🐻 Away Bruins 0-1 in series
2–3
Final / OT
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
BOS 00002
MTL 00003

Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 2

Canadiens, First Round Game 2, beat Bruins 3–2 in overtime at Bell Centre on April 12, 2008.

🗓 Sat, Apr 12, 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
Alex Kovalev
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 22:01 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Roman Hamrlik
1 G
2 shots · 21:20 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sergei Kostitsyn
1 G
1 shots · 15:28 TOI
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
37 saves
0.949 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
39 Shots on goal 31
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
31 Hits 38
20 Blocked shots 25
3 Takeaways 7
11 Giveaways 28
18 Penalty minutes 14
BOS shooting 5.1% (2/39) MTL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 61:50 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 62:22 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 41-30-12 (49% win rate, 83 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 48-25-10 (58% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 41-30-12 (49% win rate, 83 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 48-25-10 (58% win rate, 83 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Sturm · Krejci 18:04
L2 Lucic · Savard · Murray 15:49
L3 Metropolit · Reich · Nokelainen 13:12
L4 Thornton · Schaefer · Sobotka 9:44
D1 Chara · Ward 27:24
D2 Ference · Hnidy 21:37
D3 Stuart · Alberts 13:48
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:24
L2 Higgins · Kostitsyn · Lapierre 15:28
L3 Begin · Smolinski · Kostopoulos 13:05
L4 Latendresse · Ryder · Dandenault 8:53
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 24:32
D2 Streit · Komisarek 20:27
D3 Gorges · Brisebois 17:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 10, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
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

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 12, 2008?

Canadiens won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 2, Canadiens 3, in overtime.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 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 10
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 13
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 10
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 13
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
Also on April 12, 2008
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
2–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🦆ANA
5–2 final
Bruins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule