Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, April 15, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-2 on Wednesday, April 15, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 30-28.
Tim Taylor scored twice. Ray Bourque, Shayne Corson, Dmitri Khristich, Steve Heinze, Anson Carter and Vladimir Malakhov also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Taylor (19)Unassisted1–007:41 BOS · SHG
Ray Bourque (13)Steve Heinze (20), Kyle McLaren (18)2–011:23 BOS · PPG
Shayne Corson (21)Benoit Brunet (20), Vladimir Malakhov (29)2–116:24 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Dmitri Khristich (29)Ted Donato (23), Kyle McLaren (19)3–101:56 BOS- Tim Taylor (20)Grant Ledyard (18)4–119:37 BOS · PPG
3rd period
Steve Heinze (24)Anson Carter (27), Darren Van Impe (11)5–106:50 BOS · PPG
Anson Carter (16)Dmitri Khristich (35)6–108:04 BOS · PPG
Vladimir Malakhov (13)Mark Recchi (41), Vincent Damphousse (40)6–218:42 MTL · PPG
Team stats
BOSMTL
28Shots on goal30
51%Faceoff %49%
4/10Power play2/7
28Penalty minutes44
11Hits16
10Blocked shots6
17Giveaways25
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 01:31
Dave Manson · roughing2 min - 1st 02:04
Ted Donato · holding the stick2 min - 1st 06:01Ted Donato · hooking2 min
- 1st 10:19Peter Popovic · slashing2 min
- 1st 11:12Marc Bureau · boarding2 min
- 1st 15:34Steve Heinze · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 02:18Igor Ulanov · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 05:49Rob DiMaio · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 09:34Patrick Poulin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:53Bench · illegal substitution2 min
- 2nd 13:50Zarley Zalapski · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:00Shayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:02Anson Carter · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 05:26Mick Vukota · interference2 min
- 3rd 05:26Mick Vukota · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 06:50Igor Ulanov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:05Ken Baumgartner · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 09:05Terry Ryan · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:05Terry Ryan · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 15:44Tim Taylor · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:44Dave Manson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:34Darren Van Impe · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:14Kyle McLaren · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:14Martin Rucinsky · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:11 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 15:44 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:01 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 36Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:32 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:03 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:17 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:43 |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:06 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 25:04 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 14Terry RyanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:34 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:35 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:11 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:35 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:54 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | 59:55 |