🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 41-29-10
4–5
Final / OT
🐻 Home Bruins 51-18-10
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🇨🇦 MTL 04004
🐻 BOS 12115

Canadiens at Bruins

Bruins beat Canadiens 5–4 in overtime at TD Garden on April 9, 2009.

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 5–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Mark Recchi
2 G, 2 A
2 shots · 19:23 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Patrice Bergeron
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 20:47 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
35 saves
0.897 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Patrice Bergeron Go-ahead 1st · 17:58
Assists: Matt Hunwick, Mark Recchi · beat Carey Price
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev PP Tying 2nd · 01:25
Assists: Mathieu Dandenault · beat Tim Thomas
1–1
🐻 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 2nd · 03:12
Assists: Mark Stuart · beat Carey Price
1–2
🐻 Mark Recchi PP 2nd · 05:30
Assists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · beat Carey Price
1–3
🇨🇦 Matt D'Agostini PP 2nd · 07:27
Assists: Andrei Kostitsyn, Yannick Weber · beat Tim Thomas
2–3
🇨🇦 Mathieu Schneider PP Tying 2nd · 10:28
Assists: Roman Hamrlik, Saku Koivu · beat Tim Thomas
3–3
🇨🇦 Matt D'Agostini Go-ahead 2nd · 16:53
Unassisted · beat Tim Thomas
4–3
3rd period
🐻 Zdeno Chara PP Tying 3rd · 05:27
Assists: Mark Recchi, Marc Savard · beat Carey Price
4–4
Overtime
🐻 Mark Recchi Go-ahead OT · 02:42
Assists: Patrice Bergeron · beat Carey Price
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Dandenault · Kovalev 18:31
L2 Koivu · Plekanec · Metropolit 16:41
L3 Tanguay · Latendresse · Kostopoulos 14:14
L4 Kostitsyn · Lapierre · D'Agostini 12:21
D1 Hamrlik · Gorges 26:01
D2 Komisarek · Schneider 21:40
D3 Weber · O'Byrne 10:30
🐻Bruins
L1 Bergeron · Savard · Recchi 20:14
L2 Krejci · Kessel · Ryder 15:08
L3 Lucic · Yelle · Kobasew 13:29
L4 Thornton · Wheeler · Bitz 9:40
D1 Chara · Ward 25:30
D2 Montador · Stuart 19:00
D3 Hnidy · Hunwick 16:14

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
39 Shots on goal 33
3/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
22 Hits 27
8 Blocked shots 7
3 Takeaways 4
7 Giveaways 0
35 Penalty minutes 41
MTL shooting 10.3% (4/39) BOS shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 62:36 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 62:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-12-2 (30% win rate, 20 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 16-3-2 (76% win rate, 21 games)
After 2nd — 4–3
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 10-2-2 (71% win rate, 14 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-6-2 (0% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Bruins lead the season series 5–1
Feb 12009 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 Jan 132009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Nov 222008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 SO Nov 132008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–6 Oct 152008 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 SO
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Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on April 9, 2009?

Bruins won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Canadiens 4, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Matt D'Agostini (2), Alex Kovalev, Mathieu Schneider.

Who scored for Bruins?

Mark Recchi (2), Patrice Bergeron, Phil Kessel, Zdeno Chara.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 5–1 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 7 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 1–3 AfterApr 11 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 7 🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT 2–3 AfterApr 11 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–6
Also on April 9
🔔PHI 1–2 🗽NYR ⚔️BUF 5–1 🌪️CAR 🐆FLA 3–2 🐦ATL 😈NJD 3–2 🏛️OTT 🏝️NYI 1–6 🐧PIT 🦅WSH 4–2 ⚡TBL 🐯NSH 4–3 🐙DET ⭐DAL 3–2 🏔️COL
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