Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Boston Bruins 5
Shots: 25 - 21
PP: 2 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:52/79=65 %, Challenges:45/45=97 %
PP: 2 of 9 (8 shots), Passing:80/94=85 %, Challenges:25/35=69 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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18:29 1-0
Sergei Gonchar [9] (Brooks Laich)PP
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31:24 1-1
Scott Niedermayer [8] (Mike Richards, Steve Sullivan)PP
33:51 1-2
Martin Straka [6] (Zach Bogosian, Mark Popovic)PP
37:01 1-3
Jason Arnott [33] (Andy McDonald, Sergei Fedorov)
39:13 2-3
Alexander Semin [36] (Brooks Laich, Sergei Gonchar)PP
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48:48 3-3
Chris Kunitz [24] (Drew Doughty, Duncan Keith)
50:43 3-4
Marco Sturm [16] (Scott Niedermayer)
58:32 3-5
Jason Arnott [34] (Scott Niedermayer, Andrew Ference) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:25
Ryan Malone (2 min for tripping)
06:55
Alex Kovalev (2 min for elbowing)
10:55
Luke Adam (2 min for elbowing)
14:04
Mark Recchi (2 min for slashing)
15:01
James van Riemsdyk (2 min for slashing)
17:18
Karlis Skrastins (2 min for tripping)
18:43
Luke Adam (2 min for tripping)
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21:11
Marco Sturm (2 min for roughing)
24:28
Alex Kovalev (2 min for hooking)
27:53
Mark Recchi (2 min for cross-checking)
30:37
Ryan Malone (2 min for slashing)
32:01
Matt Cooke (2 min for tripping)
33:24
Duncan Keith (2 min for high-sticking)
38:48
James van Riemsdyk (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:05
Marco Sturm (2 min for elbowing)
52:52
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for roughing)
55:28
Brooks Laich (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fabian Brunnström 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 11.40 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 5
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.30 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 -1 18.30 7
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 -1 7.30 7
C David Steckel 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 20.20 6
C Brooks Laich 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 20.40 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 21.40 8
L Luke Adam 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 7.30 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 9.00 4
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 9.40 8
L Alexander Semin 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 9
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Drew Doughty 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 20.10 8
D Duncan Keith 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -2 27.30 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 16 0 0 59.20 4
G Semyon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 6.10 7
R James van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 15.30 6
R Andy McDonald 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
R Marco Sturm 1 0 3 0 1 0 4 2 12.30 7
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.10 5
C David Backes 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18.10 6
C Jason Arnott 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 9
C Mike Richards 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 22.50 7
L Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 9.20 5
L Martin Straka 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Steve Sullivan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.50 7
D Mark Popovic 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.00 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 24.20 8
D Andrew Ference 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Sergei Fedorov 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 25.50 7
D Scott Niedermayer 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 29.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Arnott
2nd star: Scott Niedermayer
3rd star: Marco Sturm
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sergei Gonchar scored the 200th goal of his career.
-Alex Kovalev had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Drew Doughty finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Andy McDonald notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Jason Arnott has marked a new career high in goals with 34 tallies.
-Marco Sturm ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 12) , Providence Bruins 4( 27)
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0-1 PRO Lane MacDermid (Shea Guthrie, Anssi Salmela)
0-2 PRO Anssi Salmela (Mikko Lehtonen, Brad Marchand)
0-3 PRO Carl Söderberg (Brad Marchand)
0-4 PRO Brad Marchand (Carl Söderberg, Anssi Salmela)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Dany Sabourin