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2008-09 regular season

Penguins at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1

Bruins beat Penguins 4–2 at TD Garden on January 1, 2009.

PIT – BOS
32–26
Shots on goal
0/5–1/6
Power play
17–19
Hits
16–17
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
P.J. Axelsson
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:32 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:30 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Manny Fernandez
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Dustin Jeffrey Go-ahead 1st · 02:59
Assists: Alex Goligoski, Tim Wallace · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
🐻 David Krejci Tying 1st · 04:05
Assists: Blake Wheeler, Michael Ryder · beat Dany Sabourin
1–1
🐻 P.J. Axelsson PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:24
Assists: Dennis Wideman, Marc Savard · beat Dany Sabourin
1–2
2nd period
🐻 Milan Lucic 2nd · 12:25
Assists: Chuck Kobasew, Stephane Yelle · beat Dany Sabourin
1–3
3rd period
🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko 3rd · 06:20
Assists: Miroslav Satan, Evgeni Malkin · beat Manny Fernandez
2–3
🐻 Marc Savard Empty net 3rd · 19:57
Assists: P.J. Axelsson, Stephane Yelle
2–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Sykora 24:09
L2 Fedotenko · Staal · Dupuis 17:16
L3 Jeffrey · Talbot · Satan 10:18
L4 Cooke · Wallace 7:00
D1 Whitney · Orpik 24:08
D2 Goligoski · Scuderi 15:37
D3 Letang · Eaton 13:09
D4 Gill 11:59
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Savard · Krejci 19:30
L2 Yelle · Ryder · Kessel 15:53
L3 Lucic · Wheeler · Kobasew 13:58
L4 Thornton · St. Pierre · Sobotka 8:26
D1 Chara · Wideman 27:27
D2 Ward · Hnidy 16:52
D3 Stuart · Hunwick 15:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
32 Shots on goal 26
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
17 Hits 19
16 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 1
4 Giveaways 3
12 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 6.2% (2/32) BOS shooting 15.4% (4/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Dany Sabourin
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 59:19 TOI
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:54 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–1
Dec 302008 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Oct 202008 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–1 SO Feb 282008 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 1–5 Feb 132008 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 2–1 Dec 232007 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 2–4
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PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on January 1, 2009?

Bruins won 4–2. The final score was Penguins 2, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Dustin Jeffrey, Ruslan Fedotenko.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Krejci, Marc Savard, Milan Lucic, P.J. Axelsson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Dany Sabourin made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 30 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–2 AfterJan 3 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 6–1
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 30 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–2 AfterJan 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–2
Also on January 1
🐙DET 6–4 🪶CHI ⚔️BUF 4–1 🍁TOR ⚡TBL 4–7 🦅WSH 🐋VAN 2–1 🐯NSH
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