Lightning 1–3 Bruins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 31, 2009)

The game

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

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Three stars

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1st star 🐻 BOS

Zdeno Chara

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 20:52 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

David Krejci

2 A

15:48 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Chuck Kobasew

1 G

6 shots · 16:17 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Blake Wheeler Go-ahead 1st · 14:03

Assists: Marc Savard · beat Mike McKenna

0–1

2nd period

🐻 Zdeno Chara PP 2nd · 06:56

Assists: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci · beat Mike McKenna

0–2

🐻 Chuck Kobasew PP 2nd · 13:35

Assists: Zdeno Chara, David Krejci · beat Mike McKenna

0–3

3rd period

⚡ Steven Stamkos 3rd · 12:07

Assists: Ryan Malone, Matt Lashoff · beat Manny Fernandez

1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Malone · Stamkos · St. Louis 22:04

L2 Prospal · Lecavalier · Halpern 17:17

L3 Pettinger · Craig · Bochenski 12:41

L4 Karsums · Hall · Artyukhin 10:50

D1 Lashoff · Krajicek 21:37

D2 Smaby · Petiot 20:06

D3 Melichar · Welch 12:12

🐻Bruins

L1 Axelsson · Savard · Bergeron 19:31

L2 Krejci · Kobasew · Recchi 15:48

L3 Lucic · Ryder · Wheeler 12:26

L4 Yelle · Bitz 10:28

D1 Wideman · Ference 23:34

D2 Chara · Hunwick 19:42

D3 Ward · Stuart 16:54

D4 Montador 7:30

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL BOS🐻

25 Shots on goal 39

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

21 Hits 18

4 Blocked shots 12

4 Takeaways 3

5 Giveaways 1

29 Penalty minutes 27

TBL shooting 4.0% (1/25) BOS shooting 7.7% (3/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Mike McKenna

36/39

.923 SV% · 3 GA · 59:36 TOI

🐻Bruins

Manny Fernandez

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 59:49 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-7-3 (29% win rate, 14 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 14-3-2 (74% win rate, 19 games)

After 2nd — 0–3

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 3–1

Feb 222009 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 3–4 Dec 82008 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS 3–5 Dec 42008 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 3–1 Mar 132008 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS 3–1 Feb 232008 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 5–3

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TBL vs BOS, answered

Who won Lightning vs Bruins on March 31, 2009?

Bruins won 3–1. The final score was Lightning 1, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Steven Stamkos.

Who scored for Bruins?

Blake Wheeler, Chuck Kobasew, Zdeno Chara.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike McKenna made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚡ Lightning

BeforeMar 29 🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL 3–0 AfterApr 3 ⚡TBL @ 😈NJD 4–5

🐻 Bruins

BeforeMar 29 🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI 4–3 AfterApr 2 🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS 1–2

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