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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0

Rangers beat Bruins 3–2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2008.

BOS – NYR
25–31
Shots on goal
37–38
Hits
15–7
Blocked shots
9–4
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
2 A
3 shots · 20:30 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Markus Naslund
1 G
4 shots · 21:53 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Nigel Dawes
1 G
1 shots · 12:19 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Zdeno Chara Go-ahead 2nd · 08:44
Assists: Phil Kessel, Marc Savard · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
🐻 Dennis Wideman SH 2nd · 12:25
Assists: Marc Savard, Stephane Yelle · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–0
3rd period
🗽 Nigel Dawes 3rd · 13:55
Assists: Lauri Korpikoski, Dan Fritsche · beat Tim Thomas
2–1
🗽 Markus Naslund Tying 3rd · 19:07
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky, Paul Mara · beat Tim Thomas
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Savard · Bergeron 20:14
L2 Sturm · Yelle · Ryder 16:05
L3 Lucic · Krejci · Kessel 15:12
L4 Thornton · Wheeler · Kobasew 10:34
D1 Chara · Wideman 27:26
D2 Ward · Stuart 20:01
D3 Hunwick · Hnidy 15:28
🗽Rangers
L1 Naslund · Drury · Callahan 23:02
L2 Voros · Dubinsky · Zherdev 18:52
L3 Sjostrom · Dawes · Korpikoski 12:19
L4 Betts · Fritsche · Orr 10:30
D1 Redden · Girardi 24:09
D2 Mara · Rozsival 20:58
D3 Staal · Kalinin 19:59

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS NYR🗽
25 Shots on goal 31
37 Hits 38
15 Blocked shots 7
9 Takeaways 4
14 Giveaways 12
17 Penalty minutes 9
BOS shooting 8.0% (2/25) NYR shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 64:57 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 64:17 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0
Mar 92008 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 0–1 SO Jan 202008 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 3–1 Jan 192008 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 3–4 SO Oct 202007 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 0–1 SO Mar 242007 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 2–1 SO
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Who won Bruins vs Rangers on November 15, 2008?

Rangers won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Bruins 2, Rangers 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Dennis Wideman, Zdeno Chara.

Who scored for Rangers?

Markus Naslund, Nigel Dawes.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Rangers season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeNov 13 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–6 AfterNov 17 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 3–2
🗽 Rangers
BeforeNov 12 🗽NYR @ 😈NJD 5–2 AfterNov 17 🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR 1–2
Also on November 15
🔔PHI 2–1 🇨🇦MTL 🦅WSH 5–6 😈NJD 🏛️OTT 2–3 🏝️NYI 🍁TOR 2–4 🐋VAN ⚔️BUF 2–5 🐧PIT 🧥CBJ 2–3 🌲MIN ⭐DAL 3–2 🌵PHX 🏔️COL 3–2 🛢️EDM
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