🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 12-10-5 before this game
4–2
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 21-4-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1304
BOS 0202

Canadiens at Bruins

Canadiens beat Bruins 4–2 at TD Garden on December 10, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Dec 10, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Mike Knuble
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 22:16 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 24:30 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jan Bulis
1 G
4 shots · 17:07 TOI · -1
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jeff Hackett
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Jan Bulis Go-ahead 1st · 05:10
Assists: Andreas Dackell, Joe Juneau · beat John Grahame
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault 2nd · 03:06
Unassisted · beat John Grahame
2–0
🇨🇦 Oleg Petrov 2nd · 06:42
Assists: Saku Koivu, Richard Zednik · beat John Grahame
3–0
🇨🇦 Randy Mckay PP 2nd · 10:18
Assists: Andrei Markov, Doug Gilmour · beat John Grahame
4–0
🐻 Joe Thornton 2nd · 10:53
Assists: Mike Knuble, Glen Murray · beat Jeff Hackett
4–1
🐻 Mike Knuble 2nd · 19:16
Assists: Bryan Berard, Joe Thornton · beat Jeff Hackett
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
27 Shots on goal 33
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
1 Hits 2
15 Penalty minutes 9
MTL shooting 14.8% (4/27) BOS shooting 6.1% (2/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
John Grahame
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 58:35 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–2
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Juneau · Bulis · Mckay 17:07
L2 Gilmour · Koivu · Dackell 16:22
L3 Kilger · Perreault · Zednik 15:31
L4 Ribeiro · Petrov · Czerkawski 5:21
D1 Brisebois · Markov 24:02
D2 Rivet · Traverse 21:39
D3 Quintal · Dykhuis 13:42
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Murray · Knuble 24:08
L2 Stumpel · Huml · Rolston 16:26
L3 Grosek · Mcinnis · Lapointe 13:26
L4 Zamuner · Stock 7:14
D1 Berard · O'Donnell 26:28
D2 Girard · Boynton 19:46
D3 Gill · Sweeney 11:46
D4 Brown 7:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 29, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won
Apr 29, 2002
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on December 10, 2002?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jan Bulis, Oleg Petrov, Randy Mckay, Yanic Perreault.

Who scored for Bruins?

Joe Thornton, Mike Knuble.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

John Grahame made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Bruins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 7
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌵PHX
4–2 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 12
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · TBL won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 8
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · BOS won
Next game · Dec 12
🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · OTT won
Also on December 10, 2002
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
4–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🏝️NYI
3–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR
2–4 final
🎵STL @ 😈NJD
0–2 final
🔔PHI @ 🐆FLA
5–2 final
👑LAK @ 🐯NSH
3–0 final
⚡TBL @ 🌲MIN
3–5 final
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