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2009-10 regular season

Penguins at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–1

Penguins beat Bruins 3–0 at TD Garden on March 18, 2010.

PIT – BOS
31–17
Shots on goal
20–19
Hits
16–13
Blocked shots
3–4
Takeaways
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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 🐧 PIT
Tyler Kennedy
1 G
3 shots · 10:27 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Alexei Ponikarovsky
1 G
2 shots · 18:03 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Mike Rupp
1 G
2 shots · 10:43 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Tyler Kennedy Go-ahead 1st · 08:34
Assists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Brooks Orpik · beat Tuukka Rask
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Alexei Ponikarovsky 2nd · 19:45
Assists: Kris Letang, Sergei Gonchar · beat Tuukka Rask
2–0
3rd period
🐧 Mike Rupp 3rd · 05:14
Unassisted · beat Tuukka Rask
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Crosby · Staal 18:45
L2 Ponikarovsky · Guerin · Dupuis 17:06
L3 Fedotenko · Cooke · Adams 12:47
L4 Rupp · Kennedy · Godard 10:27
D1 Gonchar · Letang 22:18
D2 Orpik · Goligoski 19:37
D3 Eaton · Leopold 18:10
🐻Bruins
L1 Krejci · Bergeron · Wheeler 19:14
L2 Lucic · Sobotka · Recchi 16:04
L3 Paille · Satan · Ryder 15:04
L4 Sturm · Begin · Thornton 10:39
D1 Seidenberg · Chara 24:48
D2 Wideman · Hunwick 17:20
D3 Stuart · Ference 15:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
31 Shots on goal 17
20 Hits 19
16 Blocked shots 13
3 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 7
18 Penalty minutes 28
PIT shooting 9.7% (3/31) BOS shooting 0.0% (0/17)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury Shutout
17/17
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Tyler Kennedy · 1st 08:34 · 1–0 Alexei Ponikarovsky · 2nd 19:45 · 2–0 Mike Rupp · 3rd 05:14 · 3–0
PIT BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 12-2-2 (75% win rate, 16 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-11-3 (22% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-0-1 (91% win rate, 11 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-9 (0% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–1
Mar 72010 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 1–2 Nov 142009 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–6 OT Nov 102009 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 0–3 Mar 152009 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 4–6 Jan 12009 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–4
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Who won Penguins vs Bruins on March 18, 2010?

Penguins won 3–0. The final score was Penguins 3, Bruins 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alexei Ponikarovsky, Mike Rupp, Tyler Kennedy.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 17 saves on 17 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 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?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 17 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 2–5 AfterMar 20 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 3–2
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 16 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 AfterMar 21 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 1–2
Also on March 18
🎵STL 4–3 🗽NYR 🏛️OTT 3–6 🐦ATL 🦅WSH 3–4 🌪️CAR ⚔️BUF 6–2 ⚡TBL 🌵PHX 4–3 🐆FLA 😈NJD 1–2 🍁TOR 🌲MIN 0–5 🐯NSH 🔔PHI 3–2 ⭐DAL
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