3–5

Final

MTL leads 4–2

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	1	2	0	3
MTL	1	0	4	5

Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 3

Canadiens, First Round Game 3, beat Bruins 5–3 at Bell Centre on April 23, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Apr 23, 2002 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 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 3

3–5

Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Donald Audette

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 15:12 TOI · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 13:39 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Doug Gilmour

1 G

3 shots · 21:40 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:54

Assists: Saku Koivu, Donald Audette

0–1

🐻 P.J. Axelsson SH Tying 1st · 08:24

Assists: Brian Rolston

1–1

2nd period

🐻 Bill Guerin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:54

Assists: Joe Thornton, Sean O'Donnell

2–1

🐻 Nick Boynton 2nd · 09:04

Assists: Glen Murray, Sergei Samsonov

3–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Donald Audette 3rd · 07:04

Assists: Saku Koivu

3–2

🇨🇦 Doug Gilmour Tying 3rd · 07:57

Assists: Oleg Petrov, Sheldon Souray

3–3

🇨🇦 Saku Koivu Go-ahead 3rd · 11:59

Assists: Donald Audette, Andrei Markov

3–4

🇨🇦 Joe Juneau Empty net 3rd · 19:59

Assists: Andreas Dackell, Richard Zednik

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦

32 Shots on goal 23

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

16 Hits 22

11 Blocked shots 16

14 Takeaways 14

19 Giveaways 22

8 Penalty minutes 6

BOS shooting 9.4% (3/32) MTL shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

18/22

.818 SV% · 4 GA · 59:13 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

29/32

.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 48-25-11 (57% win rate, 84 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 43-32-9 (51% win rate, 84 games)

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 Thornton · Rolston · Guerin 21:00

L2 Samsonov · Lapointe · Murray 17:34

L3 Axelsson · Stumpel · Zamuner 15:57

L4 Mcinnis · Stock · Knuble 4:16

D1 O'Donnell · Gill 24:46

D2 McLaren · Sweeney 20:22

D3 Boynton · Brown 10:32

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Gilmour · Juneau · Zednik 21:40

L2 Petrov · Dackell · Audette 20:25

L3 Kilger · Koivu · Perreault 13:36

L4 Odjick · Lindsay · Van Allen 4:53

D1 Quintal · Brisebois 23:49

D2 Souray · Dykhuis 20:52

D3 Rivet · Markov 15:18

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

4–3 (OT) · Bruins won

Dec 20, 2001

🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS

0–5 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 23, 2002?

Canadiens won 5–3.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 3, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bill Guerin, Nick Boynton, P.J. Axelsson.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Donald Audette, Doug Gilmour, Joe Juneau, Saku Koivu, Yanic Perreault.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Apr 21

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Apr 21

Also on April 23, 2002

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