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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–1

Rangers beat Bruins 4–3 at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 2009.

BOS – NYR
39–30
Shots on goal
1/4–1/3
Power play
49–40
Hits
16–8
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 🗽 NYR
Nik Antropov
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:32 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Zdeno Chara
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 26:52 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
36 saves
0.923 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 Nik Antropov Go-ahead 2nd · 03:01
Assists: Chris Drury, Wade Redden · beat Manny Fernandez
0–1
🐻 Chuck Kobasew Tying 2nd · 05:01
Assists: Zdeno Chara · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–1
🗽 Scott Gomez PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:12
Assists: Nik Antropov, Derek Morris · beat Manny Fernandez
1–2
🗽 Ryan Callahan 2nd · 16:26
Assists: Sean Avery, Lauri Korpikoski · beat Manny Fernandez
1–3
3rd period
🐻 Zdeno Chara 3rd · 02:12
Assists: Aaron Ward, P.J. Axelsson · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–3
🐻 Michael Ryder PP Tying 3rd · 03:47
Assists: Marc Savard, Patrice Bergeron · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–3
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev Go-ahead 3rd · 13:38
Assists: Marc Staal · beat Manny Fernandez
3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Kessel 17:51
L2 Krejci · Wheeler · Recchi 16:07
L3 Lucic · Ryder · Kobasew 14:42
L4 Axelsson · Thornton · Bitz 9:49
D1 Chara · Wideman 25:28
D2 Ference · Ward 19:52
D3 Hnidy · Stuart 14:23
🗽Rangers
L1 Drury · Dubinsky · Gomez 18:17
L2 Naslund · Antropov · Zherdev 16:53
L3 Avery · Korpikoski · Callahan 14:29
L4 Sjostrom · Betts · Orr 9:13
D1 Rozsival · Redden 24:16
D2 Staal · Girardi 21:13
D3 Mara · Morris 14:30

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS NYR🗽
39 Shots on goal 30
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
49 Hits 40
16 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 10
3 Giveaways 2
17 Penalty minutes 17
BOS shooting 7.7% (3/39) NYR shooting 13.3% (4/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 58:27 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 15-7-3 (60% win rate, 25 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 13-8-3 (54% win rate, 24 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2-2 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Rangers
Rangers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 2–1
Jan 312009 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 0–1 Nov 152008 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 2–3 SO Mar 92008 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 0–1 SO Jan 202008 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 3–1 Jan 192008 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 3–4 SO
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Who won Bruins vs Rangers on March 8, 2009?

Rangers won 4–3. The final score was Bruins 3, Rangers 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Chuck Kobasew, Michael Ryder, Zdeno Chara.

Who scored for Rangers?

Nik Antropov, Nikolay Zherdev, Ryan Callahan, Scott Gomez.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 7 🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS 3–5 AfterMar 10 🐻BOS @ 🧥CBJ 0–2
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 5 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 4–2 AfterMar 9 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 0–3
Also on March 8
🐧PIT 4–3 🦅WSH 🏔️COL 5–1 🪶CHI 🌵PHX 2–3 🏝️NYI 🔥CGY 2–5 🐦ATL 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 ⭐DAL 🌲MIN 3–2 🦆ANA
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