🐻 Away Bruins 16-7-3 before this game
3–2
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 6-15-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0123
ATL 0202

Bruins at Thrashers

Bruins beat Thrashers 3–2 on December 4, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Dec 4, 2001 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Bill Guerin
2 G
3 shots · 17:54 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Jozef Stumpel
2 A
1 shots · 18:24 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:40 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🐦 Dany Heatley PP Go-ahead 2nd · 05:47
Assists: Tony Hrkac, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Byron Dafoe
0–1
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 2nd · 12:55
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Milan Hnilicka · beat Byron Dafoe
0–2
🐻 Brian Rolston 2nd · 19:26
Assists: Glen Murray, P.J. Axelsson · beat Milan Hnilicka
1–2
3rd period
🐻 Bill Guerin Tying 3rd · 03:34
Assists: Nick Boynton, Jozef Stumpel · beat Milan Hnilicka
2–2
🐻 Bill Guerin Go-ahead 3rd · 03:52
Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Ivan Huml · beat Milan Hnilicka
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS ATL🐦
35 Shots on goal 25
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
22 Hits 20
4 Blocked shots 7
7 Takeaways 7
7 Giveaways 11
6 Penalty minutes 4
BOS shooting 8.6% (3/35) ATL shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Milan Hnilicka
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 59:09 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 16-7-3 (62% win rate, 26 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 6-15-4 (24% win rate, 25 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Samsonov · Thornton · Murray 19:30
L2 Stumpel · Rolston · Guerin 17:56
L3 Axelsson · Huml · Lapointe 15:43
L4 Zamuner · Pellerin · Nazarov 7:24
D1 Sweeney · O'Donnell 25:15
D2 McLaren · Boynton 18:28
D3 Gill · Girard 14:40
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Kovalchuk · Hrkac 20:05
L2 Ferraro · Corkum · Tapper 17:42
L3 Bartecko · Domenichelli · Donovan 16:18
L4 Hordichuk · Svartvadet 8:18
D1 Tremblay · Pothier 19:56
D2 Tamer · Kaberle 18:01
D3 Harlock · Reirden 15:56
D4 Weaver 6:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 6, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
3–4 (OT) · Bruins won
Mar 10, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
7–5 · Thrashers won
Feb 9, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL
1–5 · Thrashers won
Dec 4, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL
4–5 · Thrashers won
Nov 4, 2000
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
8–3 · Thrashers won

❓ BOS vs ATL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Thrashers on December 4, 2001?

Bruins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Thrashers?

The final score was Bruins 3, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bill Guerin (2), Brian Rolston.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Thrashers season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 1
🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT
1–2 · OTT won
Next game · Dec 6
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
4–1 · PIT won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 1
🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA
5–2 · ATL won
Next game · Dec 6
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
3–3 · WSH won
Also on December 4, 2001
🔔PHI @ 🏝️NYI
3–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
4–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR
1–0 final
⚡TBL @ 😈NJD
1–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–5 final
🔥CGY @ 🦈SJS
2–2 final
Bruins season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule