Avalanche 4–2 Bruins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 8, 2016)

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

David Pastrnak

2 G

4 shots · 16:26 TOI

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Nathan MacKinnon

1 G

5 shots · 18:32 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Matt Duchene

1 G

3 shots · 20:18 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Matt Duchene Go-ahead 1st · 05:30

Unassisted · beat Anton Khudobin

1–0

🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon SH 1st · 12:57

Unassisted · beat Anton Khudobin

2–0

2nd period

🏔️ John Mitchell 2nd · 04:09

Unassisted · beat Anton Khudobin

3–0

🐻 David Pastrnak 2nd · 12:03

Assists: Tim Schaller · beat Calvin Pickard

3–1

🐻 David Pastrnak 2nd · 13:23

Assists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · beat Calvin Pickard

3–2

🏔️ Carl Soderberg 2nd · 17:05

Assists: Mikhail Grigorenko, Francois Beauchemin · beat Anton Khudobin

4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Duchene · MacKinnon · Rantanen 18:56

L2 Comeau · Mitchell · Grigorenko 17:16

L3 Soderberg · Bourque · Iginla 16:05

L4 Martinsen · McLeod · Colborne 7:19

D1 Beauchemin · Barrie 22:11

D2 Tyutin · Zadorov 19:30

D3 Goloubef · Wiercioch 17:28

🐻Bruins

L1 Marchand · Krejci · Backes 17:56

L2 Schaller · Bergeron · Pastrnak 16:26

L3 Spooner · Nash · Czarnik 14:09

L4 Blidh · Moore · Hayes 12:10

D1 Chara · Carlo 23:22

D2 Krug · Miller 19:58

D3 McQuaid · Miller 13:46

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL BOS🐻

22 Shots on goal 31

27 Hits 26

14 Blocked shots 8

15 Takeaways 12

8 Giveaways 8

6 Penalty minutes 6

COL shooting 18.2% (4/22) BOS shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Calvin Pickard

29/31

.935 SV% · 2 GA · 59:39 TOI

🐻Bruins

Anton Khudobin

18/22

.818 SV% · 4 GA · 58:04 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

COL BOS

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1-2 (25% win rate, 4 games)

After 2nd — 4–2

Avalanche

Avalanche — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Nov 132016 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 2–0 Nov 122015 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Oct 142015 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 6–2 Jan 212015 🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL 2–3 SO Oct 132014 🏔️COL @ 🐻BOS 2–1

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Who won Avalanche vs Bruins on December 8, 2016?

Avalanche won 4–2. The final score was Avalanche 4, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Carl Soderberg, John Mitchell, Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Pastrnak (2).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Calvin Pickard made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Anton Khudobin made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Bruins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 6 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 3–4 AfterDec 10 🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–10

🐻 Bruins

BeforeDec 7 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterDec 10 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 4–1

Also on December 8

🎵STL 2–3 🏝️NYI 🛢️EDM 5–6 🔔PHI 😈NJD 2–5 🇨🇦MTL 🐋VAN 5–1 ⚡TBL 🐧PIT 5–1 🐆FLA 🗽NYR 2–1 ✈️WPG 🐯NSH 2–5 ⭐DAL 🔥CGY 2–1 🌵ARI

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