Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 15, 2009 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 34–25.
Chris Kunitz scored twice. Bill Guerin, Mark Recchi, Phil Kessel, Blake Wheeler, Sergei Gonchar, Michael Ryder, Petr Sykora and Jordan Staal also scored.
Mathieu Garon made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Guerin (18)Sidney Crosby (61), Chris Kunitz (25)0–100:50 PIT
Mark Recchi (16)Mark Stuart (9), Chuck Kobasew (18)1–101:06 BOS
Phil Kessel (31)Blake Wheeler (22), Zdeno Chara (27)2–110:16 BOS
Chris Kunitz (20)Sidney Crosby (62), Bill Guerin (25)2–216:04 PIT ·
2nd period
Blake Wheeler (18)David Krejci (42)3–210:31 BOS ·
3rd period
Sergei Gonchar (5)Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (63)3–300:43 PIT · - Chris Kunitz (21)Bill Guerin (26)3–401:01 PIT
Michael Ryder (24)Unassisted4–402:54 BOS · 
Petr Sykora (24)Jordan Staal (21), Pascal Dupuis (14)4–509:29 PIT
Jordan Staal (19)Unassisted4–619:03 PIT ·
Team stats
BOSPIT
2534
60%40%
1/52/8
1610
3029
1512
47
54
Penalties
- 1:57 into the first period
Dennis Wideman · holding2 min - 2:32 into the first period
Evgeni Malkin · broken stick2 min - 6:18 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodDennis Wideman · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the first periodSteve Montador · roughing2 min
- 6:43 into the second periodMatt Cooke · interference2 min
- 9:40 into the second periodAaron Ward · hooking2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodDavid Krejci · tripping2 min
- 0:28 into the third periodBlake Wheeler · holding2 min
- 2:29 into the third periodPetr Sykora · hooking2 min
- 5:33 into the third periodP.J. Axelsson · interference2 min
- 7:16 into the third periodSteve Montador · hooking2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodMax Talbot · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 26Blake WheelerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 12:09 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 28Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 14:33 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 25:56 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:44 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 23Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:48 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:36 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:02 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:50 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 24:39 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 16:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |