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  FINAL
Montreal 5, Boston 2
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | SCORING

  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
Montreal 0 2 3 5
Boston 1 1 0 2

First Period: Scoring: 1, Boston, Samsonov 17 (Bourque, Mann), 0:28. Penalties: Dykhuis, Mon (interference), 2:34; Sweeney, Bos (boarding), 8:38; Montreal bench, served by Ward (too many men on the ice), 10:06; Van Impe, Bos (boarding), 15:36; Bouillon, Mon (tripping), 17:32.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Boston, Nickulas 1 (Van Impe), 11:38. 3, Montreal, Brunet 10 (shorthanded) (Poulin), 16:16. 4, Montreal, S Corson 6 (Koivu, Brunet), 19:54. Penalties: Savage, Bos (holding stick), 6:53; Rucinsky, Mon (tripping), 14:54.
Third Period: Scoring: 5, Montreal, Zholtok 21 (Rivet, Petrov), 11:49. 6, Montreal, S Corson 7 (Koivu), 14:54. 7, Montreal, Rucinsky 21 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 18:42. Penalties: Poulin, Mon (hooking), 3:47; Rivet, Mon (cross checking), 17:16.

SHOTS ON GOAL
Montreal 9 14 12 --35
Boston

8
7
10
--25

Power-play Conversions: Mon - 0 of 3, Bos - 0 of 6. Goalies: Montreal, Theodore (25 shots, 23 saves; record: 12-12-2). Boston, Tallas (35, 30; record: 2-7-4). A:17,565. Referee: B Mccreary. Linesmen: Gauthier, Seitz.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
MontrealBoston
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Bouillon
Brisebois
Brunet
Darby
Dykhuis
Koivu
Lachance
Petrov
Poulin
Rivet
Rucinsky
S Corson
Souray
Stevenson
T Linden
Ward
Weinrich
Zholtok
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
+1
+1
+3
even
-1
+2
+1
even
+1
even
even
+2
+3
-1
even
even
+1
even
2
3
2
0
1
4
0
1
1
2
2
6
5
0
2
0
3
1
Andreychuk
Axelsson
Bates
Bourque
Eloranta
Gill
Heinze
K Belanger
K Mclaren
Laaksonen
Mann
Nickulas
Samsonov
Savage
Sweeney
Thornton
Timander
Van Impe
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
-1
-1
-2
-1
-1
even
-3
even
-1
even
+1
-1
even
-1
-1
even
-1
-2
1
5
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
0
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1

 


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BOXSCORES
Montreal 5
Boston 2

St. Louis 5
Atlanta 2

Ottawa 5
NY Islanders 5

Colorado 5
New Jersey 0

Vancouver 3
Anaheim 1

Carolina 5
Los Angeles 2

San Jose 4
Nashville 3