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10/1/2008
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Penguins 4 ,
Bruins 3
Shots: 30 - 21
PIT PP: 2 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:63/81=77 %, Challenges:31/45=67 %
BOS PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/80=80 %, Challenges:29/53=53 %
Attendance: 11740 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 558824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:18 0-1 BOS Brad Richards [12] (Chuck Kobasew)SH
10:58 1-1 PIT Sidney Crosby [13] (Evgeny Malkin, Marian Hossa)PP
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30:06 1-2 BOS Dennis Wideman [5] (Matt Lashoff, Peter Schaefer)
33:17 1-3 BOS Marco Sturm [15] (Peter Schaefer, Matt Lashoff)
39:17 2-3 PIT Sidney Crosby [14] (Marian Hossa, Kristopher Letang)PP
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48:42 3-3 PIT Petr Sykora [15] (Mike Van Ryn, Kristopher Letang)
59:25 4-3 PIT Chad Kilger [9] (Nathan Horton, Petr Sykora)
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Penalty summary:
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02:42 BOS Wade Belak (2 min for hooking)
09:44 BOS P.J. Axelsson (2 min for tripping)
09:44 BOS P.J. Axelsson (10 min misconduct)
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30:22 PIT Nathan Horton (5 min for fighting)
30:22 BOS Wade Belak (5 min for fighting)
37:46 BOS Dennis Wideman (2 min for roughing)
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45:55 BOS Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
45:55 PIT Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
50:12 BOS Henrik Zetterberg (2 min for high-sticking)
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Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 8.20 6
L Richard Zednik 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 6
C Nathan Horton 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 2 15.30 7
R Marian Hossa 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 7
R Derek Armstrong 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 9.10 5
L Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 5 0 6 5 0 12.40 8
R Petr Sykora 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 16.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.20 8
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.30 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 13.00 6
L Chad Kilger 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 17.20 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 -1 20.30 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 -1 15.40 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 17.50 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 -2 26.30 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -1 15.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 17.40 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 -2 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 7.50 6
R Wade Belak 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 12.20 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 19.00 6
L Jeff Hoggan 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 14.00 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 0 1 1 12 0 12.10 5
C Peter Schaefer 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 20.10 6
C Brad Richards 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 20.40 7
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 4
R Chuck Kobasew 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 7
L Marco Sturm 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 16.20 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 20.10 5
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 15.30 5
D Dennis Wideman 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 16.40 8
D Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20.40 5
D Andrew Ference 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 15.00 5
D Matt Lashoff 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 5
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrew Raycroft 4 0 26 0 0 59.50 6
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Marian Hossa
Notes for
Penguins:
-Petr Sykora scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Kristopher Letang notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mike Van Ryn finally ended his 14 game point drought.
Notes for
Bruins:
-Peter Schaefer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marco Sturm scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Peter Schaefer finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Brad Richards ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Dennis Wideman finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Wade Belak beat Nathan Horton in a fight.
-Paul Gaustad beat Shawn Thornton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 10) , Providence Bruins 0( 13)
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1-0 WIL Jarkko Ruutu (Mark Letestu, Jeff Taffe)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Tuukka Rask