Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 1990 · Civic Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 38–31

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday, January 2, 1990 at Civic Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 38-31.

Goals came from Ray Bourque, Bobby Gould, Cam Neely, Bob Errey, Greg Hawgood, Glen Wesley and Mario Lemieux.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	2	1	2	5	38
PIT	0	1	1	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Ray Bourque (6)Bob Sweeney (11), Garry Galley (12)1–004:18 BOS
Bobby Gould (3)John Carter (10), Glen Wesley (14)2–005:05 BOS

2nd period

Cam Neely (26)Craig Janney (12)3–007:10 BOS
Bob Errey (12)Randy Hillier (6), Mario Lemieux (52)3–108:26 PIT

3rd period

Greg Hawgood (7)Dave Christian (13), Bob Sweeney (12)4–108:56 BOS
Glen Wesley (4)Ken Linseman (14), Bobby Gould (8)5–114:04 BOS
Mario Lemieux (26)Bob Errey (11), Randy Hillier (7)5–214:39 PIT

Team stats

BOSPIT

38Shots on goal31

0%Faceoff %0%

0/2Power play0/4

22Penalty minutes8

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 02:13Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 13:57Randy Burridge · hooking2 min
1st 20:00Ken Linseman · roughing2 min
1st 20:00Ken Linseman · misconduct10 min
2nd 09:16Bobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
3rd 06:45Bob Errey · slashing2 min
3rd 09:17Garry Galley · roughing2 min
3rd 09:17Bob Errey · roughing2 min
3rd 12:28Jim Wiemer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 12:28John Cullen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 14:39Rejean Lemelin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

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