Atlanta Thrashers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 2007 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Thrashers outshot the Bruins 40–27.
Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Greg De Vries, Marco Sturm, Petr Kalus and Keith Tkachuk.
Kari Lehtonen made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Joey MacDonald stopped 37 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (39)Garnet Exelby (7), Keith Tkachuk (28)1–000:24 ATL
2nd period
Greg De Vries (3)Pascal Dupuis (5)2–009:08 ATL
Marco Sturm (26)Zdeno Chara (31), Patrice Bergeron (46)2–118:30 BOS ·
3rd period
Petr Kalus (2)Marc Savard (71)2–215:03 BOS
Keith Tkachuk (27)Marian Hossa (55), Alexei Zhitnik (31)3–219:41 ATL
Team stats
ATLBOS
4027
59%41%
0/71/3
1624
1217
179
64
53
Penalties
- 5:27 into the first period
Andrew Alberts · tripping2 min - 9:27 into the first periodAndrew Ference · high sticking2 min
- 12:17 into the first periodMarc Savard · hooking2 min
- 16:45 into the first periodAndrew Alberts · holding2 min
- 1:00 into the second period
Eric Boulton · fighting5 min - 1:00 into the second periodJeremy Reich · fighting5 min
- 9:29 into the second periodJim Slater · fighting5 min
- 9:29 into the second periodJeff Hoggan · fighting5 min
- 13:36 into the second periodBobby Holik · hooking2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodZdeno Chara · holding2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 5:52 into the third periodShean Donovan · hooking2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodGarnet Exelby · holding2 min
- 17:37 into the third periodDennis Wideman · delaying game2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 8Keith TkachukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 8 | 16:44 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:10 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:41 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:02 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 22Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 04:25 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 03:59 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:35 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Marco SturmL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:50 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:29 |
| 47Petr KalusR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:20 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:43 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 28:04 |
| 10Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:44 |
| 13Stanislav ChistovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:50 |
| 17Petr TenkratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 18Mark MowersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 22Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 32Jeff HogganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:48 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 38Bobby AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 24:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Joey MacDonaldG | L | 40 | 3 | .925 |