Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 2008 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 40-34.
Goals came from Petr Sykora, Zdeno Chara, Marc Savard, Pascal Dupuis, Phil Kessel, Martin St. Pierre and Dennis Wideman.
Tim Thomas made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Sykora (13)Ruslan Fedotenko (10), Dustin Jeffrey (1)0–117:00 PIT
2nd period
Zdeno Chara (7)P.J. Axelsson (12), Dennis Wideman (16)1–104:46 BOS · PPG
Marc Savard (12)David Krejci (27), Dennis Wideman (17)2–109:30 BOS · PPG
Pascal Dupuis (9)Sidney Crosby (35)2–215:13 PIT
Phil Kessel (23)Marc Savard (33)3–216:43 BOS
3rd period
Martin St. Pierre (1)Marc Savard (34)4–205:28 BOS · SHG
Dennis Wideman (8)Zdeno Chara (15), P.J. Axelsson (13)5–209:38 BOS
Team stats
BOSPIT
40Shots on goal34
58%Faceoff %42%
2/8Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes23
18Hits28
6Blocked shots22
4Giveaways3
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:14
Mark Eaton · hooking2 min - 1st 12:39Petr Sykora · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 17:50
Blake Wheeler · slashing2 min - 2nd 04:24Brooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:57Phil Kessel · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:57Max Talbot · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:56Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:01Evgeni Malkin · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:28Matt Cooke · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 04:04Shane Hnidy · interference2 min
- 3rd 07:31Alex Goligoski · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:23Petr Sykora · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:57Milan Lucic · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:57Milan Lucic · fighting5 min
- 3rd 16:57Tim Wallace · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 24:45 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 27:44 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 47Martin St. PierreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19:48 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:04 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 15:22 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:47 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 59:52 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:09 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:55 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:04 |
| 42Dustin JeffreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:36 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:18 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 63Tim WallaceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:24 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:42 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 13Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:46 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 21:27 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 40 | 35 | 5 | .875 | 60:00 |
| 30Dany SabourinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |