Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, March 1, 2018 · TD Garden

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4–8

Final

SOG 26–38

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-4 on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 38-26.

Olli Maatta scored twice and David Krejci scored a hat trick. Riley Nash, Rick Nash, Phil Kessel, David Backes, Torey Krug, Riley Sheahan and David Pastrnak also scored.

Tuukka Rask made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 28 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	3	0	1	4	26
BOS	5	3	0	8	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Olli Maatta (6)Evgeni Malkin (41)1–000:35 PIT
David Krejci (12)Rick Nash (11), Zdeno Chara (12)1–101:45 BOS
Riley Nash (12)David Pastrnak (34), Brad Marchand (35)1–202:53 BOS
Rick Nash (20)Torey Krug (30), Brad Marchand (36)1–305:27 BOS · PPG
Phil Kessel (27)Patric Hornqvist (16), Evgeni Malkin (42)2–309:27 PIT
David Backes (11)Brian Gionta (1)2–412:49 BOS
Torey Krug (11)David Pastrnak (35), Riley Nash (20)2–516:07 BOS
Riley Sheahan (9)Unassisted3–519:57 PIT

2nd period

David Krejci (13)Nick Holden (10), Jake DeBrusk (21)3–602:16 BOS · PPG
David Krejci (14)Brian Gionta (2), Charlie McAvoy (24)3–714:33 BOS · PPG
David Pastrnak (23)Zdeno Chara (13), Charlie McAvoy (25)3–817:42 BOS

3rd period

Olli Maatta (7)Phil Kessel (45), Derick Brassard (21)4–805:15 PIT

Team stats

PITBOS

26Shots on goal38

47%Faceoff %53%

0/4Power play3/5

19Penalty minutes17

28Hits30

25Blocked shots5

14Giveaways8

9Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 04:33Evgeni Malkin · interference2 min
1st 07:07Brian Dumoulin · high sticking2 min
1st 17:07David Krejci · tripping2 min
2nd 00:28Brian Dumoulin · holding2 min
2nd 03:00Tim Schaller · roughing2 min
2nd 03:00Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
2nd 05:38Olli Maatta · tripping2 min
2nd 05:38Brad Marchand · embellishment2 min
2nd 08:00David Pastrnak · hooking2 min
2nd 10:50Zdeno Chara · fighting5 min
2nd 10:50Jamie Oleksiak · fighting5 min
2nd 13:27Matt Hunwick · holding2 min
2nd 19:16Torey Krug · interference2 min
3rd 07:25Olli Maatta · slashing2 min
3rd 15:00Zdeno Chara · holding2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	0	2	2	0	2	2	4	4	39	19:19
81Phil KesselC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	19:17
3Olli MaattaD	2	0	2	+1	3	3	3	4	–	19:23
15Riley SheahanC	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	60	14:28
19Derick BrassardC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	58	15:15
72Patric HornqvistR	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	–	17:39
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	16:57
34Tom KuhnhacklR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	07:30
37Carter RowneyR	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	0	60	08:06
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:41
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:59
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:44
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	38	20:49
4Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	3	0	–	20:09
6Jamie OleksiakD	0	0	0	-3	0	3	2	5	–	12:26
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	–	19:41
22Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	–	16:05
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	25:44

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		5	2	3	.400	05:27
35Tristan JarryG	L	33	28	5	.848	54:33

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

46David KrejciC	3	0	3	+1	3	1	0	2	40	16:25
88David PastrnakR	1	2	3	+1	4	0	0	2	–	15:13
12Brian GiontaR	0	2	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	13:39
20Riley NashC	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	53	13:12
61Rick NashL	1	1	2	-1	5	0	0	0	–	15:19
63Brad MarchandC	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	–	17:02
33Zdeno CharaD	0	2	2	-1	0	2	1	7	–	19:18
47Torey KrugD	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	2	–	20:33
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	2	2	0	1	4	0	0	–	17:58
42David BackesR	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	57	13:35
74Jake DeBruskL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	100	13:46
44Nick HoldenD	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	–	20:25
52Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	59	13:27
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	11:39
57Tommy WingelsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	80	14:21
59Tim SchallerC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	–	14:08
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	16:59
86Kevan MillerD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	1	0	–	21:01

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Tuukka RaskG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00