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Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 2026 · Centre Bell

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2–3

Final/OT

SOG 28–31

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN2 · RDS · NESN

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 31-28.

Pavel Zacha scored twice. Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson and Cole Caufield also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 28 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS1100228
Montréal CanadiensMTL1101331

Three stars

  1. ★1st starCole CaufieldMTL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJakub DobesMTL · .929 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJosh AndersonMTL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:22

2–2 · 2nd 13:15 · Anderson. BOS stayed on through an icing. Lindholm was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceMTL on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 2:22 · PP · Zacha

Guhle 0:48

1–1 MTL

1st 10:31 · Suzuki

Peeke 0:23

2–1 BOS

2nd 5:41 · Zacha

Hutson 0:44

2–2 MTL

2nd 13:15 · Anderson

Long shift: Lindholm 1:22

2–3 MTL

OT 4:38 · Caufield

Long shift: McAvoy 1:17

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BOSMTL
28Shots on goal31
47%Faceoff %53%
1/4Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes8
32Hits26
15Blocked shots12
19Giveaways11
3Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 00:25Alexandre Carrier · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 1st 18:47Mason Lohrei · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 07:42Mike Matheson · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 16:21Phillip Danault · slashing2 min

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