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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 4–0

Bruins beat Thrashers 2–1 on December 28, 2008.

BOS – ATL
28–33
Shots on goal
9–2
Hits
5–19
Blocked shots
8–8
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Phil Kessel
1 G
6 shots · 16:03 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Michael Ryder
1 G
1 shots · 14:14 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Manny Fernandez
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Bryan Little Go-ahead 1st · 19:45
Unassisted · beat Manny Fernandez
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Phil Kessel Tying 2nd · 01:43
Assists: Marc Savard, Dennis Wideman · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–1
3rd period
🐻 Michael Ryder Go-ahead 3rd · 13:56
Assists: David Krejci, Blake Wheeler · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · St. Pierre · Kessel 16:03
L2 Krejci · Wheeler · Ryder 14:15
L3 Lucic · Axelsson · Yelle 13:13
L4 Thornton · Sobotka · Kobasew 10:58
D1 Chara · Wideman 27:56
D2 Hunwick · Hnidy 17:28
D3 Stuart · Ward 14:37
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · White 20:10
L2 Little · Reasoner · Perrin 15:49
L3 Christensen · Slater · Crabb 12:41
L4 Boulton · Armstrong · Thorburn 11:20
D1 Hainsey · Enstrom 23:26
D2 Havelid · Valabik 18:10
D3 Schneider · Oystrick 14:26

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS ATL🐦
28 Shots on goal 33
9 Hits 2
5 Blocked shots 19
8 Takeaways 8
2 Giveaways 4
10 Penalty minutes 10
BOS shooting 7.1% (2/28) ATL shooting 3.0% (1/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 59:38 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:08 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 8-1-1 (80% win rate, 10 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 1-5-3 (11% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 4–0
Dec 132008 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–4 Dec 122008 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 7–3 Oct 252008 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 4–5 Mar 12008 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–3 SO Dec 312007 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–5
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Who won Bruins vs Thrashers on December 28, 2008?

Bruins won 2–1. The final score was Bruins 2, Thrashers 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Michael Ryder, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Thrashers season series?

Bruins lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 27 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 4–2 AfterDec 30 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–2
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 26 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–4 AfterDec 30 🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR 3–4
Also on December 28
🪶CHI 4–1 🌲MIN 🦆ANA 4–3 🎵STL 🍁TOR 1–4 🦅WSH 🐯NSH 2–5 🛢️EDM 🏛️OTT 0–3 🐋VAN
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