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2009-10 regular season

Predators at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Bruins beat Predators 3–2 at TD Garden on October 21, 2009.

NSH – BOS
30–27
Shots on goal
15–17
Hits
11–7
Blocked shots
5–4
Takeaways
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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
Michael Ryder
1 G
3 shots · 17:10 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Steve Begin
1 G
2 shots · 15:47 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Patrice Bergeron
1 G
1 shots · 18:35 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Jerred Smithson Go-ahead 1st · 05:55
Assists: David Legwand, Cody Franson · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Michael Ryder Tying 2nd · 00:26
Assists: Brad Marchand, Derek Morris · beat Dan Ellis
1–1
🐯 Colin Wilson Go-ahead 2nd · 06:17
Assists: Patric Hornqvist · beat Tim Thomas
2–1
🐻 Patrice Bergeron Tying 2nd · 12:38
Assists: Zdeno Chara · beat Dan Ellis
2–2
3rd period
🐻 Steve Begin Go-ahead 3rd · 08:33
Assists: Daniel Paille · beat Dan Ellis
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Sullivan · Legwand · Dumont 19:21
L2 O'Reilly · Hornqvist · Ward 18:00
L3 Scatchard · Wilson · Erat 15:35
L4 Smithson · Goc · Belak 8:12
D1 Weber · Suter 23:52
D2 Bouillon · Klein 20:39
D3 Franson · Sulzer 15:44
🐻Bruins
L1 Krejci · Bergeron · Ryder 18:35
L2 Begin · Sturm · Recchi 15:22
L3 Marchand · Paille · Wheeler 14:22
L4 Sobotka · Whitfield · Bitz 10:44
D1 Chara · Morris 24:00
D2 Ference · Wideman 20:27
D3 Hunwick · Stuart 15:40

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH BOS🐻
30 Shots on goal 27
15 Hits 17
11 Blocked shots 7
5 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 4
4 Penalty minutes 6
NSH shooting 6.7% (2/30) BOS shooting 11.1% (3/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Dan Ellis
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:57 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Jerred Smithson · 1st 05:55 · 1–0 Michael Ryder · 2nd 00:26 · 1–1 Colin Wilson · 2nd 06:17 · 2–1 Patrice Bergeron · 2nd 12:38 · 2–2 Steve Begin · 3rd 08:33 · 2–3
NSH BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Predators
Predators — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 142009 🐻BOS @ 🐯NSH 2–3 SO Jan 292008 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Dec 302006 🐻BOS @ 🐯NSH 0–5 Mar 92004 🐻BOS @ 🐯NSH 3–2 Nov 282003 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1
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NSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Predators vs Bruins on October 21, 2009?

Bruins won 3–2. The final score was Predators 2, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Predators?

Colin Wilson, Jerred Smithson.

Who scored for Bruins?

Michael Ryder, Patrice Bergeron, Steve Begin.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Dan Ellis made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Predators vs Bruins season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeOct 17 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 2–3 AfterOct 22 🐯NSH @ 🏛️OTT 6–5
🐻 Bruins
BeforeOct 17 🐻BOS @ 🌵PHX 1–4 AfterOct 22 🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI 3–4
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