Penguins 5-3 Bruins (15 Dec, 2018) Box Score

Boston Bruins

17-11-4, 6-8-4 away

	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3
PIT	1	2	2	5

Pittsburgh Penguins

14-11-6, 8-6-2 home

Boston Bruins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
David BackesD. Backes#42
Colby CaveC. Cave#26
Ryan DonatoR. Donato#17
Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonJ. Forsbacka Karlsson#23
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
David KrejciD. Krejci#46
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#52
Brad MarchandB. Marchand#63
Joakim NordstromJ. Nordstrom#20
David PastrnakD. Pastrnak#88
Chris WagnerC. Wagner#14
defensemen
Brandon CarloB. Carlo#25
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#48
Steven KampferS. Kampfer#44
Torey KrugT. Krug#47
Charlie McAvoyC. McAvoy#73
John MooreJ. Moore#27

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:07	0:21	0:55	12:51	5	3	62.5
0	0	-2	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	20	16:08	2:20	0:00	13:48	9	3	75.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	14:24	0:00	0:53	13:31	8	2	80.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:01	2:20	0:00	11:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	11:16	1:19	0:00	9:57	6	5	54.5
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	18	13:49	1:19	0:00	12:30	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	23	19:21	1:19	0:12	17:50	8	8	50.0
0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	12:03	0:21	0:00	11:42	3	1	75.0
0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	21:50	3:16	0:46	17:48	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:10	0:00	0:40	13:30	1	3	25.0
0	1	-2	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	20:07	2:20	0:00	17:47	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	9	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	12:42	0:21	0:34	11:47	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	4	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	28	21:02	0:00	0:00	21:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	29	20:54	0:27	0:40	19:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:04	0:00	0:43	10:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	26	24:38	3:33	0:00	21:05	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	30	23:09	0:44	1:17	21:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	14:40	0:00	1:20	13:20	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jaroslav HalakJ. Halak#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	4	23	.852	20	0	3	0	0	58:35	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#46
Derick BrassardD. Brassard#19
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Derek GrantD. Grant#38
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Tanner PearsonT. Pearson#14
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Riley SheahanR. Sheahan#15
Garrett WilsonG. Wilson#10
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#73
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
Jamie OleksiakJ. Oleksiak#6
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
2	1	2	5	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	23	14:13	0:00	1:18	12:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:41	0:44	0:00	12:57	3	10	23.1
0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	27	21:05	1:16	0:00	19:49	14	11	56.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	10:02	0:00	1:46	8:16	2	8	20.0
1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14	9:11	0:00	0:56	8:15	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	2	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	26	21:28	1:16	0:00	20:12	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	15:02	1:16	0:00	13:46	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	21	15:24	1:16	0:07	14:01	5	7	41.7
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	13:06	0:32	0:00	12:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	4	0	0	3	0	1	27	21:52	0:44	1:46	19:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	20	13:55	0:12	1:11	12:32	2	4	33.3
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	15	8:17	0:00	0:56	7:21	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	33	22:25	0:12	2:15	19:58	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	27	20:28	0:00	1:52	18:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	30	21:33	1:28	2:08	17:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	19:10	0:32	1:45	16:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	26	18:46	0:00	0:00	18:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	16:22	0:32	0:00	15:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Casey DeSmithC. DeSmith#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
51	3	48	.941	41	0	7	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Bruins	0	1	2	3
	Penguins	1	2	2	5

1st Period			BOS	PIT
17:48		Derek Grant (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Cullen (3), Garrett Wilson (2)	0	1

2nd Period		BOS	PIT
1:56	Phil Kessel (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (24), Zachary Aston-Reese (3)	0	2
11:53	Brandon Carlo (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Chris Wagner (2), Sean Kuraly (4)	1	2
19:01	Zachary Aston-Reese (3) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Riley Sheahan (2), Brian Dumoulin (9)	1	3

3rd Period		BOS	PIT
7:08	Chris Wagner (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Charlie McAvoy (6), Sean Kuraly (5)	2	3
8:02	David Krejci (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: David Pastrnak (18), Brad Marchand (23)	3	3
10:47	Jake Guentzel (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (18)	3	4
19:54	Zachary Aston-Reese (4) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Sidney Crosby (19), Jack Johnson (6)	3	5

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Penguins
1
Bruins
2

Game 1

24/11

Bruins
3
Penguins
5

Game 2

15/12

Bruins
2
Penguins
4

Game 3

10/3

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 15 December 2018

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,549

Referees:
Brad Watson
Marc Joannette

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso
Brandon Gawryletz

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

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