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However, after the Boston bench was charged with a minor penalty for "[[Penalty (hockey)|Too Many Men on the Ice]]," [[Guy Lafleur]] scored the tying goal on the ensuing power play, and Montreal won in [[overtime]]. The win allowed Montreal to advance to the [[Stanley Cup]] finals to win for the fourth consecutive year.
The rivalry continued throughout the 1980s, mainly due to a division-oriented playoff format that seemed to pair the teams every year. In 1988, the Bruins finally won a playoff series against Canadiens in the latter's [[Montreal Forum]] on the way to advancing to the Stanley Cup championship. The next year, the Canadiens beat the Bruins on their trip to the finals. In 1990, the Bruins finished off the Canadiens for the first time in the [[Boston Garden]] since 1943 and would also win the 1991 and 1992 playoff match-ups against the Canadiens, the last one being a 4-0 sweep. Part of the Bruins' victories over the Canadiens was due to goaltender [[Andy Moog]] who was afterwards known as the "greatest Hab killer" that the Bruins ever had. Ironically, Moog signed with the Canadiens for the 1997-
In 1994, the Canadiens were the defending champions but they were knocked out in the first round by the Bruins. Nonetheless, that seven game series was notable in the eyes of [[Montreal]] fans as superstar net minder [[Patrick Roy]] came down with appendicitis and missed game three. Roy convinced doctors to let him return for Game Four and led the Canadiens to a 5-2 victory, stopping 39 shots[http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/roy.html].
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The Bruins were defeated in both the [[2001-02 NHL season|2002]] and the [[2003-04 NHL season|2004]] [[Stanley Cup|Stanley Cup Playoffs]] in the first round by the Canadiens, despite the Bruins being seeded higher, which contributed to the animosity.
The recent signing of former Bruins star left-wing [[Sergei Samsonov]] to the Canadiens, for play starting in the 2006-07 NHL season, looks to possibly warm up the rivalry for the near future. Samsonov's first goals for the Canadiens, against his former team, came in a game on [[December 12]], [[2006]]. He scored two goals, one each in the second and third period of the game played in the Canadiens' home rink in Montreal that night (a 4-3 victory for the Canadiens), to do his part in resuming North America's oldest professional hockey rivalry[http://www.bostonbruins.com/gameday/boxscore_archive.asp?BoxScore=boxscore_12122006.asp].
==Blues-Blackhawks Rivalry==
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