🐻 Away Bruins 1-1-0
3–4
Final / SO
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 2-0-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐻 BOS 01203
🇨🇦 MTL 30014

Bruins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Bruins 4–3 in a shootout at Bell Centre on October 15, 2008.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Andrei Markov
2 A
2 shots · 27:56 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
2 G
5 shots · 22:30 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
31 saves
0.912 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:06
Assists: Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Markov · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu 1st · 16:38
Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Ryan O'Byrne · beat Tim Thomas
0–2
🇨🇦 Maxim Lapierre SH 1st · 18:25
Assists: Mathieu Dandenault, Andrei Markov · beat Tim Thomas
0–3
2nd period
🐻 David Krejci 2nd · 07:15
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
1–3
3rd period
🐻 Marc Savard PP 3rd · 07:12
Assists: Zdeno Chara, David Krejci · beat Carey Price
2–3
🐻 Marc Savard Tying 3rd · 19:12
Assists: Michael Ryder, Dennis Wideman · beat Carey Price
3–3

The written recap generates within a couple of hours of the final buzzer.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Ryder 21:51
L2 Sturm · Axelsson · Kessel 18:29
L3 Krejci · Yelle · Wheeler 15:42
L4 Lucic · Thornton · Sobotka 9:57
D1 Chara · Wideman 29:32
D2 Ward · Ference 21:57
D3 Hunwick · Stuart 9:54
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Tanguay · Plekanec · Kovalev 21:18
L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Lang 16:41
L3 Latendresse · Koivu · Kostopoulos 15:05
L4 Lapierre · Dandenault · Laraque 10:03
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 27:13
D2 Komisarek · Gorges 18:54
D3 O'Byrne · Brisebois 16:36

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
34 Shots on goal 28
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
26 Hits 30
22 Blocked shots 26
5 Takeaways 15
8 Giveaways 15
25 Penalty minutes 29
BOS shooting 8.8% (3/34) MTL shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 64:25 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Apr 212008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–5 Apr 192008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–5 Apr 172008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 Apr 152008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–0 Apr 132008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–2 OT
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Bruins vs Canadiens?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on October 15, 2008?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

Marc Savard (2), David Krejci.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev, Maxim Lapierre, Saku Koivu.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price 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 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeOct 11 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 3–4 AfterOct 18 🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT 4–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 13 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 5–3 AfterOct 18 🌵PHX @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
Also on October 15
⚔️BUF 3–1 🗽NYR 🌵PHX 1–4 🪶CHI 🐯NSH 4–6 ⭐DAL 🛢️EDM 3–2 🦆ANA
Bruins season page Canadiens season page Full NHL schedule