Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, November 20, 2001 · Centre Molson

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2–3

Final

SOG 35–25

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at Centre Molson. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 35-25.

Goals came from P.J. Axelsson, Brian Rolston, Yanic Perreault, Martin Rucinsky and Andreas Dackell.

Jose Theodore made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 22 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	2	0	0	2	35
MTL	0	1	2	3	25

Scoring

1st period

P.J. Axelsson (2)Brian Rolston (8), Sean O'Donnell (4)1–007:44 BOS
Brian Rolston (9)Unassisted2–017:17 BOS

2nd period

Yanic Perreault (8)Martin Rucinsky (6), Craig Rivet (5)2–112:12 MTL

3rd period

Martin Rucinsky (2)Patrice Brisebois (6), Richard Zednik (5)2–212:19 MTL · PPG
Andreas Dackell (5)Joe Juneau (6), Jan Bulis (3)2–316:48 MTL

Team stats

BOSMTL

35Shots on goal25

45%Faceoff %55%

0/2Power play1/4

13Penalty minutes9

25Hits25

13Blocked shots17

15Giveaways16

7Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 02:33Sean O'Donnell · slashing2 min
1st 09:50Andrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
1st 09:50Reid Simpson · fighting5 min
1st 17:37Bill Guerin · hooking2 min
2nd 15:57Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 18:15Brian Savage · boarding2 min
3rd 01:12Bill Guerin · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 12:11Nick Boynton · slashing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

12Brian RolstonR	1	1	2	+1	3	3	1	0	25	18:52
11P.J. AxelssonL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100	14:36
21Sean O'DonnellD	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	2	–	30:34
13Bill GuerinR	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	–	24:04
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	–	18:55
16Jozef StumpelL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	37	22:09
19Joe ThorntonC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	64	18:35
20Martin LapointeR	0	0	0	-1	2	7	1	0	67	15:33
23John EmmonsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	06:11
26Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:34
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	–	18:45
46Tony TuzzolinoR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:24
62Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	00:20
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	–	27:33
31Jamie RiversD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	10:48
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	24:22
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	2	–	22:29
72Pavel KolarikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:21

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Byron DafoeG	L	25	22	3	.880	58:48
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

26Martin RucinskyL	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	50	17:00
20Richard ZednikR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	1	0	–	17:43
24Andreas DackellR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	18:00
38Jan BulisC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	18:07
90Joe JuneauC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	29	19:06
94Yanic PerreaultC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	76	17:59
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	0	5	2	2	0	–	24:17
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:54
14Oleg PetrovR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	18:58
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	67	06:32
37Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	05:03
39Reid SimpsonL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	–	02:15
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	18:42
93Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	64	16:35
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:30
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	20:28
56Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	0	–	23:54
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	15:57

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00