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2016-17 regular season

Bruins at Canadiens

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

Bruins beat Canadiens 2–1 in overtime at Bell Centre on December 12, 2016.

BOS – MTL
29–31
Shots on goal
34–31
Hits
25–8
Blocked shots
4–12
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Ryan Spooner
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 10:57 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Austin Czarnik
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 12:21 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tuukka Rask
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Austin Czarnik Go-ahead 2nd · 18:55
Assists: Adam McQuaid, Ryan Spooner · beat Carey Price
1–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Paul Byron Tying 3rd · 16:48
Assists: Torrey Mitchell, Andrei Markov · beat Tuukka Rask
1–1
Overtime
🐻 Ryan Spooner Go-ahead OT · 03:20
Assists: Torey Krug, Austin Czarnik · beat Carey Price
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 18:50
L2 Krejci · Nash · Backes 15:26
L3 Schaller · Moore · Czarnik 14:37
L4 Spooner · Acciari · Hayes 9:18
D1 Carlo · Chara 27:48
D2 Krug · Miller 17:19
D3 McQuaid · Morrow 15:55
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Plekanec · Radulov 23:04
L2 Lehkonen · Byron · Shaw 15:42
L3 Mitchell · Danault · Gallagher 14:31
L4 Carr · Flynn · Andrighetto 7:27
D1 Weber · Beaulieu 23:39
D2 Petry · Markov 20:43
D3 Emelin · Redmond 16:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
29 Shots on goal 31
34 Hits 31
25 Blocked shots 8
4 Takeaways 12
16 Giveaways 14
17 Penalty minutes 9
BOS shooting 6.9% (2/29) MTL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 63:20 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 63:20 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Austin Czarnik · 2nd 18:55 · 1–0 Paul Byron · 3rd 16:48 · 1–1 Ryan Spooner · OT 03:20 · 2–1
BOS MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 8-5 (62% win rate, 13 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 10-2 (83% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1-2 (40% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–1
Nov 82016 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Oct 222016 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Jan 192016 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–1 Jan 12016 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 5–1 Dec 92015 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1
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Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on December 12, 2016?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

Austin Czarnik, Ryan Spooner.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Paul Byron.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 10 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 4–1 AfterDec 14 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 3–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 10 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–10 AfterDec 16 🦈SJS @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2
Also on December 12
🌵ARI 0–7 🐧PIT
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