Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Saturday, April 18, 2009 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–1 on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at TD Banknorth Garden.
Marc Savard scored twice. Chuck Kobasew, Alex Kovalev, Shane Hnidy and Michael Ryder also scored.
Tim Thomas made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Savard (1)Steve Montador (1), Phil Kessel (2)0–109:59 BOS · 
Chuck Kobasew (1)Mark Recchi (1), Patrice Bergeron (1)0–215:12 BOS
2nd period
Alex Kovalev (2)Saku Koivu (2), Tom Kostopoulos (1)1–200:46 MTL
Shane Hnidy (1)P.J. Axelsson (1), Marc Savard (2)1–305:45 BOS- Marc Savard (2)Michael Ryder (2), Dennis Wideman (1)1–408:13 BOS ·
Michael Ryder (1)Marc Savard (3), Tim Thomas (1)1–519:57 BOS ·
Team stats
MTLBOS
3131
35%65%
0/13/5
3323
2824
127
43
39
Penalties
- 8:45 into the first period
Sergei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min - 15:35 into the first periodChris Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 18:34 into the first period
Phil Kessel · roughing2 min - 18:34 into the first periodTom Kostopoulos · roughing2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodPatrice Bergeron · diving2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · interference2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodGlen Metropolit · hooking2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodAlex Tanguay · hooking2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodChuck Kobasew · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodPatrice Bergeron · fighting5 min
- 10:03 into the third periodJosh Gorges · fighting5 min
- 10:03 into the third periodMaxim Lapierre · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodMilan Lucic · cross checking2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodMilan Lucic · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 15:28 into the third periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodMaxim Lapierre · misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:29 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 17Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 25Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:18 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:46 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 24Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:00 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:48 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:46 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
Boston Bruins
| 91Marc SavardC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 22:25 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:24 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:37 |
| 28Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 23Steve MontadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:26 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:32 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:07 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:21 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | – |