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2020-21 regular season

Penguins at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–2

Penguins beat Bruins 4–1 at TD Garden on April 1, 2021.

PIT – BOS
23–31
Shots on goal
29–35
Hits
12–15
Blocked shots
15–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Jake Guentzel
1 G
5 shots · 20:43 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Zach Aston-Reese
1 G
3 shots · 16:42 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Casey DeSmith
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Zach Aston-Reese Go-ahead 2nd · 02:01
Assists: Brandon Tanev, Frederick Gaudreau · beat Dan Vladar
1–0
🐧 Mike Matheson 2nd · 13:12
Assists: Anthony Angello, Cody Ceci · beat Dan Vladar
2–0
3rd period
🐻 Brad Marchand 3rd · 11:14
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Jakub Zboril · beat Casey DeSmith
2–1
🐧 Jason Zucker 3rd · 13:07
Assists: Evan Rodrigues, Marcus Pettersson · beat Dan Vladar
3–1
🐧 Jake Guentzel Empty net 3rd · 17:51
Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby
4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 20:43
L2 McCann · Gaudreau · Aston-Reese 16:42
L3 Zucker · Tanev · Rodrigues 14:36
L4 Jankowski · Lafferty · Angello 8:12
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:50
D2 Ceci · Pettersson 18:06
D3 Matheson · Marino 16:30
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 20:32
L2 Ritchie · Krejci · Smith 17:01
L3 Bjork · Coyle · Frederic 13:03
L4 Blidh · Kuhlman · Senyshyn 12:17
D1 McAvoy · Grzelcyk 26:16
D2 Zboril · Clifton 21:19
D3 Lauzon · Carlo 10:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
23 Shots on goal 31
29 Hits 35
12 Blocked shots 15
15 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 17.4% (4/23) BOS shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Casey DeSmith
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Dan Vladar
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 57:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Zach Aston-Reese · 2nd 02:01 · 1–0 Mike Matheson · 2nd 13:12 · 2–0 Brad Marchand · 3rd 11:14 · 2–1 Jason Zucker · 3rd 13:07 · 3–1 Jake Guentzel · 3rd 17:51 · 4–1
PIT BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 3–2
Mar 162021 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 2–1 Mar 152021 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Jan 282021 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Jan 262021 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–3 OT Jan 192020 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 3–4
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PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on April 1, 2021?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker, Mike Matheson, Zach Aston-Reese.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Dan Vladar made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 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 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 29 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–2 AfterApr 3 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 5–7
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 30 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 4–5 AfterApr 3 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 5–7
Also on April 1
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