Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, April 17, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–1 on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 32–24.
Goals came from Alex Kovalev, Phil Kessel, Glen Metropolit, Zdeno Chara, Marco Sturm and Vladimir Sobotka.
Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (2)Patrice Brisebois (3), Roman Hamrlik (1)0–109:47 MTL
2nd period
Phil Kessel (1)David Krejci (1), Andrew Ference (2)1–107:45 BOS ·
3rd period
Glen Metropolit (1)Petteri Nokelainen (2), Peter Schaefer (2)2–103:31 BOS
Zdeno Chara (1)Dennis Wideman (2), Marc Savard (3)3–105:49 BOS · 
Marco Sturm (1)David Krejci (2), Andrew Ference (3)4–115:13 BOS · 
Vladimir Sobotka (1)Andrew Ference (4)5–117:48 BOS
Team stats
BOSMTL
2432
52%48%
2/50/4
1214
2136
1720
615
33
Penalties
- 8:34 into the first period
Marco Sturm · interference2 min - 8:34 into the first period
Sergei Kostitsyn · diving2 min - 13:15 into the first periodPatrice Brisebois · cross checking2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodMark Stuart · cross checking2 min
- 7:20 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · holding2 min
- 9:27 into the second periodMarco Sturm · diving2 min
- 9:27 into the second periodMike Komisarek · interference2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodMike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodShane Hnidy · interference2 min
- 0:23 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · high sticking2 min
- 4:16 into the third periodSergei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min
- 9:56 into the third periodZdeno Chara · slashing2 min
- 14:01 into the third periodGlen Metropolit · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:10 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:56 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:24 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:28 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 08:17 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:56 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:43 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:17 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:00 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 12:16 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |