🐻 Away Bruins 36-20-8 before this game
3–0
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 17-37-10 before this game
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ATL 0000

Bruins at Thrashers

Bruins beat Thrashers 3–0 on March 8, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Mar 8, 2002 · 18:30 CST 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Glen Murray
1 G
3 shots · 18:09 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
P.J. Axelsson
1 G
2 shots · 12:50 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Marty Mcinnis
1 G
2 shots · 17:52 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Marty Mcinnis Go-ahead 2nd · 10:43
Unassisted · beat Pasi Nurminen
1–0
🐻 Glen Murray 2nd · 11:18
Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Sean O'Donnell · beat Pasi Nurminen
2–0
3rd period
🐻 P.J. Axelsson SH 3rd · 13:12
Assists: Brian Rolston · beat Pasi Nurminen
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS ATL🐦
38 Shots on goal 21
14 Hits 23
5 Blocked shots 11
6 Takeaways 4
8 Giveaways 6
9 Penalty minutes 11
BOS shooting 7.9% (3/38) ATL shooting 0.0% (0/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe Shutout
21/21
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen
35/38
.921 SV% · 3 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 36-20-8 (56% win rate, 64 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 17-37-10 (27% win rate, 64 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
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 Mcinnis · Murray · Guerin 17:55
L2 Stumpel · Hogue · Samsonov 17:06
L3 Zamuner · Axelsson · Rolston 15:01
L4 Stock · Bonvie 10:38
D1 O'Donnell · Gill 26:14
D2 Sweeney · Murphy 18:44
D3 Boynton · Rivers 13:16
D4 Kultanen 9:53
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Stefan · Kallio 18:49
L2 Heatley · Corkum · Rheaume 14:33
L3 Ferraro · Karlsson · Svartvadet 13:02
L4 Cowan · Donovan · Odgers 11:58
D1 Tjarnqvist · Slegr 24:07
D2 Tremblay · Tamer 20:46
D3 Reirden · Sutton 14:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 18, 2001
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
3–2 (OT) · Thrashers won
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

❓ BOS vs ATL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Thrashers on March 8, 2002?

Bruins won 3–0.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Thrashers?

The final score was Bruins 3, Thrashers 0.

Who scored for Bruins?

Glen Murray, Marty Mcinnis, P.J. Axelsson.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 21 saves on 21 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Thrashers season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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 · Mar 6
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · MTL won
Next game · Mar 9
🔥CGY @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Mar 6
🦆ANA @ 🐦ATL
4–1 · ANA won
Next game · Mar 10
🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI
1–6 · NYI won
Also on March 8, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 final
🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR
2–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🧥CBJ
2–4 final
🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL
4–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🐆FLA
4–5 final
🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL
5–3 final
😈NJD @ 🦆ANA
1–2 final
Bruins season page Thrashers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule