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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jesse Marquis
Attendance: 2800
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Boston 1012
Pittsburgh 1001
Periods:
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1
Boston   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
Giveaway by Matt Grzelcyk. 0:13  
  0:21 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
  0:30 Kris Letang hits Brad Marchand.
Patrice Bergeron hits Brian Dumoulin. 0:36  
David Pastrnak penalty for boarding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 0:39  
  0:39 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
  0:46 Anthony Angello shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  1:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sean Kuraly.
  1:26 Evgeni Malkin penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jarred Tinordi.
  1:26 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jake DeBrusk.
  1:58 Giveaway by Mike Matheson.
David Pastrnak shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:04  
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 3:05  
David Pastrnak scores a power play goal. Assisted by Brad Marchand and Matt Grzelcyk. 3:20  
  3:20 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 3:31  
  3:45 Brandon Tanev hits Trent Frederic.
Jakub Zboril shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:50  
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 3:55  
Steven Kampfer shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:01  
Jarred Tinordi shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:24  
  4:25 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Brad Marchand.
  4:37 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
  4:54 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  5:00 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Giveaway by Charlie McAvoy. 5:05  
  5:38 Anthony Angello shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  5:43 Sam Lafferty hits Connor Clifton.
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 5:56  
David Krejci shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 6:07  
Shot by Jarred Tinordi misses the net 6:23  
  6:24 Anthony Angello hits Craig Smith.
Jarred Tinordi hits Evgeni Malkin. 6:37  
Jarred Tinordi hits Evgeni Malkin. 6:44  
Sean Kuraly wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 6:51  
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 7:15  
Matt Grzelcyk shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:20  
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 7:21  
Shot by Charlie McAvoy misses the net 7:32  
  7:44 Zach Aston-Reese hits Charlie McAvoy.
  8:13 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Sean Kuraly wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:18  
Sean Kuraly hits Cody Ceci. 8:28  
Trent Frederic hits Cody Ceci. 8:42  
Giveaway by Oskar Steen. 9:06  
  9:07 Colton Sceviour shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Charlie Coyle hits Anthony Angello. 9:12  
  9:17 Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  9:22 Anthony Angello hits Jarred Tinordi.
  9:23 Colton Sceviour shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 9:24  
  9:48 Evan Rodrigues hits Connor Clifton.
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:50  
  9:52 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:52  
Patrice Bergeron hits Brian Dumoulin. 10:04  
Brad Marchand shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:09  
  10:28 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Matt Grzelcyk.
Jarred Tinordi shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:48  
Steven Kampfer blocks shot from Sam Lafferty. 10:57  
Craig Smith wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 11:05  
  11:11 Sam Lafferty blocks shot from Jarred Tinordi.
Jake DeBrusk hits Mark Jankowski. 11:19  
  11:29 Zach Aston-Reese hits Steven Kampfer.
  11:34 Cody Ceci hits Jarred Tinordi.
  11:41 Shot by Sam Lafferty misses the net
  11:46 Takeaway by Zach Aston-Reese.
  11:47 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Takeaway by David Krejci. 12:01  
Oskar Steen hits Mike Matheson. 12:09  
Connor Clifton hits Cody Ceci. 12:17  
Nick Ritchie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:27  
Oskar Steen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:27  
Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:28  
  12:29 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
Oskar Steen hits Jake Guentzel. 12:34  
Nick Ritchie hits Marcus Pettersson. 12:35  
Nick Ritchie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:40  
  12:45 Jake Guentzel hits Jarred Tinordi.
  13:08 Bryan Rust blocks shot from Jakub Zboril.
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 13:09  
David Pastrnak penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brian Dumoulin. 13:13  
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 13:13  
  13:44 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  13:45 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sean Kuraly.
  14:03 Kris Letang hits Sean Kuraly.
Takeaway by Jake DeBrusk. 14:15  
Jarred Tinordi hits Jake Guentzel. 14:23  
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 15:03  
  15:17 Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues.
  15:20 Takeaway by Kasperi Kapanen.
  15:21 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  15:22 Brandon Tanev scores. Assisted by Evan Rodrigues and Kasperi Kapanen.
  15:22 Sam Lafferty wins the faceoff against David Krejci.
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 15:30  
Steven Kampfer hits Anthony Angello. 15:53  
  15:54 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  15:55 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
Nick Ritchie hits Cody Ceci. 16:06  
  16:08 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  16:15 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  16:21 Mark Jankowski wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
  16:42 Sam Lafferty hits Charlie McAvoy.
Brad Marchand shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 16:50  
  17:28 Kasperi Kapanen hits Trent Frederic.
Connor Clifton hits Brandon Tanev. 17:41  
Charlie McAvoy blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 17:43  
Trent Frederic blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 17:55  
  18:08 Takeaway by Colton Sceviour.
  18:12 Giveaway by Colton Sceviour.
  18:16 Mark Jankowski hits David Krejci.
  18:47 Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  18:48 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
Patrice Bergeron blocks shot from Kris Letang. 18:54  
Matt Grzelcyk shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:11  
  19:22 Kris Letang blocks shot from Patrice Bergeron.
Shot by David Pastrnak misses the net 19:30  
  19:43 Takeaway by Brandon Tanev.
Charlie Coyle hits Brandon Tanev. 19:44  
Nick Ritchie hits Cody Ceci. 19:58  
2
Boston   Pittsburgh
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
  0:13 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Shot by David Pastrnak misses the net 0:14  
Patrice Bergeron hits Jake Guentzel. 0:22  
  0:33 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Patrice Bergeron penalty for illegal check to head - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 0:34  
Sean Kuraly wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:34  
Takeaway by Jake DeBrusk. 1:22  
  1:36 Team penalty for Pittsburgh too many men on ice - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Anthony Angello.
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 1:36  
Giveaway by Connor Clifton. 1:42  
  1:46 Mark Jankowski shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  1:47 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
Craig Smith hits Kasperi Kapanen. 1:55  
  1:57 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  2:01 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
Craig Smith hits Mike Matheson. 2:31  
Craig Smith shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:46  
  3:06 Brandon Tanev blocks shot from David Pastrnak.
  3:18 Brandon Tanev hits David Pastrnak.
  3:30 Takeaway by Mark Jankowski.
Brad Marchand shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:42  
Steven Kampfer shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:49  
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 3:53  
  4:02 Anthony Angello hits Jake DeBrusk.
Oskar Steen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:17  
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 4:18  
  4:24 Brandon Tanev blocks shot from Connor Clifton.
  4:39 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  4:45 Shot by Brandon Tanev misses the net
  4:51 Brandon Tanev hits Jake DeBrusk.
  5:05 Bryan Rust hits Trent Frederic.
Sean Kuraly wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 5:28  
Shot by Trent Frederic misses the net 5:39  
Sean Kuraly hits Chad Ruhwedel. 5:45  
  6:03 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Nick Ritchie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 6:11  
Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 6:12  
  6:36 Takeaway by Mike Matheson.
  6:39 Sam Lafferty wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
  6:55 Mark Jankowski hits Charlie McAvoy.
  7:08 Kris Letang hits Brad Marchand.
David Pastrnak shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:16  
David Pastrnak shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:18  
  7:26 Sam Lafferty hits Patrice Bergeron.
Shot by Jarred Tinordi misses the net 7:34  
Trent Frederic shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:38  
Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 7:39  
  7:45 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Trent Frederic.
  8:13 Marcus Pettersson penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Trent Frederic.
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 8:13  
  8:21 Takeaway by Cody Ceci.
  8:27 Brandon Tanev hits David Pastrnak.
  9:04 Kris Letang hits Nick Ritchie.
  9:25 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  9:31 Brandon Tanev hits David Krejci.
  10:17 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jakub Zboril.
Karson Kuhlman hits Brian Dumoulin. 10:30  
Sean Kuraly shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:35  
  10:41 Bryan Rust hits Jakub Zboril.
Shot by Sean Kuraly misses the net 10:54  
Shot by Jarred Tinordi misses the net 11:10  
Jarred Tinordi hits Zach Aston-Reese. 11:44  
  11:53 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Patrice Bergeron.
  12:06 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Nick Ritchie.
  12:31 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
  12:47 Cody Ceci blocks shot from Jarred Tinordi.
Oskar Steen hits Brandon Tanev. 12:49  
  12:57 Brandon Tanev penalty for boarding - 5 mins (Major). Drawn by Jarred Tinordi. Served by Anthony Angello.
  12:57 Brandon Tanev penalty for game misconduct - 10 mins (Game Misconduct).
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski. 12:57  
Nick Ritchie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 13:44  
Matt Grzelcyk shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 13:54  
Nick Ritchie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 14:36  
  14:56 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  15:02 Evan Rodrigues hits Brad Marchand.
Shot by Matt Grzelcyk misses the net 15:09  
  15:12 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 15:14  
  15:14 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle.
Giveaway by Jake DeBrusk. 15:41  
  16:17 Takeaway by Sam Lafferty.
Giveaway by David Pastrnak. 17:31  
  17:35 Mark Jankowski shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  18:08 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Trent Frederic hits Kris Letang. 18:09  
Shot by Craig Smith misses the net 18:53  
Brad Marchand hits Sidney Crosby. 19:35  
  19:37 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  19:38 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  19:39 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
3
Boston   Pittsburgh
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
  0:33 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
Brad Marchand penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 0:39  
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:39  
Patrice Bergeron blocks shot from Kris Letang. 0:59  
  1:30 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:31  
  2:05 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Charlie McAvoy hits Sidney Crosby. 2:09  
  2:38 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  2:49 Mark Jankowski shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
Connor Clifton hits Mark Jankowski. 2:49  
Giveaway by David Pastrnak. 3:03  
  3:21 Sam Lafferty hits Connor Clifton.
Sean Kuraly hits Colton Sceviour. 3:39  
  4:17 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Sean Kuraly.
Connor Clifton shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:29  
Charlie Coyle hits Marcus Pettersson. 4:49  
  4:57 Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  5:08 Mark Jankowski wins the faceoff against David Krejci.
Jakub Zboril hits Sam Lafferty. 5:19  
Charlie McAvoy hits Colton Sceviour. 5:23  
  5:27 Cody Ceci shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  5:32 Mike Matheson hits Jake DeBrusk.
Jake DeBrusk shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 5:45  
  7:01 Kris Letang hits David Pastrnak.
Trent Frederic scores. Assisted by Jakub Zboril and Patrice Bergeron. 7:07  
Sean Kuraly wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 7:07  
Trent Frederic hits Marcus Pettersson. 7:26  
Takeaway by Charlie McAvoy. 7:32  
  7:34 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against David Krejci.
Charlie Coyle blocks shot from Kris Letang. 7:42  
  7:43 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  7:52 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
  8:00 Mike Matheson blocks shot from David Krejci.
Oskar Steen hits Sidney Crosby. 8:02  
  8:15 Colton Sceviour hits Matt Grzelcyk.
Charlie Coyle blocks shot from Mark Jankowski. 8:43  
Steven Kampfer hits Colton Sceviour. 8:49  
  9:01 Anthony Angello hits Sean Kuraly.
  9:08 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Craig Smith.
  9:18 Cody Ceci shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  9:23 Zach Aston-Reese hits Nick Ritchie.
  9:47 Evan Rodrigues hits Trent Frederic.
Patrice Bergeron shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:07  
  10:35 Sam Lafferty wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
David Krejci shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:45  
  10:58 Sam Lafferty hits Oskar Steen.
  11:08 Sam Lafferty hits Jakub Zboril.
Takeaway by Charlie Coyle. 11:29  
Charlie Coyle hits Evan Rodrigues. 11:39  
  12:04 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  12:05 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Patrice Bergeron.
Matt Grzelcyk hits Sidney Crosby. 12:34  
  12:43 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  12:53 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
  12:57 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
Brad Marchand hits Kris Letang. 13:00  
  13:09 Kris Letang hits Karson Kuhlman.
Shot by Sean Kuraly misses the net 13:28  
  13:35 Kris Letang blocks shot from Trent Frederic.
Steven Kampfer blocks shot from Evan Rodrigues. 13:41  
David Krejci wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 13:42  
Takeaway by Jake DeBrusk. 14:06  
Oskar Steen hits Marcus Pettersson. 14:13  
David Krejci hits Bryan Rust. 14:25  
  14:31 Colton Sceviour hits Jakub Zboril.
Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 14:49  
Sean Kuraly hits Mark Jankowski. 15:10  
  15:14 Shot by Sam Lafferty misses the net
  15:15 Takeaway by Mark Jankowski.
  15:19 Colton Sceviour hits Trent Frederic.
  15:21 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sean Kuraly.
Takeaway by Connor Clifton. 15:35  
  15:56 Giveaway by Mike Matheson.
Charlie Coyle hits Marcus Pettersson. 16:25  
  17:26 Colton Sceviour hits Connor Clifton.
Takeaway by Brad Marchand. 18:01  
Shot by David Pastrnak misses the net 18:25  
Brad Marchand hits Bryan Rust. 18:31  
Charlie McAvoy hits Kasperi Kapanen. 19:01  
  19:18 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.
  19:20 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
Takeaway by Sean Kuraly. 19:30  
Charlie Coyle hits Sam Lafferty. 19:43  
  19:57 Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Dan Vladar.