The Montreal Canadiens continued their dominance over the Boston Bruins with their 10th win in as many contests this season, culminating in a 2-0 series lead in their first-round series. The Bruins came out firing on all cylinders, eager to avenge their loss two nights prior, but it was the Canadiens with the lead at the end of the first period. Roman Hamrlik ripped a slap shot bast Tim Thomas with just 1:30 to play, giving the Canadiens a 1-0 lead. The Canadiens pulled further away at the start of the second period when Sergei Kostitsyn swatted the puck past a downed Bruins netminder. Carey Price played big in net for the Canadiens, stopping 37 of 39 shots by the Bruins, who pressured Price consistently throughout the game, but Boston refused to go quietly, and they struck early in the third period. Soon after Alex Kovalev took a slashing penalty, putting the Canadiens down by two with 9:20 in the period. The Bruins made the Canadiens pay, with a bang-bang powerplay goal from David Krejci to send the game to overtime. From regulation goat to overtime hero, Alex Kovalev ripped the puck past Thomas, giving the Canadiens the 3-2 win, and a 2-0 lead in the series.