🐻 Away Bruins 3-2 in series
1–2
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 6

Canadiens, First Round Game 6, beat Bruins 2–1 at Bell Centre on April 29, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Apr 29, 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
Yanic Perreault
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 13:24 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
2 A
1 shots · 15:45 TOI · -1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Donald Audette
1 G
2 shots · 16:18 TOI · -1
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jose Theodore
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
35 Shots on goal 18
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
19 Hits 22
13 Blocked shots 27
13 Takeaways 20
20 Giveaways 25
14 Penalty minutes 6
BOS shooting 2.9% (1/35) MTL shooting 11.1% (2/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 59:25 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 49-27-11 (56% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 45-33-9 (52% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 49-27-11 (56% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 45-33-9 (52% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Rolston · Guerin 22:26
L2 Axelsson · Samsonov · Lapointe 17:33
L3 Stumpel · Zamuner · Murray 15:58
L4 Mcinnis · Stock 4:49
D1 Boynton · O'Donnell 26:13
D2 Gill · Sweeney 19:26
D3 Norton · Girard 11:39
D4 Rivers 1:55
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Gilmour · Petrov 19:38
L2 Koivu · Dackell · Audette 16:18
L3 Kilger · Van Allen · Perreault 13:24
L4 Odjick · Lindsay · Asham 7:45
D1 Quintal · Rivet 24:03
D2 Souray · Dykhuis 19:24
D3 Brisebois · Markov 14:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 27, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · Canadiens won
Apr 25, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · Bruins won
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

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 29, 2002?

Canadiens won 2–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 1, Canadiens 2.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 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 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 11
🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN
1–5 · MIN won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 27
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · May 3
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
0–2 · CAR won
Also on April 29, 2002
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
0–4 final
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