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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–0

Bruins beat Thrashers 7–3 on December 12, 2008.

BOS – ATL
25–33
Shots on goal
2/3–2/4
Power play
7–15
Hits
11–10
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Phil Kessel
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 15:13 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Matt Hunwick
3 A
1 shots · 23:33 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Mark Stuart Go-ahead 1st · 03:31
Assists: David Krejci, Michael Ryder · beat Ondrej Pavelec
1–0
🐻 Stephane Yelle 1st · 04:08
Assists: Petteri Nokelainen, Matt Hunwick · beat Ondrej Pavelec
2–0
🐻 Zdeno Chara 1st · 08:41
Assists: Phil Kessel, Matt Hunwick · beat Ondrej Pavelec
3–0
🐻 Michael Ryder PP 1st · 11:56
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Marc Savard · beat Johan Hedberg
4–0
🐦 Todd White PP 1st · 16:16
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey · beat Tim Thomas
4–1
3rd period
🐻 Phil Kessel PP 3rd · 01:15
Assists: Dennis Wideman, Matt Hunwick · beat Johan Hedberg
5–1
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 3rd · 03:14
Assists: Boris Valabik · beat Tim Thomas
5–2
🐻 Milan Lucic 3rd · 07:19
Assists: Marc Savard, Phil Kessel · beat Johan Hedberg
6–2
🐻 Mark Stuart 3rd · 09:57
Assists: David Krejci, Blake Wheeler · beat Johan Hedberg
7–2
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov PP 3rd · 13:00
Assists: Todd White, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Tim Thomas
7–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Krejci 18:40
L2 Axelsson · Kobasew · Kessel 16:26
L3 Yelle · Wheeler · Ryder 14:59
L4 Lucic · Thornton · Nokelainen 9:42
D1 Wideman · Chara 25:38
D2 Hunwick · Hnidy 22:34
D3 Stuart · Ward 10:18
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · White 18:45
L2 Slater · Reasoner · Williams 15:01
L3 Perrin · Little · Armstrong 14:04
L4 Boulton · Thorburn · Crabb 9:51
D1 Havelid · Enstrom 20:40
D2 Hainsey · Oystrick 19:38
D3 Valabik · Exelby 17:03

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS ATL🐦
25 Shots on goal 33
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
7 Hits 15
11 Blocked shots 10
7 Takeaways 11
10 Giveaways 15
30 Penalty minutes 39
BOS shooting 28.0% (7/25) ATL shooting 9.1% (3/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
16/20
.800 SV% · 4 GA · 42:32 TOI
Ondrej Pavelec
2/5
.400 SV% · 3 GA · 17:28 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 4–1
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–1
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–0
Oct 252008 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 4–5 Mar 12008 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–3 SO Dec 312007 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–5 Dec 292007 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 0–5 Dec 122007 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 5–3
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Who won Bruins vs Thrashers on December 12, 2008?

Bruins won 7–3. The final score was Bruins 7, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Mark Stuart (2), Michael Ryder, Milan Lucic, Phil Kessel, Stephane Yelle, Zdeno Chara.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk, Todd White, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Thrashers season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 10 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterDec 13 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–4
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 10 🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL 3–2 AfterDec 13 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–4
Also on December 12
🗽NYR 5–8 😈NJD 🏛️OTT 1–5 🦅WSH 🍁TOR 2–1 ⚔️BUF 🐙DET 1–3 ⭐DAL 🪶CHI 4–3 🏔️COL 🐆FLA 3–2 🔥CGY
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