Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1998 · Centre Molson

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2–1

30–18

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime on Wednesday, January 7, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 30–18.

Goals came from Tim Taylor, Vladimir Malakhov and Steve Heinze.

Goals
BOS	0	1	0	1	2	30
MTL	0	1	0	0	1	18

Scoring

2nd period

Tim Taylor (11)Kyle McLaren (10)1–007:16 BOS
Vladimir Malakhov (7)Stephane Quintal (5), Vincent Damphousse (16)1–116:46 MTL

Overtime

Steve Heinze (10)Don Sweeney (9), Anson Carter (16)2–103:13 BOS

Team stats

BOSMTL

3018

46%54%

0/50/3

1115

2019

87

712

711

Penalties

2:09 into the second periodBrian Savage · high sticking2 min
5:07 into the second periodSaku Koivu · holding obstruction2 min
8:41 into the second periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
11:04 into the second periodRob DiMaio · high sticking2 min
15:24 into the second periodDave Manson · cross checking2 min
15:49 into the second periodDmitri Khristich · interference goalkeeper2 min
18:37 into the second periodDarren Van Impe · fighting5 min
18:37 into the second periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
7:46 into the third periodStephane Quintal · interference2 min
10:02 into the third periodSergei Samsonov · holding stick obstruction2 min

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