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Pittsburgh 5, Boston 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
PIT(47-27-8)	3	1	0	1	5
BOS(41-29-12)	0	2	2	0	4

Final

SO

7:00 PM ET, December 20, 2007

TD Banknorth Garden

Boston, Massachusetts

THREE STARS

S. Crosby
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

E. Malkin
Penguins (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

P. Axelsson
Bruins (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: TD Banknorth Garden Location: Boston, Massachusetts	Referees: EricFurlatt, BillMcCreary Linesmen: ScottDriscoll, BradKovachik
Attendance: 15,304 (87.1% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Pittsburgh

Boston

Total Shots
	29
	41

PIM
	26
	22

Hits
	9
	19

Giveaways
	4
	8

Takeaways
	9
	8

Faceoffs Won
	42
	34

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:55		Evgeni Malkin (12) Assists: Sidney Crosby, Colby Armstrong	Pittsburgh 1-0
8:26		Sidney Crosby (16) Assists: Colby Armstrong, Sergei Gonchar	Pittsburgh 2-0
11:53		Evgeni Malkin (13) Assists: Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh 3-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
12:30		Georges Laraque: 2 Minutes for Delaying the game Zdeno Chara
12:30		Zdeno Chara: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game Georges Laraque
14:36		Zdeno Chara: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Georges Laraque
14:36		Georges Laraque: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Zdeno Chara
18:45		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Slashing Dennis Wideman

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
11:26		Erik Christensen (4) Assists: Ryan Whitney, Colby Armstrong	Pittsburgh 4-0
16:04		Marco Sturm (11) Assists: Andrew Ference, Glen Metropolit	Pittsburgh 4-1
17:38		P.J. Axelsson (5) (Shorthanded) Assists: Jeremy Reich	Pittsburgh 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:09		Glen Metropolit: 2 Minutes for Holding Sidney Crosby
5:09		Sidney Crosby: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Phil Kessel
5:09		Andrew Ference: 2 Minutes for Roughing Sidney Crosby (Served by Phil Kessel)
5:09		Andrew Ference: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Sidney Crosby
6:58		Dennis Wideman: 2 Minutes for Holding Jeff Taffe
10:30		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Tripping Dennis Wideman
11:13		Dennis Wideman: 2 Minutes for Slashing Jarkko Ruutu
13:25		Adam Hall: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Peter Schaefer
14:36		Sergei Gonchar: 2 Minutes for Tripping Marco Sturm
16:49		Glen Metropolit: 2 Minutes for Hooking Colby Armstrong

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
13:14		Petteri Nokelainen (3) Assists: Andrew Ference, Glen Metropolit	Pittsburgh 4-3
17:05		Dennis Wideman (4) (Power Play) Assists: Marco Sturm, Marc Savard	Game tied 4-4
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:57		Jarkko Ruutu: 2 Minutes for Hooking Vladimir Sobotka
11:06		Sergei Gonchar: 2 Minutes for Holding Zdeno Chara
16:27		Erik Christensen: 2 Minutes for Hooking Milan Lucic

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Erik Christensen shootout attempt against Tim Thomas with a Wristshot results in a GOAL.
	Phil Kessel shootout attempt against Ty Conklin with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Kris Letang shootout attempt against Tim Thomas with a Wristshot results in a GOAL.
	Marco Sturm shootout attempt against Ty Conklin with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.

Player Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Armstrong RW	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	32	20:36	0:32	4:29	15:35	0	1	00.0
E. Christensen C	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	15:55	3:00	1:04	11:51	16	6	72.7
S. Crosby C	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	27	20:20	3:10	2:10	15:00	12	12	50.0
M. Eaton D	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	28	20:13	0:00	6:32	13:41	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	4	0	1	3	33	24:48	5:09	5:10	14:29	0	0	00.0
A. Hall RW	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	24	14:48	0:11	5:46	8:51	3	3	50.0
T. Kennedy C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	11:56	2:33	0:00	9:23	0	0	00.0
G. Laraque RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	9	4:53	0:23	0:00	4:30	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	15:18	1:57	0:00	13:21	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	2	0	2	5	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	26	22:44	5:33	0:53	16:18	0	1	00.0
G. Roberts LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:49	2:46	0:00	9:03	1	0	100.0
J. Ruutu LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	15	10:18	0:00	3:34	6:44	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	28	21:08	0:00	5:05	16:03	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	20:33	1:02	6:30	13:01	7	8	46.7
D. Sydor D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	18:37	1:49	1:38	15:10	0	0	00.0
P. Sykora RW	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:14	4:53	0:00	10:21	1	1	50.0
J. Taffe C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	5:39	1:33	0:00	4:06	2	2	50.0
R. Whitney D	0	1	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	31	27:32	6:43	4:48	16:01	0	0	00.0
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
B Orpik									Healthy
R Malone									Flu

Boston Bruins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
B. Allen D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	6:23	0:26	0:36	5:21	0	0	00.0
P. Axelsson LW	1	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	22:28	3:15	4:39	14:34	1	1	50.0
Z. Chara D	0	0	-2	3	0	1	2	7	3	1	0	32	30:13	8:01	5:32	16:40	0	0	00.0
A. Ference D	0	2	-2	2	0	4	2	7	4	0	0	28	21:14	2:47	1:54	16:33	0	0	00.0
P. Kessel RW	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	22	17:53	3:41	0:04	14:08	2	6	25.0
C. Kobasew RW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	29	18:55	3:45	1:49	13:21	1	0	100.0
M. Lucic LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	13:36	4:41	0:00	8:55	0	0	00.0
G. Metropolit C	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	4	0	1	1	30	22:21	3:19	3:28	15:34	14	11	56.0
G. Murray RW	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	7:24	1:57	0:00	5:27	0	0	00.0
P. Nokelainen C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5:20	0:11	0:00	5:09	0	0	00.0
J. Reich LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	5:34	0:00	2:19	3:15	1	1	50.0
M. Savard C	0	1	-3	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	29	21:53	7:03	1:35	13:15	11	15	42.3
P. Schaefer LW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:45	3:18	0:04	10:23	0	0	00.0
V. Sobotka C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	8:57	0:03	1:10	7:44	4	7	36.4
M. Stuart D	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:20	1:16	1:56	14:08	0	0	00.0
M. Sturm LW	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	20:28	6:26	2:54	11:08	0	1	00.0
A. Ward D	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	26	25:19	3:44	4:47	16:48	0	0	00.0
D. Wideman D	1	0	1	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	32	29:01	6:59	2:19	19:43	0	0	00.0
Boston Bruins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
S Thornton									Healthy
A Alberts									Concussion
B Bochenski									Foot Injury

Goaltending Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
T. Conklin	41	4	37	.902	65:00	0

Boston Bruins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
T. Thomas	29	4	25	.862	64:56	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Pittsburgh	14	9	4	2	29
Boston	13	11	17	0	41

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Pittsburgh	0 of 0
Boston	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is 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.

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 20th

Pittsburgh	5	Final
Boston	4	SO

Montreal	5	Final
Washington	2

Ottawa	2	Final
Atlanta	3

Toronto	1	Final
Tampa Bay	2

Carolina	4	Final
Florida	5

NY Rangers	3	Final
Minnesota	6

Detroit	2	Final
St. Louis	3

Dallas	2	Final
Vancouver	3

Phoenix	3	Final
San Jose	2	SO

ESPN NHL

Pittsburgh 5, Boston 4

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 20th