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2017-18 regular season

Penguins at Bruins

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

Bruins beat Penguins 8–4 at TD Garden on March 1, 2018.

PIT – BOS
26–38
Shots on goal
0/4–3/5
Power play
28–30
Hits
25–5
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
David Krejci
3 G
3 shots · 16:25 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Pastrnak
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 15:13 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Rick Nash
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 15:19 TOI

Scoring

12 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Olli Maatta Go-ahead 1st · 00:35
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Tuukka Rask
1–0
🐻 David Krejci Tying 1st · 01:45
Assists: Rick Nash, Zdeno Chara · beat Casey DeSmith
1–1
🐻 Riley Nash Go-ahead 1st · 02:53
Assists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · beat Casey DeSmith
1–2
🐻 Rick Nash PP 1st · 05:27
Assists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · beat Casey DeSmith
1–3
🐧 Phil Kessel 1st · 09:27
Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Evgeni Malkin · beat Tuukka Rask
2–3
🐻 David Backes 1st · 12:49
Assists: Brian Gionta · beat Tristan Jarry
2–4
🐻 Torey Krug 1st · 16:07
Assists: David Pastrnak, Riley Nash · beat Tristan Jarry
2–5
🐧 Riley Sheahan 1st · 19:57
Unassisted · beat Tuukka Rask
3–5
2nd period
🐻 David Krejci PP 2nd · 02:16
Assists: Nick Holden, Jake DeBrusk · beat Tristan Jarry
3–6
🐻 David Krejci PP 2nd · 14:33
Assists: Brian Gionta, Charlie McAvoy · beat Tristan Jarry
3–7
🐻 David Pastrnak 2nd · 17:42
Assists: Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy · beat Tristan Jarry
3–8
3rd period
🐧 Olli Maatta 3rd · 05:15
Assists: Phil Kessel, Derick Brassard · beat Tuukka Rask
4–8

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Kessel 19:19
L2 Brassard · Hornqvist · Rust 16:57
L3 Hagelin · Sheahan · Guentzel 13:44
L4 Sheary · Rowney · Kuhnhackl 8:06
D1 Letang · Schultz 22:56
D2 Dumoulin · Maatta 19:32
D3 Hunwick · Oleksiak 14:16
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Nash · Krejci 16:25
L2 Schaller · Wingels · Pastrnak 14:21
L3 DeBrusk · Gionta · Backes 13:39
L4 Kuraly · Nash · Acciari 13:12
D1 Miller · Krug 20:47
D2 Holden · Chara 19:52
D3 McAvoy · Carlo 17:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
26 Shots on goal 38
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/5
28 Hits 30
25 Blocked shots 5
9 Takeaways 9
14 Giveaways 8
19 Penalty minutes 17
PIT shooting 15.4% (4/26) BOS shooting 21.1% (8/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 54:33 TOI
Casey DeSmith
2/5
.400 SV% · 3 GA · 05:27 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

12 of 12 goals located
Olli Maatta · 1st 00:35 · 1–0 David Krejci · 1st 01:45 · 1–1 Riley Nash · 1st 02:53 · 1–2 Rick Nash · 1st 05:27 · 1–3 Phil Kessel · 1st 09:27 · 2–3 David Backes · 1st 12:49 · 2–4 Torey Krug · 1st 16:07 · 2–5 Riley Sheahan · 1st 19:57 · 3–5 David Krejci · 2nd 02:16 · 3–6 David Krejci · 2nd 14:33 · 3–7 David Pastrnak · 2nd 17:42 · 3–8 Olli Maatta · 3rd 05:15 · 4–8
PIT BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–5
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–1
Jan 72018 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 5–6 OT Nov 242017 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 3–4 Jan 262017 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 3–4 Jan 222017 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 1–5 Dec 142016 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 3–4 OT
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PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on March 1, 2018?

Bruins won 8–4. The final score was Penguins 4, Bruins 8.

Who scored for Penguins?

Olli Maatta (2), Phil Kessel, Riley Sheahan.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Krejci (3), David Backes, David Pastrnak, Rick Nash, Riley Nash, Torey Krug.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 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
BeforeFeb 27 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 3–2 AfterMar 3 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–3
🐻 Bruins
BeforeFeb 27 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 3–4 AfterMar 3 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 1–2
Also on March 1
🌪️CAR 4–1 🔔PHI 😈NJD 2–3 🐆FLA ⚡TBL 5–4 ⭐DAL 🐯NSH 4–2 🛢️EDM 🌲MIN 3–5 🌵ARI 🪶CHI 2–7 🦈SJS 🧥CBJ 2–5 👑LAK
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