🐻 Away Bruins 1-3 in series
5–1
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Bruins at Canadiens — First Round Game 5

Bruins, First Round Game 5, beat Canadiens 5–1 at Bell Centre on April 17, 2008.

🗓 Thu, Apr 17, 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 🐻 BOS
Andrew Ference
3 A
22:06 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
2 A
2 shots · 20:33 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Marco Sturm
1 G
3 shots · 17:10 TOI
4rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
24 Shots on goal 32
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
21 Hits 36
17 Blocked shots 20
3 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 15
12 Penalty minutes 14
BOS shooting 20.8% (5/24) MTL shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
19/24
.792 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 42-31-13 (49% win rate, 86 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 50-25-11 (58% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 42-31-13 (49% win rate, 86 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 50-25-11 (58% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Sturm · Krejci · Murray 17:42
L2 Lucic · Axelsson · Metropolit 15:12
L3 Schaefer · Savard · Kessel 12:32
L4 Thornton · Nokelainen · Sobotka 9:31
D1 Wideman · Chara 24:26
D2 Ference · Stuart 21:02
D3 Hnidy · Alberts 14:42
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:42
L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Smolinski 14:41
L3 Begin · Lapierre · Kostopoulos 12:17
L4 Latendresse · Dandenault · Ryder 10:00
D1 Hamrlik · Markov 25:08
D2 Brisebois · Komisarek 20:24
D3 Gorges · O'Byrne 14:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 15, 2008
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–0 · Canadiens won
Apr 13, 2008
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–2 (OT) · Bruins won
Apr 12, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 10, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
Mar 22, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 (SO) · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 17, 2008?

Bruins won 5–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 5, Canadiens 1.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 19 saves on 24 shots (.792 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 15
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–0 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–5 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 15
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–0 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–5 · BOS won
Also on April 17, 2008
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
3–4 final
🦆ANA @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
3–2 final
🔥CGY @ 🦈SJS
3–4 final
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