Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 2001 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday, March 17, 2001 at Centre Molson. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 33-16.
Sergei Samsonov scored twice. Eric Weinrich, Johan Witehall and Sheldon Souray also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Samsonov (24)Bill Guerin (35)1–006:10 BOS- Sergei Samsonov (25)Mikko Eloranta (8)2–018:08 BOS
2nd period
Eric Weinrich (7)Bill Guerin (36), Brian Rolston (35)3–002:17 BOS · PPG
Johan Witehall (1)Jan Bulis (14), Jim Campbell (6)3–106:48 MTL
3rd period
Sheldon Souray (3)Benoit Brunet (7), Stephane Robidas (4)3–203:30 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
33Shots on goal16
33%Faceoff %67%
1/2Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits20
9Blocked shots16
16Giveaways27
8Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 09:34
Richard Zednik · high sticking2 min - 2nd 01:09Patrick Traverse · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:48
Peter Popovic · high sticking2 min - 3rd 16:02Dixon Ward · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:02Saku Koivu · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:16 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 22Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 05:01 |
| 27Eric WeinrichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:24 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 29Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 37Lee GorenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:50 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 04:15 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 23Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 60:00 |
| 35Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Jim CampbellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:06 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 39Johan WitehallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:52 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 56Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:55 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 32Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 47Juha LindL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:36 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 63Craig DarbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 24Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:39 |
| 54Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 59:01 |