Bruins 4-2 Canadiens (23 Mar, 2023) Play-by-Play

Montreal Canadiens

28-38-6, 13-21-3 away

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

Boston Bruins

55-11-5, 29-3-3 home

Matt Grzelcyk hit Mike Hoffman
Rafael Harvey-Pinard shot blocked by Charlie McAvoy
Jakub Zboril Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Mike Matheson shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
David Krejci faceoff won against Kirby Dach
Hampus Lindholm hit Johnathan Kovacevic
Denis Gurianov shot blocked by Pavel Zacha
Dmitry Orlov hit Denis Gurianov
Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (28), Jakub Zboril (2)
Matt Grzelcyk hit Jake Evans
Giveaway by Patrice Bergeron
Patrice Bergeron hit Brendan Gallagher
Chris Wideman shot blocked by A.J. Greer
A.J. Greer Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Pavel Zacha Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
David Pastrnak Tip-In Wide of Net
Tyler Bertuzzi Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Brad Marchand Roughing against Rem Pitlick served by Trent Frederic
Brad Marchand Roughing against Rem Pitlick
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Giveaway by Charlie Coyle
David Krejci faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
Matt Grzelcyk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Pavel Zacha hit Kirby Dach
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Takeaway by David Pastrnak
David Pastrnak Wrap-around Wide of Net
Patrice Bergeron Wrist Shot Over Net
Connor Clifton Interference against Michael Pezzetta
Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov
Jakub Zboril hit Jonathan Drouin
Jake DeBrusk Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Clifton (15), Patrice Bergeron (30)
Charlie McAvoy Roughing against Jake Evans
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot Over Net
Brad Marchand faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Charlie Coyle faceoff won against Chris Tierney
Giveaway by Pavel Zacha
Giveaway by Charlie Coyle
Connor Clifton hit Mike Hoffman
A.J. Greer Cross-checking against Mike Hoffman served by Tyler Bertuzzi
A.J. Greer Game Misconduct
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
Justin Barron shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway
Denis Gurianov shot blocked by Jakub Zboril
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Takeaway by Pavel Zacha
Jake Evans shot blocked by Jakub Zboril
David Pastrnak Goal (49) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyler Bertuzzi (15)
Trent Frederic Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Brad Marchand
Patrice Bergeron hit Kirby Dach
Patrice Bergeron hit Rem Pitlick
Pavel Zacha faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Pavel Zacha Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
Giveaway by Brad Marchand
David Pastrnak Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Chris Tierney
Charlie McAvoy Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Garnet Hathaway hit Rem Pitlick
Trent Frederic Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Garnet Hathaway hit Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Chris Tierney
David Pastrnak Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
David Pastrnak Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Charlie Coyle faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
Takeaway by Trent Frederic
Takeaway by Tomas Nosek
Giveaway by Tomas Nosek
Garnet Hathaway Holding against Nick Suzuki
Giveaway by David Pastrnak
Giveaway by Charlie McAvoy
Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Kirby Dach
Charlie Coyle faceoff won against Kirby Dach
Takeaway by Charlie Coyle
Charlie Coyle Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Brad Marchand hit Jake Evans
Charlie McAvoy hit Jake Evans
Jakub Zboril hit Jake Evans
Mike Matheson shot blocked by Patrice Bergeron
Takeaway by Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk hit Michael Pezzetta
David Krejci faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Garnet Hathaway hit Joel Edmundson
Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Chris Tierney
Patrice Bergeron Wrist Shot Over Net
David Pastrnak Wrap-around saved by Jake Allen
Pavel Zacha faceoff won against Alex Belzile
Pavel Zacha hit Kirby Dach
Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Giveaway by Hampus Lindholm
Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
Joel Edmundson shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
David Krejci faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
Charlie Coyle faceoff won against Chris Tierney
Pavel Zacha hit Mike Matheson
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Dmitry Orlov hit Kirby Dach
Charlie McAvoy hit Nick Suzuki
Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
Jakub Zboril hit Brendan Gallagher
David Krejci Goal (16) Backhand, assists: Connor Clifton (16), David Pastrnak (46)
Tyler Bertuzzi Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
Brad Marchand hit Mike Matheson
David Pastrnak Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
David Pastrnak hit David Savard
Brad Marchand Backhand saved by Jake Allen
Connor Clifton hit Jonathan Drouin
Justin Barron shot blocked by David Pastrnak
David Pastrnak hit Kirby Dach
Takeaway by Brad Marchand
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Mike Hoffman hit David Pastrnak
Giveaway by Joel Edmundson
Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Jake Evans faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Brendan Gallagher Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman
Chris Tierney faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Michael Pezzetta Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
