Boston Bruins vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 2007 · Philips Arena
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Bruins outshot the Thrashers 33-26.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Petteri Nokelainen, Peter Schaefer, Ilya Kovalchuk, Glen Murray, Milan Lucic and Marc Savard also scored.
Alex Auld made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Petteri Nokelainen (2)Brandon Bochenski (6), Vladimir Sobotka (1)1–016:01 BOS
2nd period
Peter Schaefer (6)Andrew Ference (4), Phil Kessel (7)2–005:55 BOS
Mark Recchi (3)Marian Hossa (15)2–110:28 ATL · PPG- Mark Recchi (4)Eric Perrin (11), Vyacheslav Kozlov (10)2–211:29 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (24)Marian Hossa (16), Toby Enstrom (14)2–316:44 ATL · PPG
Glen Murray (10)Milan Lucic (4)3–318:53 BOS
3rd period
Milan Lucic (2)Phil Kessel (8), Andrew Ference (5)4–316:13 BOS
Marc Savard (7)P.J. Axelsson (7)5–319:56 BOS · EN
Team stats
BOSATL
33Shots on goal26
36%Faceoff %64%
0/3Power play2/4
23Penalty minutes10
14Hits16
10Blocked shots15
6Giveaways18
9Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 06:40
Brad Larsen · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 17:03Ilya Kovalchuk · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:03
Marc Savard · high sticking2 min - 2nd 09:40Milan Lucic · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:07Marian Hossa · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:07Mark Stuart · kneeing5 min
- 2nd 13:07Mark Stuart · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 13:52Andrew Alberts · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:38Dennis Wideman · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:12Bobby Holik · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 17Milan LucicL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 10:02 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:41 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 10Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:43 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:46 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:23 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:03 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:41 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 29:49 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 31:48 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Alex AuldG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:44 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 | 24:04 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 23:40 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 28:16 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:40 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:38 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:33 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:40 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:19 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:19 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 59:09 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |