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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Bruins beat Blackhawks 2–1 in a shootout at United Center on November 12, 2008.

BOS – CHI
39–32
Shots on goal
1/7–1/7
Power play
11–20
Hits
12–17
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Marco Sturm
1 G
3 shots · 18:33 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Zdeno Chara
1 A
4 shots · 26:36 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Marco Sturm PP Go-ahead 2nd · 19:06
Assists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–0
3rd period
🪶 Jonathan Toews PP Tying 3rd · 09:10
Assists: Patrick Kane, Cam Barker · beat Tim Thomas
1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Krejci 21:36
L2 Sturm · Lucic · Kessel 18:33
L3 Axelsson · Yelle · Ryder 14:32
L4 Thornton · Kobasew · Wheeler 8:11
D1 Wideman · Chara 27:59
D2 Ference · Ward 23:12
D3 Stuart · Hunwick 10:06
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Versteeg · Kane 20:47
L2 Toews · Havlat · Brouwer 19:28
L3 Ladd · Bolland · Burish 10:58
L4 Eager · Fraser 7:20
D1 Keith · Seabrook 28:31
D2 Campbell · Barker 25:47
D3 Byfuglien · Johnson 10:04
D4 Walker 7:16

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS CHI🪶
39 Shots on goal 32
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
11 Hits 20
12 Blocked shots 17
1 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 11
31 Penalty minutes 21
BOS shooting 5.1% (2/39) CHI shooting 3.1% (1/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 64:27 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Nikolai Khabibulin
38/39
.974 SV% · 1 GA · 63:59 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Oct 252007 🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Dec 292006 🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI 5–3 Feb 142004 🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI 1–2 OT Mar 92003 🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI 5–8 Jan 302003 🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS 3–1
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Who won Bruins vs Blackhawks on November 12, 2008?

Bruins won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Bruins 2, Blackhawks 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Marco Sturm.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jonathan Toews.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 38 saves on 39 shots (.974 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Blackhawks 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
BeforeNov 8 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterNov 13 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–6
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeNov 9 🔥CGY @ 🪶CHI 1–6 AfterNov 14 🎵STL @ 🪶CHI 4–3
Also on November 12
🎵STL 3–4 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 5–2 😈NJD 🦅WSH 5–1 🌪️CAR 🌵PHX 5–2 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 0–4 🐆FLA 🏔️COL 2–1 🐋VAN
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