Atlanta Thrashers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 2009 · TD Garden

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SOG 29–31

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-4 on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Thrashers 31-29.

Goals came from Marc Savard, Daniel Paille, Vladimir Sobotka, Bryan Little, Maxim Afinogenov, Zdeno Chara, Michael Ryder, Evander Kane, Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrice Bergeron.

Tim Thomas made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 20 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	2	0	2	4	29
BOS	3	1	2	6	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Marc Savard (1)Zdeno Chara (1), Dennis Wideman (1)0–109:44 BOS · PPG
Daniel Paille (1)Mark Recchi (1), Steve Begin (1)0–210:32 BOS
Vladimir Sobotka (1)Shawn Thornton (1), Matt Hunwick (1)0–310:52 BOS
Bryan Little (1)Maxim Afinogenov (1)1–314:44 ATL
Maxim Afinogenov (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Zach Bogosian (1)2–317:28 ATL

2nd period

Zdeno Chara (1)Marc Savard (1), Dennis Wideman (2)2–402:14 BOS · PPG

3rd period

Michael Ryder (1)Patrice Bergeron (1), Marc Savard (2)2–509:32 BOS · PPG
Evander Kane (1)Todd White (1), Colby Armstrong (1)3–513:58 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Maxim Afinogenov (2), Nik Antropov (1)4–515:08 ATL
Patrice Bergeron (1)Mark Recchi (2), Zdeno Chara (2)4–619:56 BOS · EN

Team stats

ATLBOS

29Shots on goal31

53%Faceoff %47%

0/4Power play3/5

10Penalty minutes8

22Hits21

8Blocked shots15

4Giveaways5

2Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 08:43Toby Enstrom · tripping2 min
1st 12:40Steve Begin · interference2 min
1st 17:59Patrice Bergeron · high sticking2 min
2nd 00:28Colby Armstrong · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 00:43Marty Reasoner · tripping2 min
2nd 12:49Steve Begin · slashing2 min
3rd 06:59Adam McQuaid · roughing2 min
3rd 07:34Ilya Kovalchuk · tripping2 min
3rd 08:17Maxim Afinogenov · slashing2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	2	3	+2	2	1	1	2	–	19:49
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	2	–	23:03
9Evander KaneL	1	0	1	-1	2	4	1	0	50	14:05
10Bryan LittleR	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	11:44
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	65	15:45
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	13:13
80Nik AntropovC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	33	21:20
4Zach BogosianD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	18:51
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:53
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	75	09:05
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	100	07:57
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:26
47Rich PeverleyC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	53	19:08
5Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:40
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	23:26
16Christoph SchubertD	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	–	14:54
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	21:34
77Pavel KubinaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	21:20

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	L	22	20	2	.909	48:10
31Ondrej PavelecG		8	5	3	.625	10:52

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

91Marc SavardC	1	2	3	+1	4	1	1	0	38	20:22
33Zdeno CharaD	1	2	3	-1	4	3	1	0	–	27:31
28Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	100	18:42
37Patrice BergeronC	1	1	2	-1	3	3	0	2	65	19:38
6Dennis WidemanD	0	2	2	-2	2	0	2	0	–	27:52
20Daniel PailleL	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	14:47
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	09:41
27Steve BeginL	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	4	75	13:37
60Vladimir SobotkaC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	17	09:21
73Michael RyderR	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:10
48Matt HunwickD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:43
16Marco SturmL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:47
26Blake WheelerR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	–	13:31
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	44	17:53
61Byron BitzR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	09:04
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:54
54Adam McQuaidD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	–	10:39
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	–	20:48

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00
40Tuukka RaskG		0	0	0	–	00:00