The Winter Classic Alumni Game presented by Molson was so good, the players gave the fans more hockey than promised.
After the game ended tied after regulation, the Boston Bruins alumni won in a shootout, 5-4, at Gillette Stadium. Boston legend Ray Bourque, a Montreal native, scored the deciding goal in the shootout.
Sergei Samsanov and Mark Recchi scored in the shootout for Boston, only to see Oleg Petrov and Donald Audette respond for the Canadiens to set up the heroics by Bourque, who snapped a shot between the legs of Montreal goalie Richard Sevigny.
Recchi was the star of regulation, scoring a pair of beautiful goals. Recchi scored once in the second period and once in the third as Boston erased a 2-0 deficit. He also had an assist. He was named MVP of the game.
Samsanov scored in the third period to give Boston a 4-3 lead, but Audette scored on a penalty shot against goalie Andrew Raycroft to tie the game for the third time.
Montreal took the lead in the first period with goals from Patrice Brisebois and Alexei Kovalev.
Jose Theodore, who played in the first NHL outdoor game in 2003, when the Canadiens defeated the Edmonton Oilers at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, played two periods and made 19 saves allowing one goal. He wore a toque over his mask on Thursday, evoking memories of the look he made famous a dozen years ago.
Reggie Lemon started the first period for the Bruins, with Andrew Raycroft playing the final two.
Steve Shutt scored for Montreal to tie the game, 3-3 after Marco Sturm scored to give Boston a 3-2 lead in the third period.
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