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2007-08 regular season

Canadiens at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 7–0

Canadiens beat Bruins 4–2 at TD Garden on March 20, 2008.

MTL – BOS
30–36
Shots on goal
25–27
Hits
15–5
Blocked shots
2–3
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Kovalev
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 20:46 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:35 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev Go-ahead 2nd · 08:19
Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Josh Gorges · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev 2nd · 13:21
Unassisted · beat Tim Thomas
2–0
🐻 Mark Stuart 2nd · 13:48
Assists: Shane Hnidy, Chuck Kobasew · beat Carey Price
2–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder 3rd · 06:47
Assists: Saku Koivu, Guillaume Latendresse · beat Tim Thomas
3–1
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn 3rd · 11:13
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Mark Streit · beat Tim Thomas
4–1
🐻 Dennis Wideman 3rd · 16:55
Assists: Petteri Nokelainen, P.J. Axelsson · beat Carey Price
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:42
L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Koivu 17:25
L3 Latendresse · Grabovski · Ryder 12:42
L4 Lapierre · Kostopoulos 10:55
D1 Markov · Gorges 24:12
D2 Hamrlik · Bouillon 21:40
D3 Streit · O'Byrne 13:48
D4 Komisarek 2:45
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Murray · Kobasew 18:30
L2 Sturm · Lucic · Axelsson 16:38
L3 Metropolit · Krejci · Kessel 13:47
L4 Thornton · Reich · Nokelainen 7:58
D1 Chara · Wideman 24:20
D2 Ward · Ference 19:28
D3 Hnidy · Stuart 16:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
30 Shots on goal 36
25 Hits 27
15 Blocked shots 5
2 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 4
13 Penalty minutes 13
MTL shooting 13.3% (4/30) BOS shooting 5.6% (2/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 58:48 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 12-8-5 (48% win rate, 25 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 11-9-2 (50% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-1-3 (67% win rate, 12 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-8 (33% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 7–0
Jan 222008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–8 Jan 102008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 5–2 Dec 62007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Nov 172007 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–7 Nov 82007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 2–1
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Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on March 20, 2008?

Canadiens won 4–2. The final score was Canadiens 4, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev (2), Andrei Kostitsyn, Michael Ryder.

Who scored for Bruins?

Dennis Wideman, Mark Stuart.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 7–0 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 18 🎵STL @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 AfterMar 22 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 16 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–2 AfterMar 22 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
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