Takeaway by Kirby Dach
Kirby Dach Backhand saved by Jeremy Swayman
Giveaway by Denis Gurianov
Michael Pezzetta hit Charlie Coyle
Chris Wideman hit Tyler Bertuzzi
Giveaway by Rem Pitlick
Takeaway by Rem Pitlick
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Brendan Gallagher Backhand Wide of Net
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
Johnathan Kovacevic Slap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Rafael Harvey-Pinard hit A.J. Greer
Justin Barron Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Kirby Dach hit Dmitry Orlov
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Alex Belzile hit Connor Clifton
Jake Evans faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Rem Pitlick hit Patrice Bergeron
Rem Pitlick Interference against Patrice Bergeron
Giveaway by Kirby Dach
Mike Matheson Holding the stick against Charlie Coyle
Jake DeBrusk shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Giveaway by Justin Barron
Joel Edmundson hit Trent Frederic
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Justin Barron Slap Shot Off Goalpost
Jonathan Drouin Slap Shot Wide of Net
David Krejci shot blocked by Jake Evans
Jake Evans Deflected saved by Jeremy Swayman
Jake Evans Roughing against Charlie McAvoy served by Rem Pitlick
Jake Evans Slashing against Jeremy Swayman
Chris Tierney faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Takeaway by Mike Matheson
David Savard hit Jake DeBrusk
David Krejci shot blocked by Joel Edmundson
Takeaway by Joel Edmundson
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Nick Suzuki Goal (22) Slap Shot, assists: Denis Gurianov (10), Kirby Dach (24)
Rafael Harvey-Pinard Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman
Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Justin Barron Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Justin Barron Slap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Giveaway by Rem Pitlick
Rem Pitlick hit Jake DeBrusk
Rafael Harvey-Pinard Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Rafael Harvey-Pinard Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman
Chris Tierney faceoff won against David Krejci
Giveaway by Jake Allen
Justin Barron Delaying Game - Puck over glass
David Savard hit Charlie McAvoy
Takeaway by Nick Suzuki
Joel Edmundson hit Dmitry Orlov
David Savard Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Charlie Coyle
Kirby Dach Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Justin Barron
Mike Matheson Tripping against Charlie McAvoy
David Pastrnak shot blocked by Jake Evans
Brendan Gallagher hit Jakub Zboril
David Savard Tip-In Over Net
Kirby Dach Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Jonathan Drouin hit Charlie McAvoy
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Alex Belzile faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Michael Pezzetta Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Michael Pezzetta Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Chris Tierney faceoff won against Charlie Coyle
Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against David Krejci
Denis Gurianov Tip-In Wide of Net
Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin
Kirby Dach Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Mike Hoffman Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Kirby Dach hit Jakub Zboril
Mike Hoffman Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Kirby Dach Goal (14) Tip-In, assists: Mike Matheson (17), Nick Suzuki (35)
Joel Edmundson Slap Shot Wide of Net
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Takeaway by Mike Matheson
Denis Gurianov Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Giveaway by Jonathan Drouin
Takeaway by Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Jake Evans faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Rafael Harvey-Pinard hit Charlie McAvoy
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Nick Suzuki Deflected saved by Jeremy Swayman
Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
David Savard hit Brad Marchand
Takeaway by Rem Pitlick
Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Alex Belzile Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against David Krejci
Nick Suzuki hit David Krejci
Justin Barron Hi-sticking against David Pastrnak
David Savard hit Brad Marchand
David Pastrnak shot blocked by David Savard
Brendan Gallagher hit Charlie Coyle
Takeaway by Brendan Gallagher
Jake Evans Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Jonathan Drouin hit Tomas Nosek
Mike Hoffman hit Dmitry Orlov
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
Trent Frederic shot blocked by Mike Matheson
Alex Belzile hit Trent Frederic
Joel Edmundson hit Jake DeBrusk
Tomas Nosek shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Giveaway by Justin Barron
Alex Belzile faceoff won against Charlie Coyle
Chris Tierney faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron
Jake DeBrusk shot blocked by Mike Matheson
Tyler Bertuzzi shot blocked by Denis Gurianov
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against David Krejci
Hampus Lindholm shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
Kirby Dach faceoff won against David Krejci
Giveaway by Mike Matheson
Mike Matheson hit David Pastrnak
Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Kirby Dach hit David Krejci
Rafael Harvey-Pinard hit Charlie Coyle
Takeaway by Brendan Gallagher
Denis Gurianov Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot Wide of Net
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek
Nick Suzuki Backhand saved by Jeremy Swayman
Nick Suzuki hit Connor Clifton
Takeaway by Rafael Harvey-Pinard

