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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1

Bruins beat Canadiens 3–2 in a shootout at Bell Centre on November 22, 2008.

BOS – MTL
27–35
Shots on goal
23–49
Hits
29–15
Blocked shots
4–6
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tom Kostopoulos
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 14:53 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Matt Hunwick
1 G
2 shots · 13:55 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
33 saves
0.943 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Andrei Kostitsyn Go-ahead 2nd · 01:31
Assists: Josh Gorges, Tom Kostopoulos · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
🐻 Milan Lucic Tying 2nd · 11:11
Assists: Phil Kessel, Stephane Yelle · beat Carey Price
1–1
3rd period
🐻 Matt Hunwick Go-ahead 3rd · 09:41
Assists: David Krejci, Chuck Kobasew · beat Carey Price
2–1
🇨🇦 Tom Kostopoulos Tying 3rd · 16:55
Assists: Robert Lang, Patrice Brisebois · beat Tim Thomas
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Savard · Kessel 20:17
L2 Bergeron · Krejci · Kobasew 16:05
L3 Lucic · Yelle · Ryder 15:06
L4 Thornton · Nokelainen · Wheeler 9:07
D1 Chara · Wideman 28:22
D2 Ward · Stuart 21:00
D3 Hnidy · Hunwick 14:00
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Plekanec · Kovalev 19:43
L2 Kostitsyn · Kostitsyn · Tanguay 18:01
L3 Higgins · Lang · Kostopoulos 16:32
L4 Begin · Lapierre · Laraque 8:16
D1 Markov · Gorges 25:06
D2 Bouillon · O'Byrne 18:54
D3 Hamrlik · Brisebois 17:21

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
27 Shots on goal 35
23 Hits 49
29 Blocked shots 15
4 Takeaways 6
17 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 6
BOS shooting 11.1% (3/27) MTL shooting 5.7% (2/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 64:58 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 6-1-1 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 4-3-2 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–1
Nov 132008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–6 Oct 152008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 SO Apr 212008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–5 Apr 192008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–5 Apr 172008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1
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Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on November 22, 2008?

Bruins won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Bruins 3, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Matt Hunwick, Milan Lucic.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Andrei Kostitsyn, Tom Kostopoulos.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeNov 21 🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS 2–4 AfterNov 26 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeNov 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT 3–2 AfterNov 24 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3
Also on November 22
🐋VAN 3–1 🐧PIT 🗽NYR 1–4 🏛️OTT 🏝️NYI 4–2 ⚔️BUF 🪶CHI 5–4 🍁TOR 🌵PHX 3–4 🔔PHI 🧥CBJ 2–0 🐦ATL 🎵STL 2–1 🌲MIN 🦆ANA 2–1 ⭐DAL
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