Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, December 14, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Friday, December 14, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 51-28.
Zachary Aston-Reese scored twice. Derek Grant, Phil Kessel, Brandon Carlo, Chris Wagner, David Krejci and Jake Guentzel also scored.
Casey DeSmith made 48 saves on 51 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Derek Grant (2)Matt Cullen (3), Garrett Wilson (2)0–117:48 PIT
2nd period
Phil Kessel (13)Evgeni Malkin (24), Zachary Aston-Reese (3)0–201:56 PIT
Brandon Carlo (1)Chris Wagner (2), Sean Kuraly (4)1–211:53 BOS
Zachary Aston-Reese (3)Riley Sheahan (2), Brian Dumoulin (9)1–319:01 PIT · SHG
3rd period
Chris Wagner (3)Charlie McAvoy (6), Sean Kuraly (5)2–307:08 BOS
David Krejci (5)David Pastrnak (18), Brad Marchand (23)3–308:02 BOS
Jake Guentzel (13)Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (18)3–410:47 PIT- Zachary Aston-Reese (4)Sidney Crosby (19), Jack Johnson (6)3–519:54 PIT · EN
Team stats
BOSPIT
51Shots on goal28
61%Faceoff %39%
0/2Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes4
35Hits52
7Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 02:24
Brandon Carlo · holding2 min - 2nd 09:00
Jake Guentzel · slashing2 min - 2nd 17:22Jake Guentzel · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 14Chris WagnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 9 | 12:42 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 19:21 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 20:07 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:02 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 17Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:01 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 23Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 11:16 |
| 26Colby CaveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:24 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 16:08 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 24:38 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:35 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 14:13 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:17 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 38Derek GrantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:11 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:33 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:52 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 51 | 48 | 3 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |