Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 30, 1999 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, January 30, 1999 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 28–27.
Alex Kovalev scored twice. Peter Ferraro, Joe Thornton, Kevin Hatcher, Martin Straka and German Titov also scored.
Peter Skudra made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Robbie Tallas stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Ferraro (6)Tim Taylor (1)1–004:31 BOS
Alex Kovalev (14)Robert Lang (13), Bobby Dollas (6)1–107:44 PIT
Joe Thornton (9)Rob DiMaio (12), Dave Ellett (4)2–111:33 BOS- Alex Kovalev (15)German Titov (27)2–214:24 PIT
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (8)German Titov (28), Alex Kovalev (15)2–302:29 PIT
Martin Straka (23)Jiri Slegr (9)2–407:26 PIT · 
German Titov (7)Robert Lang (14)2–515:14 PIT
Team stats
BOSPIT
2728
49%51%
0/60/4
1418
1024
511
820
86
Penalties
- 2:09 into the first period
Jan Hrdina · high sticking2 min - 9:30 into the first periodIan Moran · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 15:05 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · holding2 min
- 18:19 into the first period
Rob DiMaio · roughing2 min - 1:23 into the second periodJason Allison · roughing2 min
- 1:23 into the second periodHal Gill · high sticking2 min
- 1:23 into the second periodDan Kesa · roughing2 min
- 8:27 into the second periodHal Gill · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · elbowing2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodSteve Heinze · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodTim Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · elbowing2 min
- 4:00 into the third periodBrad Werenka · tripping2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodGerman Titov · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:17 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 42Peter FerraroR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 06:03 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:51 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 38Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 6 | 18:17 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 36Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Robbie TallasG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9German TitovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 13:08 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:41 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 26:56 |
| 8Bobby DollasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 11:03 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 12Martin SonnenbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:16 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 25Dan KesaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:31 |
| 37Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:28 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 26:10 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:15 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 24:52 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 30Jean-Sebastien AubinG | 0 | 0 | – |