Atlanta Thrashers 4 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 30 - 23
PP: 0 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:53/57=91 %
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:62/78=79 %, Challenges:33/38=84 %
Attendance: 18750 of 18750 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 881250 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:38 1-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [25] (Alexei Zhitnik)
14:47 2-0
Slava Kozlov [18] (Steve Rucchin)
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30:13 2-1
Phil Kessel [12] (Stanislav Chistov, Shane Hnidy)
32:12 3-1
Mark Recchi [15] (Alexei Zhitnik)
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40:26 3-2
Glen Murray [21] (Andrew Alberts, Andrew Ference)
44:06 4-2
Garnet Exelby [3] (Kari Lehtonen)
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Penalty summary:
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01:38
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for slashing)
02:46
Chris Thorburn (2 min for roughing)
02:46
Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
03:41
Brad Marchand (2 min for slashing)
06:35
Stanislav Chistov (2 min for high-sticking)
11:08
Shane Hnidy (2 min for slashing)
16:49
Phil Kessel (2 min for high-sticking)
18:52
Stanislav Chistov (2 min for elbowing)
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27:32
Aaron Ward (2 min for slashing)
28:56
Andrew Ference (2 min for roughing)
28:56
Darren Haydar (2 min for roughing)
35:46
Marc Savard (2 min for roughing)
35:46
Jason Krog (2 min for roughing)
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48:04
Bobby Holik (2 min for roughing)
48:04
Glen Metropolit (2 min for roughing)
49:48
Ken Klee (2 min for tripping)
58:47
Garnet Exelby (2 min for cross-checking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Slava Kozlov
2nd star: Alexei Zhitnik
3rd star: Mark Recchi
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Alexei Zhitnik notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mark Recchi scored his 15th goal of the season.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Phil Kessel has marked a new career high in goals with 12 tallies.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 3( 17) , Providence Bruins 2( 20)
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1-0
Kevin Doell (Brett Sterling, Bryan Little)
1-1
Chris Collins (Petteri Nokelainen, Tim Thomas)
2-1
Bryan Little (Kevin Doell, Brett Sterling)
2-2
Brad Schell (T.J. Trevelyan)
3-2
Bryan Little (Mark Popovic)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Tim Thomas