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2005-06 regular season

Bruins at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0

Avalanche beat Bruins 4–1 at Ball Arena on December 7, 2005.

BOS – COL
21–27
Shots on goal
0/4–2/5
Power play
9–5
Hits
16–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Alex Tanguay
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 15:43 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 A
3 shots · 16:20 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G
3 shots · 16:47 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:48
Assists: Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay · beat Andrew Raycroft
0–1
🐻 Marco Sturm Tying 1st · 19:33
Assists: Brad Boyes, Patrice Bergeron · beat Vitaly Kolesnik
1–1
2nd period
🏔️ Alex Tanguay Go-ahead 2nd · 09:00
Unassisted · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–2
🏔️ Brett McLean 2nd · 13:08
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Rob Blake · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–3
3rd period
🏔️ John-Michael Liles PP 3rd · 07:12
Assists: Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Green · Murray 17:49
L2 Sturm · Bergeron · Boyes 16:22
L3 Isbister · Primeau · Zhamnov 14:24
L4 Lacouture · Blatny · Fitzgerald 7:45
D1 Stuart · Tanabe 23:32
D2 Leetch · Slegr 19:21
D3 Jurcina · Gill 15:40
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Laaksonen · Laperriere · Hejduk 17:31
L2 Tanguay · Brunette · Sakic 15:43
L3 May · Turgeon · Svatos 12:28
L4 McCormick · McLean · Hinote 8:22
D1 Blake · Brisebois 21:40
D2 Clark · Skrastins 20:24
D3 Liles · Vaananen 15:50

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS COL🏔️
21 Shots on goal 27
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
9 Hits 5
16 Blocked shots 14
17 Takeaways 15
2 Giveaways 8
10 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 4.8% (1/21) COL shooting 14.8% (4/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Andrew Raycroft
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Vitaly Kolesnik
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 59:48 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 1-8-1 (10% win rate, 10 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 4-2-1 (57% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 1–0
Oct 212003 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 4–1 Feb 42003 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 3–2 OT Oct 142002 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 2–1 Feb 112002 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 2–5 Mar 242001 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 4–2
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Who won Bruins vs Avalanche on December 7, 2005?

Avalanche won 4–1. The final score was Bruins 1, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Marco Sturm.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Alex Tanguay, Brett McLean, John-Michael Liles, Milan Hejduk.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Vitaly Kolesnik made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 4 🐻BOS @ 🐋VAN 2–5 AfterDec 11 🌵PHX @ 🐻BOS 2–1
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 6–4 AfterDec 9 🏔️COL @ 😈NJD 4–3
Also on December 7
🐯NSH 5–2 🦅WSH 🔥CGY 4–1 😈NJD 🗽NYR 1–2 🪶CHI 🐆FLA 3–4 ⭐DAL
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