Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens

Playoffs · Monday, April 20, 2009 · Centre Bell

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4–2

Final

SOG 30–25

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Centre Bell. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 30-25.

Goals came from Chris Higgins, Phil Kessel, Shawn Thornton, Yannick Weber, Michael Ryder and Chuck Kobasew.

Tim Thomas made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	2	1	4	30
MTL	1	1	0	2	25

Scoring

1st period

Chris Higgins (2)Yannick Weber (1)0–111:52 MTL
Phil Kessel (3)Dennis Wideman (2)1–118:35 BOS

2nd period

Shawn Thornton (1)Byron Bitz (1), Stephane Yelle (1)2–103:36 BOS
Yannick Weber (1)Glen Metropolit (2)2–205:16 MTL
Michael Ryder (2)Dennis Wideman (3), Mark Stuart (1)3–217:21 BOS

3rd period

Chuck Kobasew (2)David Krejci (2), Zdeno Chara (1)4–219:23 BOS · EN

Team stats

BOSMTL

30Shots on goal25

50%Faceoff %50%

0/1Power play0/3

10Penalty minutes6

15Hits33

23Blocked shots17

18Giveaways13

9Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 03:41Andrei Kostitsyn · slashing2 min
2nd 08:57Mark Stuart · roughing2 min
2nd 08:57Patrice Bergeron · roughing2 min
2nd 08:57Georges Laraque · roughing2 min
2nd 08:57Gregory Stewart · roughing2 min
2nd 13:18Byron Bitz · tripping2 min
2nd 18:28Mark Recchi · holding2 min
3rd 10:21Chuck Kobasew · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

6Dennis WidemanD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	24:21
12Chuck KobasewR	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	2	–	14:06
18Stephane YelleC	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	38	14:46
22Shawn ThorntonL	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	13:46
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	67	16:50
61Byron BitzR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	–	13:02
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	13:05
81Phil KesselR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	13:33
33Zdeno CharaD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	24:50
45Mark StuartD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	–	16:51
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	14:49
26Blake WheelerR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:06
28Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	14:12
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	2	67	14:16
91Marc SavardC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	18	17:51
23Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	9	0	–	20:20
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	14:37
44Aaron WardD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	5	0	–	18:37

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00
35Manny FernandezG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

68Yannick WeberD	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:37
15Glen MetropolitC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	50	12:49
21Chris HigginsL	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	20:27
6Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:57
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	64	18:11
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-3	1	2	0	0	67	14:52
17Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	–	10:31
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	19:15
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	20:20
36Matt D'AgostiniR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	15:04
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	22	15:40
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	17:21
70Gregory StewartL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	07:32
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	–	13:30
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	11:09
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	3	0	–	18:15
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	6	0	–	26:45
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	-3	1	3	4	0	–	27:06

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	L	29	26	3	.897	59:39
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–