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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Avalanche

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

Bruins beat Avalanche 5–4 at Ball Arena on October 9, 2008.

BOS – COL
20–39
Shots on goal
1/2–1/5
Power play
17–34
Hits
22–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:57 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 15:53 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
35 saves
0.897 SV% · 4 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 1st · 06:21
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Andrew Ference · beat Peter Budaj
1–0
🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Tying 1st · 10:02
Assists: Paul Stastny, John-Michael Liles · beat Tim Thomas
1–1
🐻 Blake Wheeler Go-ahead 1st · 10:51
Assists: David Krejci, Chuck Kobasew · beat Peter Budaj
2–1
🏔️ Wojtek Wolski Tying 1st · 14:52
Assists: Marek Svatos, Darcy Tucker · beat Tim Thomas
2–2
2nd period
🏔️ Cody McLeod Go-ahead 2nd · 06:34
Assists: Joe Sakic, John-Michael Liles · beat Tim Thomas
2–3
🐻 Marc Savard PP Tying 2nd · 10:43
Assists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · beat Peter Budaj
3–3
3rd period
🐻 Michael Ryder Go-ahead 3rd · 05:36
Assists: Marc Savard, P.J. Axelsson · beat Peter Budaj
4–3
🏔️ Jordan Leopold Tying 3rd · 10:17
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Ruslan Salei · beat Tim Thomas
4–4
🐻 David Krejci Go-ahead 3rd · 17:24
Assists: Chuck Kobasew, Milan Lucic · beat Peter Budaj
5–4

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Bergeron · Savard 16:08
L2 Sturm · Krejci · Kessel 14:56
L3 Yelle · Ryder · Kobasew 13:32
L4 Lucic · Thornton · Wheeler 12:41
D1 Wideman · Chara 24:36
D2 Ference · Ward 21:32
D3 Stuart · Hnidy 13:20
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Stastny · Hejduk 22:10
L2 Smyth · Wolski · Jones 20:03
L3 Tucker · Laperriere · Svatos 10:56
L4 McLeod · Arnason · Guite 9:19
D1 Liles · Salei 20:54
D2 Hannan · Clark 19:09
D3 Leopold · Foote 17:34

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS COL🏔️
20 Shots on goal 39
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 34
22 Blocked shots 10
15 Takeaways 14
12 Giveaways 16
10 Penalty minutes 4
BOS shooting 25.0% (5/20) COL shooting 10.3% (4/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
35/39
.897 SV% · 4 GA · 59:41 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Peter Budaj
15/20
.750 SV% · 5 GA · 59:11 TOI

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 62007 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 2–0 Dec 72005 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Oct 212003 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 4–1 Feb 42003 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 3–2 OT Oct 142002 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 2–1
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Who won Bruins vs Avalanche on October 9, 2008?

Bruins won 5–4. The final score was Bruins 5, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Blake Wheeler, David Krejci, Marc Savard, Michael Ryder, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Cody McLeod, Jordan Leopold, Milan Hejduk, Wojtek Wolski.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 35 saves on 39 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 15 saves on 20 shots (.750 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 21 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–5 AfterOct 11 🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN 3–4
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMay 1 🐙DET @ 🏔️COL 8–2 AfterOct 12 🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM 2–3
Also on October 9
🍁TOR 3–2 🐙DET 🔥CGY 0–6 🐋VAN 🦆ANA 1–4 🦈SJS
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