🐻 Away Bruins 2-1 in series
5–2
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 3115
MTL 0112

Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 4

Bruins, First Round Game 4, beat Canadiens 5–2 at Bell Centre on April 25, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Apr 25, 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 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
Richard Zednik
2 G
9 shots · 23:11 TOI · -1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Joe Juneau
2 A
1 shots · 18:42 TOI · -1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Brian Rolston
1 G
4 shots · 19:38 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 P.J. Stock Go-ahead 1st · 02:49
Assists: Marty Mcinnis
1–0
🐻 Bill Guerin PP 1st · 15:49
Unassisted
2–0
🐻 Martin Lapointe PP 1st · 17:17
Assists: Joe Thornton
3–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Richard Zednik PP 2nd · 14:14
Assists: Oleg Petrov, Joe Juneau
3–1
🐻 Brian Rolston SH 2nd · 15:46
Unassisted
4–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Richard Zednik PP 3rd · 07:07
Assists: Doug Gilmour, Joe Juneau
4–2
🐻 Sergei Samsonov 3rd · 14:20
Assists: Glen Murray, Jozef Stumpel
5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
25 Shots on goal 28
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
23 Hits 21
9 Blocked shots 20
21 Takeaways 17
26 Giveaways 17
46 Penalty minutes 38
BOS shooting 20.0% (5/25) MTL shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
20/25
.800 SV% · 5 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–1
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 · Guerin · Rolston 19:38
L2 Axelsson · Murray · Lapointe 16:32
L3 Samsonov · Stumpel · Mcinnis 14:24
L4 Zamuner · Stock 7:25
D1 O'Donnell · Gill 23:36
D2 Boynton · McLaren 18:12
D3 Sweeney · Norton 13:00
D4 Rivers 8:38
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Gilmour · Zednik · Petrov 22:22
L2 Juneau · Koivu · Dackell 15:49
L3 Kilger · Perreault · Audette 10:39
L4 Odjick · Bulis · Van Allen 6:43
D1 Quintal · Brisebois 21:56
D2 Rivet · Souray 20:04
D3 Markov · Dykhuis 16:31

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 23, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won
Apr 21, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–6 · Bruins won
Apr 18, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · Canadiens won
Mar 6, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won
Jan 30, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 25, 2002?

Bruins won 5–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 5, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bill Guerin, Brian Rolston, Martin Lapointe, P.J. Stock, Sergei Samsonov.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Richard Zednik (2).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 23
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 23
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · MTL won
Also on April 25, 2002
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
0–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
3–5 final
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
1–0 final
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