Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Friday, December 18, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center

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6–2

Final

SOG 34–32

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Friday, December 18, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 34-32.

Frank Vatrano scored a hat trick and Patrice Bergeron scored twice. Conor Sheary, Trevor Daley and Loui Eriksson also scored.

Tuukka Rask made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jeff Zatkoff stopped 28 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	2	3	6	34
PIT	1	1	0	2	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Conor Sheary (1)Sidney Crosby (14)0–108:20 PIT
Frank Vatrano (3)Ryan Spooner (11), Landon Ferraro (4)1–110:03 BOS

2nd period

Patrice Bergeron (10)Brad Marchand (8)2–101:03 BOS · SHG
Trevor Daley (1)Sidney Crosby (15), Conor Sheary (1)2–202:39 PIT
Loui Eriksson (12)Ryan Spooner (12), David Krejci (21)3–209:39 BOS · PPG

3rd period

Patrice Bergeron (11)Zdeno Chara (13), Brad Marchand (9)4–200:35 BOS
Frank Vatrano (4)Ryan Spooner (13), Jimmy Hayes (10)5–212:18 BOS
Frank Vatrano (5)Ryan Spooner (14)6–215:18 BOS

Team stats

BOSPIT

34Shots on goal32

52%Faceoff %48%

1/4Power play0/5

12Penalty minutes10

31Hits30

14Blocked shots18

4Giveaways11

2Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 12:39Patrice Bergeron · holding2 min
1st 17:59David Krejci · tripping2 min
2nd 00:34Kevan Miller · tripping2 min
2nd 09:22Ian Cole · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:52Ryan Spooner · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 17:57Ben Lovejoy · hooking2 min
2nd 19:41Brett Connolly · kneeing2 min
3rd 00:15Sidney Crosby · kneeing2 min
3rd 04:33Sergei Plotnikov · roughing2 min
3rd 04:33Adam McQuaid · roughing2 min
3rd 05:03Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

51Ryan SpoonerC	0	4	4	+3	2	2	1	2	50	15:31
72Frank VatranoC	3	0	3	+3	4	1	0	0	–	10:16
37Patrice BergeronC	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	2	52	19:57
63Brad MarchandC	0	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	50	18:20
11Jimmy HayesR	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0	–	11:30
21Loui ErikssonL	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	16:39
29Landon FerraroC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100	12:10
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	47	18:10
33Zdeno CharaD	0	1	1	+3	1	2	1	0	–	24:08
14Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	–	12:25
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	64	13:13
39Matt BeleskeyL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	14:27
76Alex KhokhlachevC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:01
44Dennis SeidenbergD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	3	0	–	22:48
47Torey KrugD	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	–	18:02
48Colin MillerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:54
54Adam McQuaidD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2	–	20:16
86Kevan MillerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	–	18:13

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Tuukka RaskG	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00
50Jonas GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

43Conor ShearyL	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:46
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	4	59	17:29
6Trevor DaleyD	1	0	1	-2	4	1	1	0	–	20:56
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	47	12:36
11Kevin PorterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:12
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	37	15:32
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:18
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	–	12:38
57David PerronL	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	0	–	13:53
61Sergei PlotnikovL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	2	–	10:26
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	40	20:39
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	16:20
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	17:14
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	4	0	–	20:35
5David WarsofskyD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	16:34
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	19:50
12Ben LovejoyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	–	19:43
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	-2	4	4	2	2	–	15:12

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Matt MurrayG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Jeff ZatkoffG	L	34	28	6	.824	59:50