Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 50-21-11
at Boston Bruins 4 44-31-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 0 1 3
Boston Bruins 0 3 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 12 4 6 22
Boston Bruins 13 16 8 37

Three stars

  1. B. Marchand, Boston Bruins (2 goals)
  2. P. Bergeron, Boston Bruins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. D. Backes, Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz (8) Unassisted Even strength PIT 1, BOS 0
1st 11:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (15) Sidney Crosby (27), Justin Schultz (27) Power play PIT 2, BOS 0
2nd 01:38 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (20) Patrice Bergeron (13), Kevan Miller (4) Shorthanded PIT 2, BOS 1
2nd 06:27 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (21) David Pastrnak (17), Brandon Carlo (8) Even strength PIT 2, BOS 2
2nd 10:25 Boston Bruins Riley Nash (3) Torey Krug (27), Dominic Moore (7) Even strength PIT 2, BOS 3
3rd 00:51 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron (11) David Pastrnak (18), Ryan Spooner (17) Power play PIT 2, BOS 4
3rd 10:35 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist (12) Chris Kunitz (15) Even strength PIT 3, BOS 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 22 37
Power play 1 of 5 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 31 21
Hits 22 27
Blocked shots 13 10
Giveaways 13 7
Takeaways 12 13
Faceoffs won 30/71 (42.3%) 41/71 (57.7%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 36.8% 17:56
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 18:26
Number 16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 61.5% 09:23
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15:01
Number 23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 17 0 2 1 0 06:59
Number 34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 08:02
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:26
Number 59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 57.1% 12:28
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 12:40
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 0 0 15:27
Number 81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 -1 4 2 0 0 1 17:12
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 39.3% 22:19
Number 2 C. Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 14:10
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 3 0 18:26
Number 4 J. Schultz D 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 1 0 22:08
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 21:42
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 1 0 18:16
Number 28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 19:36
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 M. Murray 37 33 4 .892 58:42 Loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 J. Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 05:44
Number 20 R. Nash C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 33.3% 14:57
Number 28 D. Moore C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 50% 11:57
Number 37 P. Bergeron C 1 1 2 +1 2 5 2 0 1 79.3% 22:33
Number 39 M. Beleskey L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 13:41
Number 42 D. Backes R 0 0 0 0 6 3 6 0 0 13:23
Number 46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 45% 15:04
Number 51 R. Spooner C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 40% 14:24
Number 59 T. Schaller L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 07:21
Number 63 B. Marchand L 2 0 2 +1 0 4 0 1 0 23:25
Number 72 F. Vatrano R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:56
Number 88 D. Pastrnak R 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 19:32
Number 6 C. Miller D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 1 0 14:20
Number 25 B. Carlo D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 2 0 12:25
Number 33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 2 0 26:17
Number 47 T. Krug D 0 1 1 +1 0 6 1 1 0 22:52
Number 54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 19:37
Number 86 K. Miller D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 5 1 0 17:41
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 T. Rask 22 19 3 .864 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:51 Boston Bruins Brandon Carlo Cross checking 2
1st 11:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Kuhnhackl Tripping 2
1st 17:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Fehr Tripping 2
2nd 00:36 Boston Bruins Adam McQuaid Tripping 2
2nd 08:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Trevor Daley Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 08:26 Boston Bruins David Backes Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 15:09 Boston Bruins David Backes Cross checking 2
2nd 15:09 Boston Bruins David Backes Roughing 2
2nd 15:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Cross checking 2
2nd 15:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Roughing 2
2nd 15:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Fehr Roughing 2
2nd 19:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson Instigator 2
2nd 19:12 Boston Bruins Colin Miller Fighting (major) 5
2nd 19:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson Fighting (major) 5
2nd 19:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 01:38 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Tripping 2
3rd 15:26 Boston Bruins Matt Beleskey Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 17:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Trevor Daley Hooking 2
3rd 18:44 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak Tripping 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Chris Rooney, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Matt MacPherson, Brian Murphy
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Matt Cullen, Evgeni Malkin, Carter Rowney
Boston Bruins scratches
John-Michael Liles, Joe Morrow, Austin Czarnik

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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