Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 13, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 3–0 on Thursday, March 13, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 35–24.
Goals came from Benoit Brunet, Stephane Richer and Mark Recchi.
Jocelyn Thibault made 35 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Benoit Brunet (8)Patrice Brisebois (12), Stephane Richer (22)1–003:04 MTL
3rd period
Stephane Richer (19)Murray Baron (7), Benoit Brunet (7)2–016:54 MTL
Mark Recchi (31)Unassisted3–019:09 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLBOS
2435
0%0%
0/40/4
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:59 into the first period
Peter Popovic · hooking2 min - 6:25 into the first periodStephane Richer · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:17 into the first period
Kyle McLaren · hooking obstruction2 min - 13:33 into the first periodJeff Odgers · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodMurray Baron · interference2 min
- 7:16 into the second periodDean Chynoweth · interference2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · roughing2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodJean-Yves Roy · roughing2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · roughing2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodDon Sweeney · interference2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodDean Chynoweth · fighting5 min
- 6:33 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 35 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 11Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Davis PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |