Boston Bruins vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, October 9, 2008 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–4 on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Bruins 39–20.
Goals came from Phil Kessel, Milan Hejduk, Blake Wheeler, Wojtek Wolski, Cody McLeod, Marc Savard, Michael Ryder, Jordan Leopold and David Krejci.
Tim Thomas made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Kessel (1)Patrice Bergeron (1), Andrew Ference (1)1–006:21 BOS
Milan Hejduk (1)Paul Stastny (1), John-Michael Liles (1)1–110:02 COL · 
Blake Wheeler (1)David Krejci (1), Chuck Kobasew (1)2–110:51 BOS
Wojtek Wolski (1)Marek Svatos (1), Darcy Tucker (1)2–214:52 COL
2nd period
Cody McLeod (1)Joe Sakic (1), John-Michael Liles (2)2–306:34 COL
Marc Savard (1)Zdeno Chara (1), Patrice Bergeron (2)3–310:43 BOS ·
3rd period
Michael Ryder (1)Marc Savard (1), P.J. Axelsson (1)4–305:36 BOS
Jordan Leopold (1)Milan Hejduk (1), Ruslan Salei (1)4–410:17 COL
David Krejci (1)Chuck Kobasew (2), Milan Lucic (1)5–417:24 BOS
Team stats
BOSCOL
2039
45%55%
1/21/5
104
1734
2210
1216
1514
Penalties
- 9:17 into the first period
Zdeno Chara · boarding2 min - 12:41 into the first periodAndrew Ference · hooking2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodAaron Ward · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 0:31 into the second period
Brett Clark · hooking2 min - 10:35 into the second periodPaul Stastny · hooking2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodBlake Wheeler · holding2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodPatrice Bergeron · tripping2 min
Boston Bruins
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 16:08 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 42Blake WheelerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:36 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 24:04 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 25:08 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 21:25 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:18 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:03 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:22 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 22:36 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:22 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 20:13 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |