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1989-90 regular season

Penguins at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Bruins beat Penguins 5–4 at TD Garden on October 5, 1989.

PIT – BOS
25–43
Shots on goal
1/6–5/9
Power play
20–14
Penalty minutes
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star 🐻 BOS
Ray Bourque
1 G, 2 A
8 shots · -1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Glen Wesley
3 A
6 shots
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Kevin Stevens
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · +2

Scoring

9 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Cam Neely PP Go-ahead 2nd · 02:19
Assists: Ray Bourque, Bobby Carpenter · beat Tom Barrasso
0–1
🐧 Phil Bourque Tying 2nd · 02:37
Assists: Andrew Mcbain, Zarley Zalapski · beat Andy Moog
1–1
🐻 Peter Douris PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:06
Assists: Jarmo Kekalainen, Glen Wesley · beat Tom Barrasso
1–2
🐧 Rob Brown Tying 2nd · 15:26
Assists: Kevin Stevens, John Cullen · beat Andy Moog
2–2
🐻 Ray Bourque PP Go-ahead 2nd · 18:17
Assists: Craig Janney, Glen Wesley · beat Tom Barrasso
2–3
3rd period
🐧 Kevin Stevens PP Tying 3rd · 00:14
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Paul Coffey · beat Andy Moog
3–3
🐻 Cam Neely PP Go-ahead 3rd · 06:31
Assists: Ray Bourque, Glen Wesley · beat Tom Barrasso
3–4
🐻 Bob Sweeney PP 3rd · 11:01
Assists: Greg Hawgood, Craig Janney · beat Tom Barrasso
3–5
🐧 John Cullen 3rd · 18:14
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Kevin Stevens · beat Andy Moog
4–5

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Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
25 Shots on goal 43
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 5/9
20 Penalty minutes 14
PIT shooting 16.0% (4/25) BOS shooting 11.6% (5/43)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:56 TOI
🐻Bruins
Andy Moog
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 141989 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 8–2 Feb 51989 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 5–2 Dec 41988 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 3–3 OT Jan 71988 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 3–2 Dec 291987 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 4–4 OT
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PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on October 5, 1989?

Bruins won 5–4. The final score was Penguins 4, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

John Cullen, Kevin Stevens, Phil Bourque, Rob Brown.

Who scored for Bruins?

Cam Neely (2), Bob Sweeney, Peter Douris, Ray Bourque.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeApr 29 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 4–1 AfterOct 7 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 4–4
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 25 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterOct 7 🐻BOS @ ⚜️QUE 1–4
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