Atlanta Thrashers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Monday, December 31, 2007 · TD Banknorth Garden

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Final

SOG 30–37

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Monday, December 31, 2007 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Thrashers 37-30.

Goals came from Bobby Holik, Colin Stuart, Dennis Wideman, P.J. Axelsson, Mark Stuart, Phil Kessel and Matt Lashoff.

Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 32 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	2	0	0	2	30
BOS	0	3	2	5	37

Scoring

1st period

Bobby Holik (5)Ilya Kovalchuk (21), Toby Enstrom (20)1–009:18 ATL · PPG
Colin Stuart (1)Todd White (14), Steve McCarthy (4)2–013:18 ATL

2nd period

Dennis Wideman (5)Chuck Kobasew (7), Andrew Ference (8)2–104:40 BOS · PPG
P.J. Axelsson (8)Zdeno Chara (17)2–205:14 BOS
Mark Stuart (2)Peter Schaefer (12), Glen Metropolit (9)2–309:40 BOS

3rd period

Phil Kessel (11)Andrew Ference (9), David Krejci (4)2–402:05 BOS · PPG
Matt Lashoff (1)Zdeno Chara (18), Marc Savard (34)2–506:37 BOS · PPG

Team stats

ATLBOS

30Shots on goal37

52%Faceoff %48%

1/5Power play3/4

8Penalty minutes10

11Hits14

4Blocked shots5

6Giveaways6

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 07:25David Krejci · holding2 min
1st 09:41Phil Kessel · tripping2 min
1st 19:03Chuck Kobasew · hooking2 min
2nd 03:03Chris Thorburn · holding2 min
2nd 13:57Andrew Ference · tripping2 min
3rd 00:23Toby Enstrom · interference2 min
3rd 05:48Niclas Havelid · holding2 min
3rd 09:04Niclas Havelid · slashing2 min
3rd 17:05Petteri Nokelainen · tripping2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	64	19:10
16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	62	14:31
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	-1	5	1	0	0	–	22:35
49Colin StuartL	1	0	1	+1	4	3	0	0	–	10:35
5Steve McCarthyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:05
39Toby EnstromD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	2	–	22:29
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	17:50
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	–	12:35
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	47	18:29
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	14:40
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	23:04
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	10:18
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	10:03
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	08:45
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:16
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	19:04
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	–	14:11
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	25:11

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	37	32	5	.865	60:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

21Andrew FerenceD	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	–	21:54
33Zdeno CharaD	0	2	2	+2	3	6	0	0	–	30:33
11P.J. AxelssonL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:10
12Chuck KobasewR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	17:13
13Glen MetropolitC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	36	16:41
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	44	14:58
72Peter SchaeferL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	12:28
81Phil KesselR	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	100	14:59
91Marc SavardC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	47	17:23
6Dennis WidemanD	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	30:23
45Mark StuartD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:26
49Matt LashoffD	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:50
16Marco SturmL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	18:38
17Milan LucicL	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	100	14:35
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	07:35
53Jeremy ReichC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	11:18
56Petteri NokelainenC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	63	06:50
48Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:21

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Alex AuldG		0	0	0	–	–
30Tim ThomasG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:52