🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 2-2 in series
1–2
Final / OT
BOS leads 4–3
🐻 Home Bruins 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
MTL 00101
BOS 00112

Canadiens at Bruins — First Round Game 5

Bruins, First Round Game 5, beat Canadiens 2–1 in overtime at TD Garden on April 23, 2011.

🗓 Sat, Apr 23, 2011 · 18:00 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2010-11 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs BOS · BOS leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
2–0
Final · MTL
Game 2
3–1
Final · MTL
Game 3
4–2
Final · BOS
Game 4
5–4
OT · BOS
Game 5
1–2
OT · BOS
Game 6
1–2
Final · MTL
Game 7
3–4
OT · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Brad Marchand
1 G
5 shots · 24:20 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Nathan Horton
1 G
3 shots · 24:25 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Milan Lucic
1 A
8 shots · 27:37 TOI
4rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
44 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🐻 Brad Marchand Go-ahead 3rd · 04:33
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Tomas Kaberle · beat Carey Price
0–1
🇨🇦 Jeff Halpern Tying 3rd · 13:56
Assists: Lars Eller, Mathieu Darche · beat Tim Thomas
1–1
Overtime
🐻 Nathan Horton Go-ahead OT · 09:03
Assists: Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference · beat Carey Price
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
45 Shots on goal 51
35 Hits 38
20 Blocked shots 21
4 Takeaways 10
14 Giveaways 10
8 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 2.2% (1/45) BOS shooting 3.9% (2/51)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
49/51
.961 SV% · 2 GA · 88:45 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
44/45
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 89:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Brad Marchand · 3rd 04:33 · 0–1 Jeff Halpern · 3rd 13:56 · 1–1 Nathan Horton · OT 09:03 · 1–2
MTL BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 46-31-9 (53% win rate, 86 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 48-27-11 (56% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 46-31-9 (53% win rate, 86 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 48-27-11 (56% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cammalleri · Kostitsyn · Plekanec 30:42
L2 Gomez · Halpern · Gionta 25:42
L3 Darche · Eller · Desharnais 19:00
L4 Moen · Pyatt · White 9:57
D1 Subban · Gill 39:08
D2 Hamrlik · Spacek 29:52
D3 Wisniewski · Sopel 20:04
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Krejci · Bergeron 28:18
L2 Peverley · Kelly · Recchi 25:54
L3 Marchand · Horton · Ryder 24:20
L4 Paille · Thornton · Campbell 9:11
D1 Seidenberg · Chara 37:40
D2 Boychuk · Ference 31:21
D3 Kaberle · McQuaid 20:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2011
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 (OT) · Bruins won
Apr 18, 2011
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–2 · Bruins won
Apr 16, 2011
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · Canadiens won
Apr 14, 2011
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–0 · Canadiens won
Mar 24, 2011
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–7 · Bruins won

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on April 23, 2011?

Bruins won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Bruins 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jeff Halpern.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand, Nathan Horton.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 49 saves on 51 shots (.961 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 44 saves on 45 shots (.978 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 21
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 26
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · MTL won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 21
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 26
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · MTL won
Also on April 23, 2011
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
8–2 final
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–3 final
👑LAK @ 🦈SJS
3–1 final
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