Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, February 24, 2009 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 6-1 on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Panthers 39-25.
Byron Bitz scored twice. Patrice Bergeron, Mark Stuart, Kamil Kreps, Aaron Ward and Michael Ryder also scored.
Tim Thomas made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Patrice Bergeron (6)Unassisted0–100:48 BOS
Mark Stuart (5)Michael Ryder (18), Blake Wheeler (19)0–206:17 BOS
Kamil Kreps (2)Nick Tarnasky (4), Anthony Stewart (5)1–213:34 FLA
2nd period
Byron Bitz (2)Stephane Yelle (10), Shawn Thornton (5)1–315:53 BOS
3rd period
- Byron Bitz (3)Stephane Yelle (11), Dennis Wideman (29)1–403:24 BOS
Aaron Ward (2)Marc Savard (45), Milan Lucic (21)1–505:46 BOS
Michael Ryder (20)P.J. Axelsson (18), Marc Savard (46)1–609:31 BOS · PPG
Team stats
FLABOS
25Shots on goal39
54%Faceoff %46%
0/1Power play1/2
9Penalty minutes7
19Hits23
19Blocked shots15
2Giveaways1
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 3rd 04:58
Chuck Kobasew · fighting5 min - 3rd 04:58
Keith Ballard · fighting5 min - 3rd 09:07Cory Stillman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:49Nick Boynton · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:38Milan Lucic · holding2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 12:40 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 10David BoothL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:08 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Craig AndersonG | L | 39 | 33 | 6 | .846 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:41 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:21 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:26 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:38 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 7 | 22:10 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |