Canadiens 4-1 Bruins (Apr 3, 2025) Play-by-Play

Boston Bruins

30-37-9, 11-24-3 away

	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1
MTL	0	2	2	4

TIME	PLAY	BOS	MTL
0:00		Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00		Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Nick Suzuki	0	0
0:28		Nikita Zadorov shot blocked by Nick Suzuki	0	0
0:58		Christian Dvorak Tip-In Hit Left Post	0	0
1:02		Giveaway by Nikita Zadorov	0	0
1:03		Mike Matheson shot blocked by Pavel Zacha	0	0
1:08		Nikita Zadorov hit Alexandre Carrier	0	0
1:21		David Pastrnak shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher	0	0
1:21		Giveaway by David Pastrnak	0	0
1:26		Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
1:28		Goalie Stopped	0	0
1:28		Elias Lindholm faceoff won against Alex Newhook	0	0
1:42		Off-side	0	0
1:42		Alex Newhook faceoff won against Elias Lindholm	0	0
1:54		Patrik Laine Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
2:00		Elias Lindholm Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
2:22		Giveaway by David Savard	0	0
2:24		Giveaway by Andrew Peeke	0	0
2:30		Alex Newhook hit John Beecher	0	0
2:33		Patrick Brown shot blocked by Lane Hutson	0	0
2:36		Andrew Peeke Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
2:37		Emil Heineman hit Andrew Peeke	0	0
2:39		Goalie Stopped	0	0
2:39		Jake Evans faceoff won against John Beecher	0	0
2:42		Takeaway by Patrick Brown	0	0
3:18		Icing	0	0
3:18		Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Jake Evans	0	0
3:31		Vinni Lettieri Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
3:40		Off-side	0	0
3:40		Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Morgan Geekie	0	0
4:07		Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
4:09		Puck in Netting	0	0
4:09		Alex Newhook faceoff won against John Beecher	0	0
5:03		Elias Lindholm hit Alexandre Carrier	0	0
5:12		Takeaway by Christian Dvorak	0	0
5:28		Fabian Lysell Snap Shot Wide Right	0	0
5:45		Josh Anderson hit Ian Mitchell	0	0
5:55		Giveaway by David Savard	0	0
6:00		Vinni Lettieri Tip-In High and Wide Left	0	0
6:03		Puck in Netting	0	0
6:03		Morgan Geekie faceoff won against Christian Dvorak	0	0
6:04		Mason Lohrei shot blocked by Nick Suzuki	0	0
6:13		Takeaway by Cole Caufield	0	0
6:22		Alexandre Carrier Tripping against David Pastrnak	0	0
6:22		Elias Lindholm faceoff won against Christian Dvorak	0	0
6:27		Josh Anderson hit David Pastrnak	0	0
6:35		Mason Lohrei Snap Shot Wide Right	0	0
6:51		David Savard Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
7:18		David Pastrnak shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle	0	0
8:16		Vinni Lettieri shot blocked by Mike Matheson	0	0
8:47		John Beecher Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
9:09		Alex Newhook Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
9:16		Nikita Zadorov hit Alex Newhook	0	0
9:23		Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Right	0	0
9:27		Jakub Lauko hit Jayden Struble	0	0
9:28		Takeaway by Nikita Zadorov	0	0
9:29		Emil Heineman hit Nikita Zadorov	0	0
9:46		Andrew Peeke shot blocked by Cole Caufield	0	0
9:52		Takeaway by Cole Caufield	0	0
10:16		Takeaway by Juraj Slafkovský	0	0
10:30		Morgan Geekie hit Kaiden Guhle	0	0
10:33		Pavel Zacha hit Alexandre Carrier	0	0
10:42		Kaiden Guhle Deflected Wide Right	0	0
10:42		Goalie Stopped	0	0
10:42		Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Patrick Brown	0	0
10:45		Josh Anderson shot blocked by Nikita Zadorov	0	0
11:16		David Pastrnak Snap Shot Wide Left	0	0
11:35		Giveaway by Joel Armia	0	0
11:43		Giveaway by Mike Matheson	0	0
11:50		Icing	0	0
