Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Friday, May 3, 1991 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 in overtime on Friday, May 3, 1991 at Boston Garden. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 34–30.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Cam Neely, Kevin Stevens, Glen Wesley, Ray Bourque, Mark Recchi, Craig Janney and Vladimir Ruzicka also scored.
Andy Moog made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Cam Neely (15)Craig Janney (16), Vladimir Ruzicka (8)0–105:23 BOS · 
Kevin Stevens (9)Ron Francis (4), Mark Recchi (17)1–105:36 PIT
Glen Wesley (2)Vladimir Ruzicka (9), Ray Bourque (14)1–211:53 BOS · 
Mario Lemieux (6)Troy Loney (1), Jaromir Jagr (5)2–216:34 PIT
2nd period
Ray Bourque (6)Craig Janney (17), Vladimir Ruzicka (10)2–300:38 BOS
3rd period
Mark Recchi (7)Mario Lemieux (14), Scott Young (2)3–311:01 PIT · - Mario Lemieux (7)Unassisted4–313:00 PIT
Craig Janney (3)Vladimir Ruzicka (11), Ray Bourque (15)4–416:49 BOS ·
Overtime
Vladimir Ruzicka (2)Dave Christian (3), Dave Poulin (9)4–508:14 BOS
Team stats
PITBOS
3430
0%0%
1/73/7
2222
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first period
Chris Nilan · high sticking2 min - 2:07 into the first periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 2:07 into the first period
Grant Jennings · roughing2 min - 3:19 into the first periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 5:01 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · cross checking2 min
- 6:22 into the first periodDon Sweeney · roughing2 min
- 6:22 into the first periodMark Recchi · roughing2 min
- 9:06 into the first periodKen Hammond · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the first periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodJim Wiemer · interference2 min
- 9:21 into the second periodMario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodCam Neely · holding2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJeff Lazaro · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodScott Young · roughing2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodPeter Douris · roughing2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 10:20 into the third periodCraig Janney · holding2 min
- 15:32 into the third periodPeter Taglianetti · tripping2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodGordie Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 0:37 into overtimeRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 2:20 into overtimeLarry Murphy · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 38Vladimir RuzickaC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jeff LazaroL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Peter DourisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron HooverL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |