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15/12/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 18 - 36
PP: 2 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:50/64=78 %, Challenges:30/44=66 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:80/89=89 %, Challenges:42/56=73 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:01 1-0
Sidney Crosby [15] (Kristopher Letang)PP
17:16 1-1
Nathan Horton [19] (Chris Kunitz, Ladislav Smid)PP
18:55 2-1
Alex Goligoski [4])PP
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30:18 2-2
Patrice Bergeron [11] (Sean O'Donnell, Ladislav Smid)
33:15 2-3
Mark Recchi [8] (Marek Svatos, Sean O'Donnell)
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44:27 2-4
Evgeni Malkin [16] (Zdeno Chara, Kyle Quincey)
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Penalty summary:
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12:47
Daniel Paillé (2 min for slashing)
16:22
Marc Savard (2 min for hooking)
18:43
Greg Campbell (2 min for roughing)
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20:45
Ryan Craig (2 min for roughing)
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53:57
Marek Svatos (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
R Tim Wallace 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 5
R Jordan Caron 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 5
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 15.40 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 8.30 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 15.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 17.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.40 7
L Ryan Craig 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 10.40 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 18.00 5
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.20 5
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15.40 4
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 -1 20.00 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 -2 21.50 8
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18.10 6
D Alex Goligoski 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.00 8
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Byron Bitz 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Vojtech Polak 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.50 6
R Marek Svatos 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 16.10 7
R Nathan Horton 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Greg Campbell 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.20 5
C John Madden 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 13.30 7
C Patrice Bergeron 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 18.20 9
C Evgeni Malkin 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.30 4
L Milan Lucic 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 14.20 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
L Mark Recchi 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 19.00 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Ladislav Smid 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 21.00 8
D Kyle Quincey 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 2 24.40 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 20.20 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 3 3 2 3 0 1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: Ladislav Smid
3rd star: Nathan Horton
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Patrick Marleau had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Patrick Marleau had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Alex Goligoski finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Chris Kunitz notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ladislav Smid has marked a new career high in assists with 12 assists.
-Patrice Bergeron ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Ladislav Smid ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 10) , Providence Bruins 1( 15)
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1-0 WIL Mike Rupp
2-0 WIL Chris Conner (Mike Rupp)
2-1 PRO Yannick Riendeau (Aaron Snow)
3-1 WIL Chris Conner (Jonathan D'Aversa)
4-1 WIL Joe Vitale (Steve Wagner)
Goalies: John Curry - Thomas Greiss