🐻 Away Bruins 21-6-2 before this game
2–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 13-11-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 1012
MTL 2204

Bruins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Bruins 4–2 at Bell Centre on December 14, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Dec 14, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Richard Zednik
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:31 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Yanic Perreault
1 G
3 shots · 19:09 TOI · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Craig Rivet
1 G
3 shots · 19:38 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Ivan Huml Go-ahead 1st · 02:19
Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Martin Lapointe · beat Jose Theodore
1–0
🇨🇦 Richard Zednik Tying 1st · 05:47
Unassisted · beat John Grahame
1–1
🇨🇦 Chad Kilger Go-ahead 1st · 14:48
Assists: Saku Koivu, Richard Zednik · beat John Grahame
1–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Craig Rivet 2nd · 04:41
Assists: Doug Gilmour, Andreas Dackell · beat John Grahame
1–3
🇨🇦 Yanic Perreault PP 2nd · 08:04
Assists: Donald Audette, Andrei Markov · beat John Grahame
1–4
3rd period
🐻 Marty Mcinnis 3rd · 02:49
Assists: P.J. Stock, Hal Gill · beat Jose Theodore
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
27 Shots on goal 25
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
5 Hits 5
18 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 7.4% (2/27) MTL shooting 16.0% (4/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
John Grahame
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 59:31 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
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 · Murray · Rolston 20:35
L2 Stumpel · Knuble · Lapointe 16:23
L3 Huml · Zamuner · Mcinnis 11:55
L4 Hilbert · Stock 8:25
D1 Boynton · O'Donnell 23:56
D2 Gill · Berard 18:53
D3 Girard · Sweeney 15:09
D4 Brown 4:33
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Perreault · Zednik 19:31
L2 Juneau · Gilmour · Dackell 17:56
L3 Kilger · Bulis · Mckay 13:55
L4 Blouin · Audette · Petrov 8:36
D1 Markov · Brisebois 23:47
D2 Quintal · Traverse 19:45
D3 Rivet · Dykhuis 15:48

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 10, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–2 · Canadiens won
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

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on December 14, 2002?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 2, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Ivan Huml, Marty Mcinnis.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chad Kilger, Craig Rivet, Richard Zednik, Yanic Perreault.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

John Grahame made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 12
🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · OTT won
Next game · Dec 18
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–4 · BUF won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 12
⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · TBL won
Next game · Dec 16
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · MTL won
Also on December 14, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
😈NJD @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
0–2 final
🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL
3–4 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
4–6 final
🐦ATL @ 🎵STL
0–4 final
🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH
1–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY
3–1 final
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