Phoenix Coyotes at Boston Bruins

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 7:00 PM ET TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Thursday, March 5, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Phoenix Coyotes at Boston Bruins
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Phoenix Coyotes	2	36-39-7
at Boston Bruins	1	53-19-10

Goals by period, Phoenix Coyotes at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Phoenix Coyotes	1	1	0	2
Boston Bruins	1	0	0	1

Shots on goal by period, Phoenix Coyotes at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Phoenix Coyotes	6	8	4	18
Boston Bruins	9	6	11	26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Phoenix Coyotes at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:09	Boston Bruins	Chuck Kobasew (15)	Patrice Bergeron (21), P.J. Axelsson (19)	Even strength	PHX 0, BOS 1
1st	12:01	Phoenix Coyotes	Scottie Upshall (8)	Joakim Lindstrom (10)	Power play	PHX 1, BOS 1
2nd	07:52	Phoenix Coyotes	Steve Reinprecht (11)	Nigel Dawes (10), Peter Mueller (21)	Even strength	PHX 2, BOS 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Phoenix Coyotes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 S. Upshall	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1		13:36
Number 11 M. Hanzal	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	66.7%	13:42
Number 14 N. Dawes	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0		14:35
Number 15 M. Lombardi	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	0	44%	19:30
Number 16 P. Prucha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		16:03
Number 19 S. Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	0		18:35
Number 28 S. Reinprecht	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0	47.1%	14:43
Number 36 J. Lindstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		10:49
Number 41 V. Tikhonov	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		13:31
Number 88 P. Mueller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	0		14:49
Number 89 M. Boedker	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:25
Number 91 K. Turris	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	62.5%	12:43
Number 2 K. Klee	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		14:39
Number 3 K. Yandle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:02
Number 4 Z. Michalek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4	0		23:41
Number 44 K. Sauer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0		23:18
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	0		22:20
Number 55 E. Jovanovski	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2	0		20:21

Phoenix Coyotes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 I. Bryzgalov	26	25	1	.962	60:00	Win

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 P. Axelsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100%	13:29
Number 12 C. Kobasew	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0		16:01
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	100%	14:29
Number 18 S. Yelle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	41.7%	13:38
Number 22 S. Thornton	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		12:53
Number 26 B. Wheeler	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:35
Number 28 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	100%	16:54
Number 37 P. Bergeron	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	37.5%	16:41
Number 46 D. Krejci	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	54.5%	11:33
Number 73 M. Ryder	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	100%	11:27
Number 81 P. Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25%	17:24
Number 91 M. Savard	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	80%	21:52
Number 6 D. Wideman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2		24:40
Number 21 A. Ference	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2		20:25
Number 23 S. Montador	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		14:26
Number 33 Z. Chara	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0		25:54
Number 44 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		19:45
Number 45 M. Stuart	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		15:13

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 T. Thomas	18	16	2	.889	58:42	Loss

Penalties, Phoenix Coyotes at Boston Bruins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:02	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Interference	2
1st	13:56	Phoenix Coyotes	Shane Doan	Hooking	2
2nd	12:26	Phoenix Coyotes	Ken Klee	Interference	2
2nd	14:31	Boston Bruins	Andrew Ference	Tripping	2
3rd	18:22	Phoenix Coyotes	Viktor Tikhonov	Elbowing	2

Phoenix Coyotes head coach: Wayne Gretzky
Boston Bruins head coach: Claude Julien
Referees: Brad Watson, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Vaughan Rody, Tony Sericolo
Phoenix Coyotes scratches: Todd Fedoruk, Brian McGrattan, David Hale, Garth Murray, Joel Perrault, Jeff Hoggan, Steven Goertzen, Enver Lisin, Kevin Porter, Alexander Nikulin, Daniel Winnik, David Schlemko
Boston Bruins scratches: Shane Hnidy, Marco Sturm, Johnny Boychuk, Martin St. Pierre, Byron Bitz, Petteri Nokelainen, Martins Karsums, Matt Hunwick, Tuukka Rask, Matt Lashoff, Vladimir Sobotka, Mikko Lehtonen

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