Bruins 1–4 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 15, 2021)

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

Sidney Crosby

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 22:25 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 17:02 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Tristan Jarry

42 saves

0.977 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Matt Grzelcyk PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:47

Assists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · beat Tristan Jarry

1–0

🐧 Evan Rodrigues Tying 1st · 16:51

Assists: Kasperi Kapanen, Evgeni Malkin · beat Jaroslav Halak

1–1

🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 18:34

Assists: Jake Guentzel, Brian Dumoulin · beat Jaroslav Halak

1–2

2nd period

🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 2nd · 11:40

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · beat Jaroslav Halak

1–3

3rd period

🐧 Jake Guentzel Empty net 3rd · 19:44

Assists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby

1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 19:45

L2 Ritchie · DeBrusk · Krejci 15:48

L3 Coyle · Kuraly · Smith 13:25

L4 Bjork · Kuhlman · Frederic 10:30

D1 McAvoy · Zboril 23:18

D2 Grzelcyk · Kampfer 19:20

D3 Tinordi · Clifton 14:18

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 21:43

L2 Tanev · Malkin · Kapanen 15:38

L3 Blueger · Rodrigues · Aston-Reese 13:46

L4 Jankowski · Angello · Sceviour 7:08

D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:52

D2 Ceci · Matheson 20:00

D3 Pettersson · Ruhwedel 13:08

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS PIT🐧

43 Shots on goal 26

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

38 Hits 26

15 Blocked shots 11

6 Takeaways 7

7 Giveaways 7

8 Penalty minutes 8

BOS shooting 2.3% (1/43) PIT shooting 15.4% (4/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Jaroslav Halak

22/25

.880 SV% · 3 GA · 59:19 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

42/43

.977 SV% · 1 GA · 59:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

BOS PIT

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4-2 (14% win rate, 7 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–1

Jan 282021 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Jan 262021 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–3 OT Jan 192020 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Jan 162020 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Nov 42019 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 4–6

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BOS vs PIT, answered

Who won Bruins vs Penguins on March 15, 2021?

Penguins won 4–1. The final score was Bruins 1, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Matt Grzelcyk.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evan Rodrigues, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 42 saves on 43 shots (.977 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐻 Bruins

BeforeMar 13 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 4–0 AfterMar 16 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 2–1

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 13 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 AfterMar 16 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 2–1

Also on March 15

🐯NSH 4–1 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 6–0 ⚔️BUF 🔔PHI 5–4 🗽NYR 🪶CHI 3–6 🐆FLA 🐋VAN 3–2 🏛️OTT 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 ✈️WPG 🛢️EDM 3–4 🔥CGY 🦈SJS 1–2 🎰VGK

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