Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 4, 2024 · TD Garden
ESPN · SN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at TD Garden. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 35-29.
Brad Marchand scored twice. Drew O'Connor, Ryan Graves, David Pastrnak, Jake Guentzel, Lars Eller, Jeff Carter, Morgan Geekie, Jake DeBrusk and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 29 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brad Marchand (14)David Pastrnak (29), Charlie McAvoy (21)0–100:41 BOS
Drew O'Connor (5)Kris Letang (21), Lars Eller (6)1–105:04 PIT
Ryan Graves (2)Sidney Crosby (18), Rickard Rakell (9)2–106:17 PIT
David Pastrnak (23)Hampus Lindholm (10), Morgan Geekie (9)2–206:39 BOS
Jake Guentzel (18)Sidney Crosby (19), Kris Letang (22)3–207:21 PIT
Lars Eller (7)Drew O'Connor (8), Erik Karlsson (19)4–215:58 PIT
2nd period
Jeff Carter (5)Kris Letang (23), Bryan Rust (11)5–206:38 PIT
Morgan Geekie (7)David Pastrnak (30), Charlie McAvoy (22)5–309:51 BOS
Jake DeBrusk (7)Brandon Carlo (7), Morgan Geekie (10)5–419:24 BOS
3rd period
- Brad Marchand (15)Charlie Coyle (15)5–503:08 BOS · SHG
Sidney Crosby (22)Erik Karlsson (20)6–511:19 PIT · PPG
Team stats
PITBOS
35Shots on goal29
65%Faceoff %35%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits19
20Blocked shots12
5Giveaways8
13Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 07:52
Pierre-Olivier Joseph · high sticking2 min - 2nd 04:36
Brandon Carlo · cross checking2 min - 2nd 13:21Kris Letang · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:38Charlie McAvoy · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:12Charlie McAvoy · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 24:04 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:28 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:31 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 43Jansen HarkinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:37 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:23 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 39Morgan GeekieC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 23:39 |
| 63Brad MarchandL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 26:27 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:36 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 27Hampus LindholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 29:13 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 18Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 19John BeecherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:10 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 42Georgii MerkulovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:23 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 62Oskar SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:45 |
| 6Mason LohreiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 12Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 57:19 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |