GameDay: Habs vs Bruins – Game 5 (May-10, 2014)
| On this day in hockey history… 1968 – Bobby Orr was named winner of the Norris Memorial Trophy (as the NHL’s outstanding defenseman), for the first of eight straight seasons, an NHL record for defenseman. 1970 – Bobby Orr’s overtime goal at :40 gave Boston a 4-3 win over St. Louis, and gave the Bruins the 1970 Stanley Cup Championship, in four straight games over the Blues. Orr won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP. 1971 – Bobby Orr was named winner of Hart Memorial Trophy as the MVP in the NHL for second straight season. He also won Norris Memorial Trophy for fourth straight season. |
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| Game 5 TD Bank Garden – Boston, MA May 10, 7:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS, NBCSN |
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| Matchup – Regular Season Stats | ||||
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Montreal CANADIENS |
The Canadiens edged out the Boston Bruins in three of their four match-ups this season, including two wins in Boston. They’ll try to carry this over into the playoffs in an attempt to knockoff the Bruins, who finished the regular season with a league-leading 117 points. | Boston BRUINS |
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| 100 Points / 3rd (Atlantic) | Points/Position | 117 Points / 1st (Atlantic) |
| 46-28-8 | Record | 54-19-9 |
| 23-13-5 | Home | 31-7-3 |
| 23-15-3 | Away | 23-12-6 |
| 7-2-1 | Last 10 | 5-2-3 |
| 2.55 | G/G | 3.15 |
| 2.45 | GA/G | 2.08 |
| 17.2 | PP% | 21.7 |
| 85.1 | PK% | 83.6 |
| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek Michael Bournival – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher Rene Bourque – Lars Eller – Brian Gionta Travis Moen – Daniel Briere – Dale Weise |
Milan Lucic – Patrice Bergeron – Loui Eriksson Daniel Paille – David Krejci – Reilly Smith Brad Marchand – Gregory Campbell – Jarome Iginla Daniel Paille – Carl Soderberg – Shawn Thornton |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban Douglas Murray – Mike Weaver |
Zdeno Chara – Dougie Hamilton Andrej Meszaros – Johnny Boychuk Torey Krug – Kevan Miller |
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| Goalies | |||
| Carey Price (Confirmed) | Tuukka Rask (Confirmed) | ||
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Record: 6-1-1 GAA: 2.29 Sv%: .921 SO: 0 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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Record: 6-3-1 GAA: 1.67 Sv%: .941 SO: 2 Alternate: Chad Johnson |
| Scratches | |||
| Ryan White (healthy scratch), Jarred Tinordi (healthy scratch), George Parros, (healthy scratch), Francis Bouillon (healthy scratch), Alex Galchenyuk (upper-body), Brandon Prust (shoulder) | Adam McQuaid (quad), Dennis Seidenberg (knee), Justin Florek (Providence (AHL)), Chris Kelly (back), Jordan Caron (healthy scratch), Matt Bartkowski (healthy scratch) | ||
| Game Recap (full recap available here) | ||||||
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| FINAL (OT) May-8 |
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| Regular Season Series | |||
| Date | Visitor | Home | Final |
| 5-Dec | |
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BOS (1) – MTL (2) |
| 30-Jan | |
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MTL (4) – BOS (1) |
| 12-Mar | |
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BOS (4) – MTL (1) |
| 24-Mar | |
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MTL (2) – BOS (1) (SO) |
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Other Information at All Habs |
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