🐦 Away Thrashers 6-20-6 before this game
3–2
Final / OT
🐻 Home Bruins 19-10-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
ATL 11013
BOS 01102

Thrashers at Bruins

Thrashers beat Bruins 3–2 in overtime at TD Garden on December 18, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Dec 18, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:26 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Dany Heatley
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:58 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Brian Rolston
1 G, 1 A
10 shots · 22:47 TOI · -1
4rd star 🐦 ATL
Milan Hnilicka
53 saves
0.964 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Hnat Domenichelli Go-ahead 1st · 18:54
Assists: Tomi Kallio, Ray Ferraro · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
2nd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 2nd · 13:52
Assists: Dany Heatley, Yannick Tremblay · beat Byron Dafoe
2–0
🐻 Bill Guerin PP 2nd · 17:22
Assists: Joe Thornton, Brian Rolston · beat Milan Hnilicka
2–1
3rd period
🐻 Brian Rolston Tying 3rd · 02:30
Assists: Rob Zamuner, Kyle McLaren · beat Milan Hnilicka
2–2
Overtime
🐦 Dany Heatley Go-ahead OT · 03:58
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Byron Dafoe
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL BOS🐻
14 Shots on goal 55
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
27 Hits 27
14 Blocked shots 4
7 Takeaways 3
9 Giveaways 4
11 Penalty minutes 13
ATL shooting 21.4% (3/14) BOS shooting 3.6% (2/55)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Milan Hnilicka
53/55
.964 SV% · 2 GA · 63:49 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
11/14
.786 SV% · 3 GA · 63:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Heatley · Hrkac · Kallio 19:58
L2 Kovalchuk · Stefan · Corkum 19:16
L3 Bartecko · Ferraro · Donovan 15:19
L4 Domenichelli · Simon · Hordichuk 8:23
D1 Tremblay · Tamer 25:30
D2 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 19:58
D3 Harlock · Reirden 15:46
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Guerin · Rolston 24:11
L2 Stumpel · Pellerin · Murray 20:30
L3 Zamuner · Lapointe · Knuble 12:45
L4 Nazarov · Stock 3:26
D1 Gill · O'Donnell 25:53
D2 McLaren · Sweeney 21:00
D3 Girard · Boynton 14:28
D4 Rivers 2:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 4, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL
3–2 · Bruins won
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

❓ ATL vs BOS, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Bruins on December 18, 2001?

Thrashers won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Bruins?

The final score was Thrashers 3, Bruins 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Dany Heatley, Hnat Domenichelli, Ilya Kovalchuk.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bill Guerin, Brian Rolston.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Milan Hnilicka made 53 saves on 55 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 11 saves on 14 shots (.786 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 15
🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 19
🦈SJS @ 🐦ATL
4–2 · SJS won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 15
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
5–2 · PHI won
Next game · Dec 20
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–5 · BOS won
Also on December 18, 2001
🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 🔔PHI
3–6 final
🏛️OTT @ 🌪️CAR
5–1 final
👑LAK @ 🍁TOR
3–1 final
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
5–1 final
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