Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 2007 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in a shootout on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 41–29.
Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Sidney Crosby, Erik Christensen, Marco Sturm, P.J. Axelsson, Petteri Nokelainen and Dennis Wideman also scored.
Ty Conklin made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (12)Sidney Crosby (29), Colby Armstrong (7)1–000:55 PIT
Sidney Crosby (16)Colby Armstrong (8), Sergei Gonchar (21)2–008:26 PIT- Evgeni Malkin (13)Sidney Crosby (30)3–011:53 PIT
2nd period
Erik Christensen (4)Ryan Whitney (9), Colby Armstrong (9)4–011:26 PIT
Marco Sturm (11)Andrew Ference (6), Glen Metropolit (7)4–116:04 BOS · 
P.J. Axelsson (5)Jeremy Reich (1)4–217:38 BOS ·
3rd period
Petteri Nokelainen (3)Andrew Ference (7), Glen Metropolit (8)4–313:14 BOS
Dennis Wideman (4)Marco Sturm (12), Marc Savard (30)4–417:05 BOS ·
Team stats
PITBOS
2941
55%45%
0/52/7
2622
919
159
48
98
Penalties
- 12:30 into the first period
Zdeno Chara · delaying game2 min - 12:30 into the first period
Georges Laraque · delaying game2 min - 14:36 into the first periodZdeno Chara · fighting5 min
- 14:36 into the first periodGeorges Laraque · fighting5 min
- 18:45 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · slashing2 min
- 3:09 into the second periodGlen Metropolit · holding2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodAndrew Ference · roughing2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodAndrew Ference · fighting5 min
- 5:09 into the second periodSidney Crosby · fighting5 min
- 6:58 into the second periodDennis Wideman · holding2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodDennis Wideman · slashing2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodAdam Hall · high sticking2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · tripping2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodGlen Metropolit · hooking2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · hooking2 min
- 11:06 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
- 16:27 into the third periodErik Christensen · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 20:20 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 22:44 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:55 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:32 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:48 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 38Jeff TaffeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:39 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 3Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dany SabourinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ty ConklinG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
Boston Bruins
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:21 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 22:28 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:34 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:20 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | 21:53 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 29:01 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 07:24 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 30:13 |
| 38Bobby AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:23 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:19 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tim ThomasG | O | 29 | 4 | .862 |