National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 6, Boston 5
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 4, 2024
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Dan Kelly
Attendance: 17850
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 4116
Boston 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:41 - Bruins Brad Marchand (EV) Assists: David Pastrnak , Charlie McAvoy
5:04 - Penguins Drew O'Connor (EV) Assists: Kris Letang , Lars Eller
6:17 - Penguins Ryan Graves (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Rickard Rakell
6:39 - Bruins David Pastrnak (EV) Assists: Hampus Lindholm , Morgan Geekie
7:21 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Kris Letang
15:58 - Penguins Lars Eller (EV) Assists: Drew O'Connor , Erik Karlsson
Penalties
7:52 - Penguins Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
6:38 - Penguins Jeff Carter (EV) Assists: Kris Letang , Bryan Rust
9:51 - Bruins Morgan Geekie (EV) Assists: David Pastrnak , Charlie McAvoy
19:24 - Bruins Jake DeBrusk (EV) Assists: Brandon Carlo , Morgan Geekie
Penalties
4:36 - Bruins Brandon Carlo (2) Cross checking
 13:21 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:08 - Bruins Brad Marchand (SH) Assists: Charlie Coyle
11:19 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (PP) Assists: Erik Karlsson
Penalties
1:38 - Bruins Charlie McAvoy (2) Delay of game
 11:12 - Bruins Charlie McAvoy (2) Hooking
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:53 4:07 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 14:28 12:07 0:00 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Drew O'Connor LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 21 14:28 11:54 0:00 2:34 0 0 4 - - - -
Bryan Rust RW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 24 17:16 14:17 1:31 1:28 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
Reilly Smith RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 14:13 12:50 1:23 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Lars Eller C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 25 15:25 11:46 1:22 2:17 0 0 1 1 9 3 75
Ryan Graves D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 15:26 13:39 0:00 1:47 0 0 2 1 - - -
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 27 25:23 23:13 0:00 2:10 0 0 - 4 - - -
Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 10:31 10:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Valtteri Puustinen RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12 7:37 7:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 E 0 4 26 17:09 15:28 0:00 1:41 0 0 2 3 10 6 62
Kris Letang D 0 3 3 -1 2 3 26 24:04 21:47 1:21 0:56 0 0 3 4 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 29 19:30 16:45 2:45 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Erik Karlsson D 0 2 2 E 0 28 20:28 17:41 2:47 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 26 17:18 14:43 2:35 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 23 16:38 13:44 2:54 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 3 57
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 16:56 16:10 0:00 0:46 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jeff Carter RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 19 10:31 9:18 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sidney Crosby C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 28 18:39 15:55 2:44 0:00 1 0 2 2 16 6 73
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jeremy Swayman G 0 0 0 0 0 57:19 49:12 4:00 4:07 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 14 8:29 7:38 0:00 0:51 0 0 - 1 - - -
Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 25 14:11 12:56 0:00 1:15 0 0 3 1 1 4 20
Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 13:28 13:15 0:13 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 1 1 E 0 1 29 19:19 17:07 0:36 1:36 0 0 1 2 9 16 36
Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 26 21:41 18:50 1:38 1:13 0 0 1 0 8 2 80
John Beecher C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 6:10 5:40 0:00 0:30 0 0 2 - 0 5 0
James van Riemsdyk LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 20 12:23 10:51 1:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Brandon Carlo D 0 1 1 +1 2 27 18:32 16:50 0:00 1:42 0 0 1 - - - -
Hampus Lindholm D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 29 29:13 24:44 1:38 2:51 0 0 - 2 - - -
Morgan Geekie C 1 2 3 +3 0 2 23 18:21 15:02 3:19 0:00 0 0 - 1 3 9 25
Georgii Merkulov C 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:23 6:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Danton Heinen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 14:42 13:52 0:00 0:50 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 E 0 2 31 20:52 19:07 0:00 1:45 0 0 - 2 - - -
Oskar Steen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 6:45 6:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Brad Marchand LW 2 0 2 +1 0 4 29 20:23 16:14 2:27 1:42 0 1 1 - - - -
Charlie McAvoy D 0 2 2 +1 4 1 31 26:27 22:54 2:29 1:04 0 0 3 1 - - -
Jake DeBrusk LW 1 0 1 -2 0 3 28 17:36 14:06 2:21 1:09 0 0 1 2 - - -
David Pastrnak RW 1 2 3 +3 0 7 23 23:39 19:52 3:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic W (8-4-3) 29 24 5 .828 0 60:00
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jeremy Swayman L (16-5-7) 35 29 6 .829 0 57:19