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2005-06 regular season

Bruins at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Bruins beat Penguins 7–6 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on October 8, 2005.

BOS – PIT
41–29
Shots on goal
2/7–2/9
Power play
13–12
Hits
14–15
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Glen Murray
2 G, 2 A
5 shots · 22:26 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Sergei Samsonov
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 19:20 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
3 A
23:37 TOI

Scoring

13 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ziggy Palffy Go-ahead 1st · 03:34
Assists: Steve Poapst, Dick Tarnstrom · beat Hannu Toivonen
0–1
🐻 Sergei Samsonov PP Tying 1st · 11:01
Assists: Glen Murray, Joe Thornton · beat Sebastien Caron
1–1
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:25
Assists: John LeClair, Ric Jackman · beat Hannu Toivonen
1–2
🐻 Patrice Bergeron PP Tying 1st · 15:41
Assists: Glen Murray, Sergei Samsonov · beat Sebastien Caron
2–2
🐧 Ric Jackman Go-ahead 1st · 16:01
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi · beat Hannu Toivonen
2–3
2nd period
🐧 Brooks Orpik 2nd · 00:26
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi · beat Hannu Toivonen
2–4
🐻 Patrick Leahy 2nd · 08:57
Unassisted · beat Sebastien Caron
3–4
🐻 Travis Green Tying 2nd · 10:30
Assists: P.J. Axelsson, Tom Fitzgerald · beat Sebastien Caron
4–4
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 2nd · 11:44
Unassisted · beat Hannu Toivonen
4–5
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 2nd · 18:32
Assists: Mark Recchi, Ziggy Palffy · beat Hannu Toivonen
4–6
3rd period
🐻 Glen Murray 3rd · 07:48
Assists: Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov · beat Sebastien Caron
5–6
🐻 Brad Boyes Tying 3rd · 09:05
Assists: Patrick Leahy, Brad Isbister · beat Sebastien Caron
6–6
Overtime
🐻 Glen Murray Go-ahead OT · 01:23
Assists: Joe Thornton · beat Sebastien Caron
7–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Bergeron · Murray 22:52
L2 Samsonov · McEachern · Green 15:47
L3 Isbister · Axelsson · Fitzgerald 11:47
L4 Leahy · Boyes · Orr 8:25
D1 Leetch · Dallman 27:00
D2 Gill · Moran 19:58
D3 Slegr · Jurcina 10:30
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Lemieux · Recchi 20:54
L2 LeClair · Crosby · Palffy 19:16
L3 Fata · Koltsov · Pirjeta 10:06
L4 Murley · Talbot · Roy 5:53
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 24:10
D2 Jackman · Tarnstrom 21:20
D3 Poapst · Melichar 16:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS PIT🐧
41 Shots on goal 29
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/9
13 Hits 12
14 Blocked shots 15
2 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 8
18 Penalty minutes 14
BOS shooting 17.1% (7/41) PIT shooting 20.7% (6/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Hannu Toivonen
23/29
.793 SV% · 6 GA · 60:55 TOI
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
34/41
.829 SV% · 7 GA · 61:17 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 4–6
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 102004 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 6–3 Feb 12004 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Jan 82004 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Nov 12003 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 2–3 OT Feb 82003 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 5–2
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BOS vs PIT, answered

Who won Bruins vs Penguins on October 8, 2005?

Bruins won 7–6 in overtime. The final score was Bruins 7, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Bruins?

Glen Murray (2), Brad Boyes, Patrice Bergeron, Patrick Leahy, Sergei Samsonov, Travis Green.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux (2), Brooks Orpik, Ric Jackman, Sidney Crosby, Ziggy Palffy.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Hannu Toivonen made 23 saves on 29 shots (.793 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 34 saves on 41 shots (.829 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Penguins 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
🐻 Bruins
BeforeOct 7 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 AfterOct 10 🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL 4–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 7 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 AfterOct 10 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
Also on October 8
⚔️BUF 0–5 🏛️OTT 🌪️CAR 2–3 🏝️NYI 🦅WSH 1–8 🐦ATL 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 🍁TOR 🐆FLA 1–2 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 2–3 😈NJD 🦆ANA 2–3 🐯NSH 🏔️COL 3–2 ⭐DAL
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