Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 11, 2000 · Centre Molson

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5–3

Final

SOG 34–24

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-3 on Saturday, March 11, 2000 at Centre Molson. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 34-24.

Goals came from Craig Darby, Cameron Mann, Shawn Bates, Martin Rucinsky, Antti Laaksonen, Sheldon Souray, Brian Rolston and Joe Thornton.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	2	2	5	34
MTL	1	2	0	3	24

Scoring

1st period

Craig Darby (6)Patrick Poulin (4), Dainius Zubrus (22)0–103:00 MTL
Cameron Mann (4)Shawn Bates (6)1–104:18 BOS

2nd period

Shawn Bates (5)Eric Nickulas (1), Mikko Eloranta (7)2–101:48 BOS
Martin Rucinsky (22)Turner Stevenson (11)2–205:47 MTL
Antti Laaksonen (2)Eric Nickulas (2)3–213:46 BOS
Sheldon Souray (1)Dainius Zubrus (23), Oleg Petrov (15)3–318:52 MTL

3rd period

Brian Rolston (13)Mike Knuble (6), Darren Van Impe (21)4–302:13 BOS · PPG
Joe Thornton (19)Unassisted5–319:33 BOS · EN

Team stats

BOSMTL

34Shots on goal24

51%Faceoff %49%

1/5Power play0/3

11Penalty minutes15

20Hits22

9Blocked shots12

26Giveaways28

20Takeaways15

Penalties

1st 16:57Dainius Zubrus · slashing2 min
1st 18:59Cameron Mann · fighting5 min
1st 18:59Shayne Corson · fighting5 min
2nd 08:35Martin Rucinsky · interference2 min
2nd 15:38Hal Gill · interference2 min
3rd 01:27Sheldon Souray · slashing2 min
3rd 05:37Brian Rolston · tripping obstruction2 min
3rd 13:00Martin Rucinsky · tripping obstruction2 min
3rd 16:15Joe Thornton · high sticking2 min
3rd 16:42Shayne Corson · interference goalkeeper2 min

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