Boston Bruins 2, Montreal Canadiens 3: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, Boston Bruins 2 to Montreal Canadiens 3, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins.
NHLTuesday, March 17, 2026
DateMar 17, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Boston BruinsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
37-23-8Record37-20-10
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
5-4Road record / home record5-5
WWWWLLast 5LWWLW
W4StreakL1
Team stats
Boston BruinsMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Boston Bruins
James Hagens C · Back
Injured ReserveMontreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Boston Bruins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Arvidsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:09 | 3:54 | 0:00 | 13:15 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Eyssimont | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:13 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Geekie | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:53 | 3:59 | 0:00 | 11:54 | 18 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Jeannot | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:03 | 0:05 | 11:52 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kastelic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 10:30 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 | 0:55 | 0:48 | 14:49 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:14 | 0:04 | 1:11 | 10:59 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Lindholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:14 | 3:39 | 0:29 | 15:06 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19:42 | 4:14 | 0:20 | 15:08 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 12:40 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Pastrnak | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:35 | 6:49 | 0:00 | 17:46 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Zacha | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 16:22 | 3:42 | 0:00 | 12:40 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Aspirot | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 | 0:23 | 1:25 | 18:00 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Lohrei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:03 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 16:50 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26:44 | 3:44 | 1:26 | 21:34 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Peeke | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:44 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 16:09 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:07 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 16:33 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 64:38 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 10:15 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:00 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:58 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 17:58 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 3:18 | 11:27 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:39 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 10:57 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 4:22 | 13:07 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:39 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:20 | 0:00 | 3:24 | 9:56 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:14 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 | 2:00 | 0:04 | 17:29 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:18 | 2:00 | 1:41 | 20:37 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:37 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 16:01 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Noah Dobson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24:02 | 0:18 | 3:32 | 20:12 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22:22 | 0:00 | 4:25 | 17:57 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:41 | 2:00 | 1:25 | 18:16 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:16 | 0:00 | 4:09 | 19:07 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 13:36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 64:22 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 3-2, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens?
Boston Bruins 2, Montreal Canadiens 3.
Who were the top performers?
Boston Bruins: Pavel Zacha (2 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals).
Where is Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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