CANADIENS

BRUINS

TIME		MTL	BOS
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Nick Suzuki faceoff won against David Krejci	0	0
0:05	Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide of Net	0	0
0:18	Mike Hoffman hit David Pastrnak	0	0
0:33	Matt Grzelcyk hit Mike Hoffman	0	0
0:36	Rafael Harvey-Pinard shot blocked by Charlie McAvoy	0	0
1:21	Giveaway by Joel Edmundson	0	0
1:23	Jonathan Drouin Wrist Shot Wide of Net	0	0
1:45	Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
1:46	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
1:46	Jake Evans faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron	0	0
1:50	Brendan Gallagher Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
1:58	Jakub Zboril Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen	0	0
1:59	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
1:59	Chris Tierney faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron	0	0
2:07	Michael Pezzetta Tip-In saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
2:08	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
2:08	Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki	0	0
2:38	Mike Matheson shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk	0	0
3:02	Takeaway by Nick Suzuki	0	0
3:10	Takeaway by Kirby Dach	0	0
3:11	Kirby Dach Backhand saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	0
3:12	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	0
3:12	David Krejci faceoff won against Kirby Dach	0	0
3:41	Hampus Lindholm hit Johnathan Kovacevic	0	0
3:41	Denis Gurianov shot blocked by Pavel Zacha	0	0
3:53	Giveaway by Denis Gurianov	0	0
4:01	Dmitry Orlov hit Denis Gurianov	0	0
4:31	Michael Pezzetta hit Charlie Coyle	0	0
4:32	Chris Wideman hit Tyler Bertuzzi	0	0
4:34	Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (28), Jakub Zboril (2)	0	1
4:34	Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Jake Evans	0	1
4:48	Giveaway by Rem Pitlick	0	1
4:53	Takeaway by Rem Pitlick	0	1
4:55	Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot Wide of Net	0	1
4:59	Brendan Gallagher Backhand Wide of Net	0	1
5:07	Matt Grzelcyk hit Jake Evans	0	1
5:10	Giveaway by Patrice Bergeron	0	1
5:16	Patrice Bergeron hit Brendan Gallagher	0	1
5:24	Icing	0	1
5:24	Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek	0	1
5:28	Chris Wideman shot blocked by A.J. Greer	0	1
5:34	Johnathan Kovacevic Slap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	1
5:50	Rafael Harvey-Pinard hit A.J. Greer	0	1
5:56	A.J. Greer Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen	0	1
6:25	Justin Barron Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	1
6:42	Pavel Zacha Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen	0	1
7:00	Kirby Dach hit Dmitry Orlov	0	1
7:02	Giveaway by Mike Matheson	0	1
7:07	David Pastrnak Tip-In Wide of Net	0	1
7:28	Alex Belzile hit Connor Clifton	0	1
7:32	Tyler Bertuzzi Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen	0	1
7:33	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	1
7:33	Jake Evans faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron	0	1
7:48	Rem Pitlick hit Patrice Bergeron	0	1
7:50	Brad Marchand Roughing against Rem Pitlick served by Trent Frederic	0	1
7:50	Rem Pitlick Interference against Patrice Bergeron	0	1
7:50	Brad Marchand Roughing against Rem Pitlick	0	1
7:50	Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki	0	1
8:14	Giveaway by Charlie Coyle	0	1
8:22	Giveaway by Kirby Dach	0	1
8:26	Mike Matheson Holding the stick against Charlie Coyle	0	1
8:26	David Krejci faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin	0	1
