Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Saturday, April 17, 2004 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, April 17, 2004 at Centre Bell. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 24–23.
Sergei Samsonov scored twice. Darren Langdon, Saku Koivu, Yanic Perreault, Alex Kovalev and Jan Bulis also scored.
Jose Theodore made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Andrew Raycroft stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Samsonov (1)Patrice Bergeron (3)1–007:16 BOS
Darren Langdon (1)Yanic Perreault (1), Steve Begin (1)1–112:37 MTL
2nd period
Saku Koivu (2)Andrei Markov (2)1–206:03 MTL
Yanic Perreault (2)Michael Ryder (2), Mike Ribeiro (1)1–314:23 MTL
3rd period
- Sergei Samsonov (2)Michael Nylander (3), Sergei Gonchar (4)2–304:36 BOS
Alex Kovalev (5)Saku Koivu (6), Richard Zednik (3)2–419:19 MTL · 
Jan Bulis (1)Yanic Perreault (2), Sheldon Souray (2)2–519:56 MTL ·
Team stats
BOSMTL
2423
44%56%
0/20/2
44
2323
1413
1119
1412
Penalties
- 9:03 into the first period
Sheldon Souray · tripping2 min - 10:41 into the second periodMike Komisarek · tripping2 min
- 18:33 into the second period
Brian Rolston · cross checking2 min - 9:20 into the third periodGlen Murray · cross checking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:09 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 16Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:32 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:15 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:09 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 6Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:44 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 29Felix PotvinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 13:29 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:55 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:41 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 26Pierre DagenaisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:21 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 24:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |