20/3/2010
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 33 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:72/79=91 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:22/39=55 %
Attendance: 11416 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 513720 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:01 0-1
Michael Ryder [18] (Milan Lucic)
17:57 1-1
Chris Kunitz [19] (Brooks Orpik, Sergei Gonchar)
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25:35 1-2
Milan Lucic [21])
33:19 2-2
Jonathan Tavares [9] (Kyle Okposo)
37:01 3-2
Jonathan Tavares [10] (Kyle Okposo, Sergei Gonchar)
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59:58 4-2
Mike Green [12] (Nicklas Bäckström) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:48
Jonathan Tavares (2 min for tripping)
07:42
Maxime Talbot (2 min for roughing)
13:08
Mike Peca (2 min for hooking)
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20:17
Brendan Witt (5 min for fighting)
20:17
Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
39:22
Matt Hunwick (2 min for hooking)
39:32
Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
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41:44
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for roughing)
41:44
Chuck Kobasew (2 min for roughing)
44:45
David Krejci (2 min for roughing)
47:42
Andrew Ference (2 min for tripping)
55:29
Bill Guerin (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.40 4
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 13.40 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 19.50 9
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
C Mike Peca 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 15.30 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 3 19.30 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 8.10 4
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 15.50 9
L Jonathan Tavares 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 19.50 8
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 -1 17.00 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 4 1 4 5 0 18.50 8
D Mike Green 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 3 26.20 10
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 13.50 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 17.50 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 3 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.00 6
R Michael Ryder 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.50 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 19.40 7
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 14.20 6
C Steve Bégin 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 8.20 6
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 16.10 6
C Marc Savard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 7
L Blake Wheeler 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 4.00 6
L Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 16.10 5
L Milan Lucic 1 1 4 6 0 6 0 1 20.30 10
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -2 17.10 5
D Matt Hunwick 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16.10 4
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 19.30 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 -1 24.40 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 17.30 5
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 29 0 0 59.00 6
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jonathan Tavares
2nd star: Kyle Okposo
3rd star: Chris Kunitz
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jonathan Tavares scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Mike Green finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Michael Ryder ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Chuck Kobasew had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Shawn Thornton beat Brendan Witt in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 19) , Providence Bruins 2( 14)
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1-0 WIL Chris Conner (Alex Grant)
2-0 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-1 PRO Igor Musatov (Byron Bitz, Zach Hamill)
3-1 WIL Mike Rupp (Craig Adams)
3-2 PRO Adam McQuaid (Drew Larman, Zbynek Hampl)
4-2 WIL Craig Adams (Luca Caputi, Chris Lee)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Dany Sabourin