Atlanta Thrashers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, October 25, 2008 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–4 on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Thrashers 33–32.
Milan Lucic scored a hat trick. Jason Williams, Mathieu Schneider, Stephane Yelle, Ilya Kovalchuk, David Krejci and Vyacheslav Kozlov also scored.
Manny Fernandez made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Williams (2)Colby Armstrong (2), Erik Christensen (3)1–015:03 ATL · 
Mathieu Schneider (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (3), Vyacheslav Kozlov (2)2–019:49 ATL ·
2nd period
Stephane Yelle (1)Shawn Thornton (1)2–103:37 BOS
Milan Lucic (2)Michael Ryder (5), Marc Savard (5)2–205:57 BOS
Ilya Kovalchuk (3)Mathieu Schneider (3), Ron Hainsey (5)3–210:04 ATL · 
David Krejci (3)Milan Lucic (3), Dennis Wideman (2)3–314:22 BOS ·
3rd period
- Milan Lucic (3)Dennis Wideman (3), Andrew Ference (4)3–405:08 BOS ·
Vyacheslav Kozlov (3)Colby Armstrong (3), Marty Reasoner (1)4–407:22 ATL- Milan Lucic (4)Marc Savard (6)4–518:19 BOS
Team stats
ATLBOS
3233
43%57%
3/42/5
1210
2015
149
75
36
Penalties
- 0:20 into the first period
Todd White · charging2 min - 13:43 into the first period
Zdeno Chara · interference2 min - 17:34 into the first periodNiclas Havelid · holding2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodAndrew Ference · interference2 min
- 1:11 into the second periodMarty Reasoner · interference2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodShawn Thornton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodPatrice Bergeron · hooking2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodToby Enstrom · holding2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodBlake Wheeler · hooking2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodChris Thorburn · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 9Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 11:35 |
| 14Jason WilliamsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:08 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 21Brett SterlingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:28 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:35 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 17Milan LucicL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 5 | 15:01 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:16 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 29Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:32 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:36 |
| 42Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:38 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:27 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |