🐧 Away Penguins 24-15-2 before this game
2–5
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 16-17-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1012
BOS 1135

Penguins at Bruins

Bruins beat Penguins 5–2 at TD Garden on January 9, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Jan 9, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Andrei Kovalenko
3 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:42 TOI · +4
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
4 A
2 shots · 26:28 TOI · +4
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Sergei Samsonov
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · 21:07 TOI · +4

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:00
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Robert Lang · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
🐻 Sergei Samsonov Tying 1st · 08:07
Assists: Joe Thornton, Andrei Kovalenko · beat Garth Snow
1–1
2nd period
🐻 Brandon Smith PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:48
Assists: Patrick Traverse, Bill Guerin · beat Garth Snow
1–2
3rd period
🐻 Andrei Kovalenko 3rd · 01:09
Assists: Joe Thornton, Don Sweeney · beat Garth Snow
1–3
🐻 Andrei Kovalenko 3rd · 03:09
Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Joe Thornton · beat Garth Snow
1–4
🐧 Mario Lemieux 3rd · 11:17
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Jan Hrdina · beat Byron Dafoe
2–4
🐻 Andrei Kovalenko 3rd · 17:03
Assists: Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov · beat Garth Snow
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
22 Shots on goal 26
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
31 Hits 33
11 Blocked shots 5
3 Takeaways 9
6 Giveaways 5
20 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 9.1% (2/22) BOS shooting 19.2% (5/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Garth Snow
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 59:50 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 24-15-2 (59% win rate, 41 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 16-17-8 (39% win rate, 41 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lang · Kovalev · Jagr 21:49
L2 Straka · Hrdina · Lemieux 19:20
L3 Beranek · Corbet · Barnaby 15:46
L4 Kraft · Morozov 3:52
D1 Kasparaitis · Moran 19:56
D2 Boughner · Laukkanen 17:26
D3 Norton · Bergevin 12:22
D4 Slegr 11:16
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Allison · Guerin 23:09
L2 Samsonov · Rolston · Kovalenko 21:02
L3 Axelsson · Nazarov · Knuble 10:17
L4 Belanger · Eloranta · Bates 0:51
D1 McLaren · Gill 24:34
D2 Traverse · Sweeney 20:18
D3 Smith · Kolarik 13:29

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 6, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Bruins won
Nov 28, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Apr 9, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Mar 18, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won
Feb 26, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
2–2 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on January 9, 2001?

Bruins won 5–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Bruins?

The final score was Penguins 2, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux (2).

Who scored for Bruins?

Andrei Kovalenko (3), Brandon Smith, Sergei Samsonov.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Garth Snow made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 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 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Jan 8
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · PIT won
Next game · Jan 12
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Jan 6
⭐DAL @ 🐻BOS
4–0 · DAL won
Next game · Jan 10
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–1 · BOS won
Also on January 9, 2001
🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR
3–7 final
🪶CHI @ 🏝️NYI
6–3 final
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
2–2 final
⚔️BUF @ 🦈SJS
1–2 final
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