Andrei Kostitsyn scored less than a minute into the game to give the Canadiens a quick 1-0 lead, but the Bruins seized control of the game before long. Michael Ryder and David Krejci scored near the end of the first period to give Boston a lead that they would never relinquish. Phil Kessel and Ryder scored with a minute of each other in the second period to give the Bruins a 4-1 lead, which is how the score would remain over the final 27 minutes of the contest. Tim Thomas had 26 stops for a 96.2 save percentage, while Casey Price allowed four of Boston's 30 shots to slip into the net.