
2–1 final
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
3–4 final
Canadiens season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule