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2006-07 regular season

Bruins at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1

Canadiens beat Bruins 4–3 at Bell Centre on December 12, 2006.

BOS – MTL
34–40
Shots on goal
2/4–1/5
Power play
27–32
Hits
17–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 21:02 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sergei Samsonov
2 G
7 shots · 17:15 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
David Aebischer
31 saves
0.912 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Andrei Markov PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:36
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu · beat Hannu Toivonen
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Marc Savard PP Tying 2nd · 02:09
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara · beat David Aebischer
1–1
🇨🇦 Sergei Samsonov Go-ahead 2nd · 06:52
Assists: Janne Niinimaa, Mathieu Dandenault · beat Hannu Toivonen
1–2
🐻 Marc Savard PP Tying 2nd · 07:34
Assists: Glen Murray · beat David Aebischer
2–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Sergei Samsonov Go-ahead 3rd · 12:49
Assists: Tomas Plekanec · beat Hannu Toivonen
2–3
🇨🇦 Guillaume Latendresse 3rd · 16:00
Assists: Maxim Lapierre, Michael Ryder · beat Hannu Toivonen
2–4
🐻 Petr Tenkrat 3rd · 19:09
Assists: Jason York, Marc Savard · beat David Aebischer
3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Sturm · Bergeron · Savard 21:02
L2 Primeau · Murray · Boyes 17:15
L3 Tenkrat · Donovan · Mowers 14:52
L4 Stastny · Chistov · Hoggan 3:23
D1 Chara · Stuart 26:06
D2 Alberts · Mara 19:46
D3 York · Jurcina 12:29
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Kovalev · Ryder 18:58
L2 Samsonov · Bonk · Johnson 17:15
L3 Plekanec · Perezhogin · Dandenault 13:54
L4 Latendresse · Lapierre · Murray 8:10
D1 Rivet · Markov 23:50
D2 Bouillon · Komisarek 20:42
D3 Niinimaa · Streit 13:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
34 Shots on goal 40
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
27 Hits 32
17 Blocked shots 16
15 Takeaways 20
17 Giveaways 10
12 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 8.8% (3/34) MTL shooting 10.0% (4/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Hannu Toivonen
36/40
.900 SV% · 4 GA · 58:22 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
David Aebischer
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1-2 (57% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 3-3 (50% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Dec 42006 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–5 Oct 262006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Apr 132006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–3 Apr 42006 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–5 Apr 12006 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–2
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Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on December 12, 2006?

Canadiens won 4–3. The final score was Bruins 3, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Marc Savard (2), Petr Tenkrat.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Sergei Samsonov (2), Andrei Markov, Guillaume Latendresse.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Hannu Toivonen made 36 saves on 40 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

David Aebischer made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 9 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 5–1 AfterDec 14 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 3–5
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterDec 14 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4
Also on December 12
⚔️BUF 3–2 😈NJD 🗽NYR 3–1 🔔PHI ⚡TBL 4–5 🍁TOR 🦆ANA 5–4 🐆FLA 🏛️OTT 3–2 🐙DET 🪶CHI 3–2 🎵STL 🛢️EDM 2–3 🐯NSH 🧥CBJ 3–1 ⭐DAL
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