Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, April 3, 2012 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 29-27.
Sidney Crosby scored twice. Paul Martin, Benoit Pouliot, Milan Lucic, James Neal, Arron Asham and Rich Peverley also scored.
Brent Johnson made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Marty Turco stopped 22 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (1)Pascal Dupuis (1), Kris Letang (1)1–007:41 PIT
Paul Martin (1)Tyler Kennedy (1), Kris Letang (2)2–014:58 PIT
Benoit Pouliot (1)Chris Kelly (1), Brian Rolston (1)2–116:57 BOS
2nd period
Milan Lucic (1)David Krejci (1), Rich Peverley (1)2–200:18 BOS
James Neal (1)Chris Kunitz (1), Sidney Crosby (1)3–218:11 PIT · PPG- Sidney Crosby (2)Kris Letang (3), Evgeni Malkin (1)4–218:59 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Arron Asham (1)Craig Adams (1), Joe Vitale (1)5–206:15 PIT
Rich Peverley (1)Milan Lucic (1), David Krejci (2)5–308:04 BOS
Team stats
PITBOS
27Shots on goal29
52%Faceoff %48%
2/4Power play0/1
9Penalty minutes15
32Hits26
18Blocked shots6
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 00:28
David Krejci · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 07:20Milan Lucic · roughing2 min
- 1st 07:20
James Neal · roughing2 min - 2nd 17:20Daniel Paille · charging2 min
- 2nd 17:29Rich Peverley · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:27James Neal · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:27Andrew Ference · fighting5 min
- 3rd 10:21Sidney Crosby · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 19:30Zdeno Chara · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 18:03 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24:30 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:41 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 17Milan LucicL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 49Rich PeverleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:51 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 19Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 15:59 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 14Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:01 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:09 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marty TurcoG | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 59:12 |
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |