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12/12/2008
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Boston Bruins 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 33 - 19
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:74/89=83 %, Challenges:30/50=58 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:63/80=78 %, Challenges:17/43=38 %
Attendance: 14930 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 656920 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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19:55 0-1
Thomas Vanek [8] (Craig Rivet)
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29:43 1-1
Rostislav Klesla [3] (Vladislav Evseev, Maxime Sauvé)
31:53 2-1
Chuck Kobasew [10] (Michael Ryder, Phil Kessel)
35:36 3-1
Rostislav Klesla [4] (Zdeno Chara, Phil Kessel)
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48:38 3-2
Jason Pominville [4] (Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek)PP
59:13 4-2
Phil Kessel [11] (Milan Lucic) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:55
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for elbowing)
12:42
Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
12:42
Phil Kessel (2 min for roughing)
14:19
Milan Lucic (2 min for roughing)
14:19
Tyler Myers (2 min for roughing)
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33:31
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for elbowing)
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47:08
Vladislav Evseev (2 min for tripping)
53:43
Patrick Kaleta (2 min for hooking)
58:57
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for roughing)
58:57
Michael Ryder (2 min for roughing)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.10 7
R David Krejci 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 13.40 6
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 8
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 19.20 7
C Maxime Sauvé 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 14.50 8
C Phil Kessel 1 2 6 1 1 0 2 3 16.40 10
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Vladislav Evseev 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 6
L Milan Lucic 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 16.20 7
L Michael Ryder 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 18.20 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 1 21.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 2 0 3 6 4 5 0 2 24.10 9
D Mark Stuart 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 14.50 6
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 19.40 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 4 4 4 0 2 27.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tim Thomas 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Tuukka Rask 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 7.20 4
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 16.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 14.30 5
R Jason Pominville 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Luke Adam 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 4
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 20.00 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -2 14.30 5
C Derek Roy 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 4
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 16.20 4
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 -2 15.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 4 4 3 0 0 19.50 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17.40 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 22.00 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 17.20 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 -3 20.20 4
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 -1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 29 0 0 58.30 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Phil Kessel
2nd star: Rostislav Klesla
3rd star: Chuck Kobasew
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Chuck Kobasew scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chuck Kobasew finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Vladislav Evseev finally ended his 19 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 3( 23) , Rochester Americans 2( 14)
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1-0 PRO Carl Söderberg (P.J. Axelsson)
2-0 PRO Mark Recchi (Jeremy Reich)
2-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan)
3-1 PRO Jeremy Reich (Andrew Alberts)
3-2 ROC Johan Andersson (Marc-André Gragnani)
Goalies: Manny Fernandez - Adam Dennis