Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 23, 2002 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at Centre Molson. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 32-23.
Goals came from Yanic Perreault, P.J. Axelsson, Bill Guerin, Nick Boynton, Donald Audette, Doug Gilmour, Saku Koivu and Joe Juneau.
Jose Theodore made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Yanic Perreault (1)Saku Koivu (2), Donald Audette (1)0–104:54 MTL · PPG
P.J. Axelsson (2)Brian Rolston (1)1–108:24 BOS · SHG
2nd period
Bill Guerin (3)Joe Thornton (3), Sean O'Donnell (2)2–107:54 BOS · PPG
Nick Boynton (1)Glen Murray (2), Sergei Samsonov (2)3–109:04 BOS
3rd period
Donald Audette (3)Saku Koivu (3)3–207:04 MTL
Doug Gilmour (3)Oleg Petrov (4), Sheldon Souray (1)3–307:57 MTL
Saku Koivu (2)Donald Audette (2), Andrei Markov (2)3–411:59 MTL
Joe Juneau (1)Andreas Dackell (1), Richard Zednik (4)3–519:59 MTL · EN
Team stats
BOSMTL
32Shots on goal23
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits22
11Blocked shots16
19Giveaways22
14Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 03:06
Don Sweeney · high sticking2 min - 1st 07:44Sean Brown · high sticking2 min
- 1st 15:37Nick Boynton · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:57Joe Thornton · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:14
Karl Dykhuis · cross checking2 min - 2nd 09:59Gino Odjick · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:49Gino Odjick · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:05 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 20:37 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 25:09 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:16 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:20 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:42 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:24 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 59:13 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 82Donald AudetteR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 14Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:29 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:40 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:40 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 22Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:40 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 27Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:53 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:00 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:38 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:51 |