8:48	Matt Grzelcyk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen	0	1
9:02	Pavel Zacha hit Kirby Dach	0	1
9:16	Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen	0	1
9:17	Jake DeBrusk shot blocked by Nick Suzuki	0	1
9:41	Takeaway by David Pastrnak	0	1
9:44	David Pastrnak Wrap-around Wide of Net	0	1
10:05	Jake Evans Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	1
10:27	Patrice Bergeron Wrist Shot Over Net	0	1
10:51	Giveaway by Justin Barron	0	1
11:20	Joel Edmundson hit Trent Frederic	0	1
11:28	Connor Clifton Interference against Michael Pezzetta	0	1
11:28	TV timeout	0	1
11:28	Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek	0	1
12:08	Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov	0	1
12:31	Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	1
12:55	Jakub Zboril hit Jonathan Drouin	0	1
13:05	Justin Barron Slap Shot Off Goalpost	0	1
13:12	Jonathan Drouin Slap Shot Wide of Net	0	1
13:38	Jake DeBrusk Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Clifton (15), Patrice Bergeron (30)	0	2
13:38	David Krejci faceoff won against Jake Evans	0	2
13:48	David Krejci shot blocked by Jake Evans	0	2
13:59	Jake Evans Deflected saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	2
14:00	Charlie McAvoy Roughing against Jake Evans	0	2
14:00	Jake Evans Roughing against Charlie McAvoy served by Rem Pitlick	0	2
14:00	Jake Evans Slashing against Jeremy Swayman	0	2
14:00	TV timeout	0	2
14:00	Chris Tierney faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron	0	2
14:18	Jake DeBrusk Wrist Shot Over Net	0	2
14:19	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	2
14:19	Brad Marchand faceoff won against Nick Suzuki	0	2
14:41	Takeaway by Mike Matheson	0	2
14:56	David Savard hit Jake DeBrusk	0	2
15:36	David Krejci shot blocked by Joel Edmundson	0	2
15:45	Takeaway by Joel Edmundson	0	2
16:06	Offside	0	2
16:06	Charlie Coyle faceoff won against Chris Tierney	0	2
16:42	Giveaway by Pavel Zacha	0	2
16:53	Giveaway by Charlie Coyle	0	2
17:02	Connor Clifton hit Mike Hoffman	0	2
17:08	Puck in Benches	0	2
17:08	A.J. Greer Cross-checking against Mike Hoffman served by Tyler Bertuzzi	0	2
17:08	A.J. Greer Game Misconduct	0	2
17:08	Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Nick Suzuki	0	2
18:03	Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Wide of Net	0	2
18:04	Nick Suzuki Wrist Shot Wide of Net	0	2
18:11	Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman	0	2
18:12	Goalie Stopped (after SOG)	0	2
18:12	Patrice Bergeron faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin	0	2
19:00	Justin Barron shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway	0	2
19:04	Puck in Netting	0	2
19:04	Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Patrice Bergeron	0	2
19:41	Nick Suzuki Goal (22) Slap Shot, assists: Denis Gurianov (10), Kirby Dach (24)	1	2
19:41	Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Tomas Nosek	1	2
19:58	Denis Gurianov shot blocked by Jakub Zboril	1	2
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	2

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-0

Bruins
4
Canadiens
2

Game 1

25/1

Canadiens
2
Bruins
4

Game 2

23/3

Bruins
5
Canadiens
4

Game 3

14/4

TD Garden

11:00 PM, 23 March 2023

Boston, MA

Attendance: 17,850

Referees:
Graham Skilliter
Furman South

Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz
Trent Knorr

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	11	5	1	23
Toronto	10	6	2	22
Boston	8	7	2	18
Tampa Bay	8	6	1	17
Ottawa	8	7	1	17
Buffalo	8	8	1	17
Detroit	7	7	1	15
Montreal	5	10	2	12

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