11:50		Pavel Zacha faceoff won against Nick Suzuki	0	0
12:24		Juraj Slafkovský hit Marat Khusnutdinov	0	0
12:27		Giveaway by Casey Mittelstadt	0	0
12:32		Vinni Lettieri hit Juraj Slafkovský	0	0
12:40		Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
12:43		Goalie Stopped	0	0
12:43		Alex Newhook faceoff won against Elias Lindholm	0	0
12:46		Jayden Struble shot blocked by Fabian Lysell	0	0
12:50		Emil Heineman Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
12:52		Goalie Stopped	0	0
12:52		Elias Lindholm faceoff won against Alex Newhook	0	0
13:00		Emil Heineman hit Cole Koepke	0	0
13:25		Patrik Laine hit Fabian Lysell	0	0
13:27		Elias Lindholm shot blocked by Lane Hutson	0	0
13:35		Giveaway by Cole Koepke	0	0
14:07		Takeaway by Andrew Peeke	0	0
14:17		Pavel Zacha Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
14:20		Pavel Zacha hit Alexandre Carrier	0	0
14:56		Icing	0	0
14:56		Casey Mittelstadt faceoff won against Jake Evans	0	0
15:23		Vinni Lettieri hit David Savard	0	0
15:39		Vinni Lettieri Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
15:50		Jakub Lauko hit David Savard	0	0
15:58		Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Henri Jokiharju	0	0
16:03		Goalie Stopped	0	0
16:03		Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Elias Lindholm	0	0
16:15		Giveaway by Henri Jokiharju	0	0
16:24		Nikita Zadorov hit Juraj Slafkovský	0	0
16:36		Icing	0	0
16:36		Elias Lindholm faceoff won against Alex Newhook	0	0
16:37		Emil Heineman hit Henri Jokiharju	0	0
16:42		Icing	0	0
16:42		Elias Lindholm faceoff won against Alex Newhook	0	0
16:46		Takeaway by Patrik Laine	0	0
16:48		Giveaway by Patrik Laine	0	0
16:54		Fabian Lysell Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
17:13		Giveaway by David Pastrnak	0	0
17:22		Morgan Geekie Snap Shot Wide Right	0	0
17:35		Mike Matheson shot blocked by Ian Mitchell	0	0
17:41		Puck in Crowd	0	0
17:41		Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Patrick Brown	0	0
17:52		Mike Matheson shot blocked by John Beecher	0	0
17:57		Giveaway by Andrew Peeke	0	0
17:57		Josh Anderson hit Andrew Peeke	0	0
17:58		Alexandre Carrier shot blocked by Patrick Brown	0	0
18:00		Christian Dvorak Snap Shot Hit Left Post	0	0
18:03		Mike Matheson shot blocked by John Beecher	0	0
18:07		Andrew Peeke hit Brendan Gallagher	0	0
18:27		John Beecher Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault	0	0
18:30		Goalie Stopped	0	0
18:30		Patrick Brown Slashing against Sam Montembeault	0	0
18:30		Jakub Lauko Roughing against Josh Anderson	0	0
18:30		Josh Anderson Roughing against Jakub Lauko	0	0
18:30		Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Pavel Zacha	0	0
18:34		Lane Hutson shot blocked by Nikita Zadorov	0	0
18:38		Nikita Zadorov hit Cole Caufield	0	0
19:49		Giveaway by Cole Koepke	0	0
20:00		End of 1st Period	0	0

Brendan Gallagher lights the lamp

0:47

Nick Suzuki scores goal vs. Bruins

0:34

Elias Lindholm lights the lamp for Bruins

0:54

Regular Season Series

BOS wins 2-1

Canadiens
4
Bruins
6

Game 1

10/10

Canadiens
3
Bruins
6

Game 2

12/1

Bruins
1
Canadiens
4

Game 3

4/3

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, April 3, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Montreal, QC

Line: MTL -215

Over/Under: 5.5

Attendance: 21,105

Referees:
TJ Luxmore
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Kilian McNamara
Jonathan Deschamps

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	46	25	4	96
Tampa Bay	44	26	5	93
Florida	44	27	4	92
Ottawa	40	29	6	86
Montreal	36	30	9	81
Detroit	35	33	7	77
Buffalo	32	36	6	70
Boston	30	37	9	69

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