🐻 Away Bruins 0-0 in series
1–4
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 1001
MTL 2114

Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 1

Canadiens, First Round Game 1, beat Bruins 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 10, 2008.

🗓 Thu, Apr 10, 2008 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2007-08 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tom Kostopoulos
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 10:11 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sergei Kostitsyn
1 G
3 shots · 14:25 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn
1 G
2 shots · 15:38 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Sergei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 1st · 00:34
Assists: Patrice Brisebois · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn 1st · 02:02
Assists: Tomas Plekanec · beat Tim Thomas
0–2
🐻 Shane Hnidy 1st · 08:34
Assists: Andrew Ference, Phil Kessel · beat Carey Price
1–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Bryan Smolinski 2nd · 05:16
Assists: Tom Kostopoulos, Mike Komisarek · beat Tim Thomas
1–3
3rd period
🇨🇦 Tom Kostopoulos 3rd · 07:24
Assists: Maxim Lapierre, Mark Streit · beat Tim Thomas
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
18 Shots on goal 32
25 Hits 37
20 Blocked shots 22
7 Takeaways 8
11 Giveaways 11
16 Penalty minutes 10
BOS shooting 5.6% (1/18) MTL shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
17/18
.944 SV% · 1 GA · 59:37 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 — 1–3
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 Axelsson · Krejci · Metropolit 17:37
L2 Sturm · Savard · Murray 14:56
L3 Lucic · Schaefer · Kessel 12:39
L4 Thornton · Reich · Nokelainen 8:59
D1 Wideman · Chara 25:20
D2 Ference · Hnidy 18:02
D3 Stuart · Ward 16:51
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Plekanec · Kovalev 18:02
L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Lapierre 14:32
L3 Latendresse · Smolinski · Ryder 12:05
L4 Begin · Dandenault · Kostopoulos 10:18
D1 Hamrlik · Markov 23:18
D2 Brisebois · Streit 19:30
D3 Gorges · Komisarek 17:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 22, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 (SO) · Canadiens won
Mar 20, 2008
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–2 · Canadiens won
Jan 22, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–8 · Canadiens won
Jan 10, 2008
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · Canadiens won
Dec 6, 2007
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–2 · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 10, 2008?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 1, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Shane Hnidy.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn, Bryan Smolinski, Sergei Kostitsyn, Tom Kostopoulos.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 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 5
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–0 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 12
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 5
🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 12
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Also on April 10, 2008
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
1–3 final
🔥CGY @ 🦈SJS
0–2 final
⭐DAL @ 🦆ANA
4–0 final
Bruins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule