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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Penguins beat Bruins 6–4 at PPG Paints Arena on March 15, 2009.

BOS – PIT
25–34
Shots on goal
1/5–2/8
Power play
30–29
Hits
15–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Chris Kunitz
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:09 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Bill Guerin
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 17:25 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
3 A
2 shots · 23:54 TOI

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Bill Guerin Go-ahead 1st · 00:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
🐻 Mark Recchi Tying 1st · 01:06
Assists: Mark Stuart, Chuck Kobasew · beat Mathieu Garon
1–1
🐻 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 1st · 10:16
Assists: Blake Wheeler, Zdeno Chara · beat Mathieu Garon
2–1
🐧 Chris Kunitz PP Tying 1st · 16:04
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Bill Guerin · beat Tim Thomas
2–2
2nd period
🐻 Blake Wheeler SH Go-ahead 2nd · 10:31
Assists: David Krejci · beat Mathieu Garon
3–2
3rd period
🐧 Sergei Gonchar PP Tying 3rd · 00:43
Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · beat Tim Thomas
3–3
🐧 Chris Kunitz Go-ahead 3rd · 01:01
Assists: Bill Guerin · beat Tim Thomas
3–4
🐻 Michael Ryder PP Tying 3rd · 02:54
Unassisted · beat Mathieu Garon
4–4
🐧 Petr Sykora Go-ahead 3rd · 09:29
Assists: Jordan Staal, Pascal Dupuis · beat Tim Thomas
4–5
🐧 Jordan Staal Empty net 3rd · 19:03
Unassisted
4–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Krejci 20:49
L2 Lucic · Recchi · Kobasew 15:01
L3 Kessel · Ryder · Wheeler 14:16
L4 Axelsson · Thornton · Bitz 8:39
D1 Chara · Wideman 24:02
D2 Ference · Ward 18:20
D3 Montador · Stuart 16:44
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 23:54
L2 Kunitz · Guerin · Sykora 17:09
L3 Cooke · Fedotenko · Kennedy 12:36
L4 Talbot · Dupuis · Godard 9:23
D1 Gonchar · Letang 22:16
D2 Gill · Eaton 18:08
D3 Scuderi · Orpik 17:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS PIT🐧
25 Shots on goal 34
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
30 Hits 29
15 Blocked shots 12
5 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 7
16 Penalty minutes 10
BOS shooting 16.0% (4/25) PIT shooting 17.6% (6/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 58:42 TOI
🐧Penguins
Mathieu Garon
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 15-9-3 (56% win rate, 27 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 12-11-3 (46% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 14-1-1 (88% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-8 (43% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Jan 12009 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–4 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
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BOS vs PIT, answered

Who won Bruins vs Penguins on March 15, 2009?

Penguins won 6–4. The final score was Bruins 4, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Bruins?

Blake Wheeler, Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz (2), Bill Guerin, Jordan Staal, Petr Sykora, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 14 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 1–2 AfterMar 19 👑LAK @ 🐻BOS 3–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 14 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 4–3 AfterMar 17 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 2–6
Also on March 15
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