Chicago Blackhawks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2009 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Blackhawks 39-35.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Jonathan Toews, David Krejci, Phil Kessel, Kris Versteeg, Patrick Kane and P.J. Axelsson also scored.
Tim Thomas made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Cristobal Huet stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (14)Chuck Kobasew (17), Patrice Bergeron (22)0–110:19 BOS
2nd period
Jonathan Toews (27)Patrick Kane (37), Cam Barker (27)1–115:11 CHI · PPG
David Krejci (21)Andrew Ference (14), Dennis Wideman (31)1–215:41 BOS- Mark Recchi (15)Dennis Wideman (32), Patrice Bergeron (23)1–316:16 BOS
3rd period
Phil Kessel (27)Marc Savard (51), Milan Lucic (22)1–401:35 BOS
Kris Versteeg (17)Matt Walker (12), Andrew Ladd (27)2–410:26 CHI
Patrick Kane (21)Brian Campbell (36), Jonathan Toews (29)3–414:34 CHI · PPG
P.J. Axelsson (5)Unassisted3–519:27 BOS · EN
Team stats
CHIBOS
35Shots on goal39
48%Faceoff %52%
2/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits38
14Blocked shots17
7Giveaways2
6Takeaways8
Penalties
- 2nd 07:10
Aaron Ward · hooking2 min - 2nd 13:42Andrew Ference · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:03
Ben Eager · holding2 min - 3rd 02:30Adam Burish · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:24Dave Bolland · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:27Andrew Ference · interference2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 18:30 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 25Cam BarkerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 21:41 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 24Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 27Pascal PelletierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:34 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 37Adam BurishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:17 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 27:44 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:00 |
| 23Aaron JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 38Cristobal HuetG | L | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 59:21 |
Boston Bruins
| 28Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 18:03 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 22:35 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16:58 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:42 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | 20:22 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:05 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:29 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |