Boston Bruins @ Pittsburgh Penguins game recap video, on December 18, 2015.
Quick game summary
In the first period, Penguins Conor Sheary scored, making the score 1-0 Penguins. Less than two minutes later, Bruins Frank Vatrano scored his 3rd goal of the season, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 10th goal of the season, a short-handed goal, making the score 2-1 Bruins. Less than two minutes later, Penguins Trevor Daley scored, tying the game 2-2. Later, Bruins Loui Eriksson scored his 12th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making the score 3-2 Bruins.
In the third period, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 11th goal of the season, making the score 4-2 Bruins. Later, Bruins Frank Vatrano scored his 4th goal of the season, making the score 5-2 Bruins. Later, Bruins Frank Vatrano scored his 5th goal of the season, earning his 1st career NHL hat trick, making the score 6-2 Bruins.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 30 saves on 32 shots. Rask is now 13-7-3 with a 2.42 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 34-32, hits 31-30 and faceoff wins 38-35. The Penguins led the game in blocked shots 18-14. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Penguins went 0-for-5.
Torey Krug led the Bruins with 7 shots. Jimmy Hayes, Max Talbot and Matt Beleskey all led the Bruins with 4 hits each. Dennis Seidenberg and Adam McQuaid led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.
Joe Morrow, Tyler Randell and Zach Trotman were scratched and did not play.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 18-9-4 with 40 points this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Sunday when they host the New Jersey Devils, at 5:00pm ET.
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