🐻 Away Bruins 0-2 in series
2–3
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0002
MTL 0003

Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 3

Canadiens, First Round Game 3, beat Bruins 3–2 at Bell Centre on April 11, 2004.

🗓 Sun, Apr 11, 2004 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2003-04 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs BOS · MTL leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
0–3
Final · BOS
Game 2
1–2
OT · BOS
Game 3
2–3
Final · MTL
Game 4
4–3
OT · BOS
Game 5
5–1
Final · MTL
Game 6
2–5
Final · MTL
Game 7
2–0
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
2 G
3 shots · 17:33 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
2 A
17:22 TOI · +3
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Markov
1 G
2 shots · 24:12 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
23 Shots on goal 32
28 Hits 24
13 Blocked shots 13
16 Takeaways 11
14 Giveaways 18
10 Penalty minutes 6
BOS shooting 8.7% (2/23) MTL shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Andrew Raycroft
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:59 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 49-19-16 (58% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 44-31-9 (52% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 49-19-16 (58% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 44-31-9 (52% win rate, 84 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Bergeron · Rolston 19:19
L2 Murray · Lapointe · Knuble 17:15
L3 Axelsson · Samsonov · Green 14:21
L4 Hilbert · Zamuner · MacDonald 5:53
D1 Boynton · Gonchar 24:40
D2 Mcgillis · O'Donnell 17:52
D3 Slegr · Gill 17:17
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Ribeiro · Bulis · Zednik 19:09
L2 Koivu · Kovalev · Ryder 17:22
L3 Dowd · Ward · Dagenais 15:10
L4 Begin · Langdon · Juneau 9:32
D1 Markov · Brisebois 23:58
D2 Rivet · Souray 21:20
D3 Bouillon · Quintal 14:40

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 9, 2004
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 (OT) · Bruins won
Apr 7, 2004
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–3 · Bruins won
Mar 27, 2004
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 (OT) · Bruins won
Feb 26, 2004
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Jan 31, 2004
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–0 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 11, 2004?

Canadiens won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 2, Canadiens 3.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 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 9
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 13
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 9
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 13
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · BOS won
Also on April 11, 2004
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
1–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
Bruins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule