Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, October 18, 2005 · Centre Bell

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3–4

Final

SOG 23–38

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 38-23.

Goals came from P.J. Axelsson, Brian Leetch, Michael Ryder, Saku Koivu, Nick Boynton, Mike Ribeiro and Alexander Perezhogin.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	2	1	0	3	23
MTL	0	2	2	4	38

Scoring

1st period

P.J. Axelsson (3)Unassisted1–005:38 BOS
Brian Leetch (2)Dave Scatchard (1), Sergei Samsonov (5)2–008:20 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Michael Ryder (4)Tomas Plekanec (3), Mike Ribeiro (3)2–105:17 MTL · PPG
Saku Koivu (3)Alexander Perezhogin (3), Alex Kovalev (6)2–213:52 MTL
Nick Boynton (1)Brian Leetch (2), Dave Scatchard (2)3–215:43 BOS · PPG

3rd period

Mike Ribeiro (2)Alex Kovalev (7), Francis Bouillon (2)3–302:02 MTL · PPG
Alexander Perezhogin (3)Alex Kovalev (8), Sheldon Souray (1)3–409:12 MTL · PPG

Team stats

BOSMTL

23Shots on goal38

56%Faceoff %44%

2/10Power play3/7

16Penalty minutes20

32Hits28

16Blocked shots10

13Giveaways13

18Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 08:08Andrei Markov · hooking2 min
1st 09:51Alex Kovalev · holding the stick2 min
1st 11:01Dave Scatchard · hooking2 min
2nd 00:16Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
2nd 03:56Dave Scatchard · diving2 min
2nd 05:24Craig Rivet · hooking2 min
2nd 07:46Sheldon Souray · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:46Sheldon Souray · high sticking2 min
2nd 09:12Brad Boyes · holding the stick2 min
2nd 15:38Mike Ribeiro · tripping2 min
2nd 17:47Glen Murray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 00:47Dave Scatchard · hooking2 min
3rd 04:25Alexander Perezhogin · holding2 min
3rd 08:54Hal Gill · tripping2 min
3rd 09:52Radek Bonk · hooking2 min
3rd 10:39Steve Begin · delaying game2 min
3rd 18:17Kevin Dallman · tripping2 min
3rd 19:22Brian Leetch · holding2 min

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