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Game Twenty-One (Live on NESN(HD) or 98.5FM The Sports Hub)
Boston Bruins (9-8-4) vs. Atlanta Thrashers (10-6-2)
November 19th, 2009 @ 7:00PM
(credit: AP Photos)
GAME BOX SCORE:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | F | |
| Boston Bruins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Atlanta Thrashers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
SHOOTOUT RECAP:
| Thrashers | Rich Peverley | Miss |
| Bruins | Patrice Bergeron | Goal |
| Thrashers | Vvacheslav Kozlov | Save |
| Bruins | Blake Wheeler | Miss |
| Panthers | Ilva Kovalchuk | Miss |
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
- Bruins lose lead late in the game again but find a way to win in the shootout.
- Boston struck first (twice) via a Marco Sturm and Michael Ryder goal to give the Bruins a 2-goal edge after the first.
- Ryder scored his 2nd goal of the game in the second period on the powerplay (Boston went 1-for-2 with the man advantage on the night).
- Shutdown! Boston stuffed Atlanta's top ranked PP unit on 4 of their 5 chances with the man advantage. Boston is currently ranked 3rd in the league on the penalty kill with a 84.8% efficiency rating.
- Tuukka Rask got the start over Thomas last night and made the best of it making 32-saves on the night, capping off his performance with 3-consecutive saves in the shootout.
- Boston out-shot Atlanta 42-to-35 last night.
- Dennis Wideman (along with Ryder) was the only Bruin to record 2-points in the game, both coming from assists.
- Milan Lucic made his return last night. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!
- Boston returns to action tonight in Buffalo to take on the Sabre's.
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