Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Monday, April 21, 2008 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–0 on Monday, April 21, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 35–25.
Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice. Mike Komisarek, Mark Streit and Sergei Kostitsyn also scored.
Carey Price made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Komisarek (1)Alex Kovalev (3), Saku Koivu (3)0–103:31 MTL
2nd period
Mark Streit (1)Maxim Lapierre (2), Alex Kovalev (4)0–210:45 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn (2)Sergei Kostitsyn (3), Roman Hamrlik (2)0–315:13 MTL
3rd period
- Andrei Kostitsyn (3)Patrice Brisebois (4)0–417:58 MTL ·
Sergei Kostitsyn (3)Tomas Plekanec (3), Andrei Kostitsyn (2)0–519:52 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
2535
44%56%
0/61/4
812
2438
1223
916
59
Penalties
- 10:40 into the first period
Patrice Brisebois · slashing2 min - 13:48 into the first periodAndrei Markov · interference2 min
- 17:02 into the first period
Mark Stuart · cross checking2 min - 7:04 into the second periodSergei Kostitsyn · interference2 min
- 13:12 into the second periodZdeno Chara · holding2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 1:22 into the third periodFrancis Bouillon · boarding2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodSergei Kostitsyn · high sticking2 min
- 6:36 into the third periodAndrew Ference · interference2 min
- 16:24 into the third periodMarc Savard · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 20:03 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:27 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:16 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:59 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 24:04 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 13:08 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:16 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:24 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:50 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 25 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |