Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Monday, April 2, 2001 · FleetCenter

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2–3

Final/OT

SOG 25–34

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Monday, April 2, 2001 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 34-25.

Goals came from Bill Guerin, Mikko Eloranta, Saku Koivu, Oleg Petrov and Andrei Kovalenko.

Byron Dafoe made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
MTL	0	0	2	0	2	25
BOS	1	1	0	1	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Bill Guerin (40)Unassisted0–118:48 BOS

2nd period

Mikko Eloranta (10)Joe Thornton (33)0–210:18 BOS

3rd period

Saku Koivu (16)Oleg Petrov (30)1–204:17 MTL
Oleg Petrov (17)Brian Savage (23), Saku Koivu (28)2–218:19 MTL

OT period

Andrei Kovalenko (16)Joe Thornton (34), Kyle McLaren (12)2–302:53 BOS

Team stats

MTLBOS

25Shots on goal34

45%Faceoff %55%

0/3Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes6

18Hits25

8Blocked shots7

8Giveaways10

7Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 13:41Patrice Brisebois · tripping2 min
2nd 02:39Brian Rolston · high sticking2 min
2nd 17:24Mikko Eloranta · holding2 min
3rd 11:41Saku Koivu · interference2 min
3rd 15:05Kyle McLaren · tripping2 min
3rd 15:30Richard Zednik · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	2	36	21:10
32Oleg PetrovR	1	1	2	+1	1	1	1	0	–	19:15
49Brian SavageL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:23
8Jim CampbellR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:20
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	18:41
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	18:54
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	13	16:47
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	–	20:42
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	56	20:04
39Johan WitehallL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	02:55
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:43
63Craig DarbyC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	58	17:10
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	18:39
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	2	–	27:05
44Sheldon SourayD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	25:51
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	13:07
54Patrick TraverseD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	16:54
56Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	21:58

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Eric FichaudG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	L	34	31	3	.912	62:53

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

19Joe ThorntonC	0	2	2	+1	3	1	0	0	60	27:05
13Bill GuerinR	1	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	–	24:09
22Mikko ElorantaL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:17
51Andrei KovalenkoR	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	07:40
18Kyle McLarenD	0	1	1	+1	1	5	1	2	–	25:40
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:19
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	40	16:49
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	–	25:30
26Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	18:21
29Dixon WardL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	11:01
37Lee GorenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:21
41Jason AllisonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	56	25:37
62Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	01:16
23Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	23:04
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:35
27Eric WeinrichD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	25:55
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	–	23:57
64Jarno KultanenD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:43

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Byron DafoeG	W	25	23	2	.920	62:53
35Peter SkudraG		0	0	0	–	00:00