Boston Bruins vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 11, 2006 · Philips Arena
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Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Bruins 28–23.
Goals came from Jon Sim, P.J. Axelsson, Scott Mellanby, Glen Metropolit and Marian Hossa.
Kari Lehtonen made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Hannu Toivonen stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Jon Sim (2)Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Steve Rucchin (1)0–102:53 ATL
P.J. Axelsson (1)Brad Boyes (2), Zdeno Chara (5)1–105:14 BOS · 
Scott Mellanby (2)Marian Hossa (3), Vyacheslav Kozlov (3)1–214:27 ATL · 
Glen Metropolit (1)Vyacheslav Kozlov (4), Vitaly Vishnevski (1)1–315:35 ATL
3rd period
Marian Hossa (4)Garnet Exelby (1), Niclas Havelid (2)1–404:11 ATL
Team stats
BOSATL
2328
43%57%
1/81/4
816
1719
1417
410
67
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Marian Hossa · hooking2 min - 8:02 into the first period
Andrew Alberts · hooking2 min - 10:26 into the first periodJean-Pierre Vigier · hooking2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodWayne Primeau · hooking2 min
- 19:14 into the first periodZdeno Chara · interference2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodSteve McCarthy · holding the stick2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodVitaly Vishnevski · holding2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodP.J. Axelsson · interference2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodGarnet Exelby · cross checking2 min
- 1:45 into the third periodGarnet Exelby · high sticking2 min
- 14:42 into the third periodScott Mellanby · tripping2 min
- 19:12 into the third periodNiclas Havelid · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 26Brad BoyesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 28:16 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 18Mark MowersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:47 |
| 20Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 32Jeff HogganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 24:06 |
| 71Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 6Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 25Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 28Wade BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 29Nathan DempseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 54Hannu ToivonenG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 9Glen MetropolitC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:15 |
| 14Jon SimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:57 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 20:23 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 3Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:00 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:24 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |