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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at home.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Boston Bruins 4 53-19-10
at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 45-28-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 2 1 1 4
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 0 4 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 5 12 8 25
Pittsburgh Penguins 13 8 13 34

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Bill Guerin (18) Sidney Crosby (61), Chris Kunitz (25) Even strength BOS 0, PIT 1
1st 01:06 Boston Bruins Mark Recchi (16) Mark Stuart (9), Chuck Kobasew (18) Even strength BOS 1, PIT 1
1st 10:16 Boston Bruins Phil Kessel (31) Blake Wheeler (22), Zdeno Chara (27) Even strength BOS 2, PIT 1
1st 16:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz (20) Sidney Crosby (62), Bill Guerin (25) Power play BOS 2, PIT 2
2nd 10:31 Boston Bruins Blake Wheeler (18) David Krejci (42) Shorthanded BOS 3, PIT 2
3rd 00:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Sergei Gonchar (5) Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (63) Power play BOS 3, PIT 3
3rd 01:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz (21) Bill Guerin (26) Even strength BOS 3, PIT 4
3rd 02:54 Boston Bruins Michael Ryder (24) Unassisted Power play BOS 4, PIT 4
3rd 09:29 Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Sykora (24) Jordan Staal (21), Pascal Dupuis (14) Even strength BOS 4, PIT 5
3rd 19:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Jordan Staal (19) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net BOS 4, PIT 6

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 25 34
Power play 1 of 5 2 of 8
Penalty minutes 16 10
Hits 30 29
Blocked shots 15 12
Giveaways 4 7
Takeaways 5 4
Faceoffs won 34/57 (59.6%) 23/57 (40.4%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 P. Axelsson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 10:00
12 C. Kobasew R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 15:01
17 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 14:50
22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 03:44
26 B. Wheeler R 1 1 2 +2 2 4 1 0 0 12:09
28 M. Recchi R 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 0 0 16:06
37 P. Bergeron C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 1 0 70.4% 20:49
46 D. Krejci C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 0 0 40% 17:17
61 B. Bitz R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 08:39
73 M. Ryder R 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 1 14:16
81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 +1 0 7 0 0 0 14:33
91 M. Savard C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 55.6% 21:29
6 D. Wideman D 0 0 0 -3 4 1 1 1 0 22:09
21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 3 0 18:45
23 S. Montador D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 1 0 17:34
33 Z. Chara D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 4 2 0 25:56
44 A. Ward D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 5 0 17:55
45 M. Stuart D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 5 1 0 15:54
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30 T. Thomas 33 28 5 .849 58:42 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
9 P. Dupuis R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 09:26
11 J. Staal C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 2 2 0 61.5% 18:04
13 B. Guerin R 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 17:25
14 C. Kunitz L 2 1 3 +1 0 2 4 2 1 17:09
17 P. Sykora R 1 0 1 +1 2 5 0 0 0 15:48
24 M. Cooke L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 0 0 15:43
25 M. Talbot C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 25% 09:23
26 R. Fedotenko L 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 12:36
28 E. Godard R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:02
48 T. Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 11:50
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 2 7 2 1 0 40% 24:39
87 S. Crosby C 0 3 3 +1 0 2 0 1 0 34.5% 23:54
2 H. Gill D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 2 0 18:24
4 R. Scuderi D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 17:27
7 M. Eaton D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 17:52
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 +3 2 0 3 0 0 16:58
55 S. Gonchar D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 3 1 25:02
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 19:30
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
32 M. Garon 25 21 4 .840 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:57 Boston Bruins Dennis Wideman Holding 2
1st 02:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Broken stick 2
1st 06:18 Pittsburgh Penguins Brooks Orpik Interference 2
1st 14:07 Boston Bruins Dennis Wideman Slashing 2
1st 15:55 Boston Bruins Steve Montador Roughing 2
2nd 06:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke Interference 2
2nd 09:40 Boston Bruins Aaron Ward Hooking 2
2nd 14:37 Boston Bruins David Krejci Tripping 2
3rd 00:28 Boston Bruins Blake Wheeler Holding 2
3rd 02:29 Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Sykora Hooking 2
3rd 05:33 Boston Bruins P.J. Axelsson Interference 2
3rd 07:16 Boston Bruins Steve Montador Hooking 2
3rd 19:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Max Talbot Slashing 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Bylsma
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Dennis LaRue
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Steve Barton
Boston Bruins scratches
Stephane Yelle, Shane Hnidy, Marco Sturm, Johnny Boychuk, Martin St. Pierre, Matt Hunwick, Tuukka Rask, Matt Lashoff, Vladimir Sobotka, Mikko Lehtonen
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Philippe Boucher, Miroslav Satan, Craig Adams, Dany Sabourin, Mike Zigomanis, Jeff Taffe, Connor James, Chris Minard, Ryan Stone, Paul Bissonnette, Alex Goligoski, Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas, Tim Wallace, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi, Dustin Jeffrey, John Curry

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Boston Bruins 1 Final/SO Game page
Boston Bruins 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Boston Bruins 4 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 15

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
New York Islanders 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 2 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at St. Louis Blues 5 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 1 at Anaheim Ducks 0 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final Game page

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