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Game Seventeen (Live on Versus(HD) or 98.5FM The Sports Hub)
Boston Bruins (8-7-2) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (12-6-0)
November 10th, 2009 @ 7:00PM
(credit: AP Photos)
GAME BOX SCORE:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
| Boston Bruins | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
- Bruins post back-to-back wins for the first time this season blanking the Penguins 3-0.
- Tim Thomas made 27-saves tonight shutting down the Penguins for his 2nd shutout of the season.
- Timmy has allowed only 6-goals in his last 5-starts while only posting a 1-3-1 record.
- Matt Hunwick scored his 4th goal of the season in the first period to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
- Dan Paille added to the score netting his first goal of the season and as a Bruin on a breakaway to give the B's a two-goal lead.
- Patrice Bergeron put the nail in the coffin with 5-seconds left in the game with an empty net goal.
- Steve Begin & Dennis Wideman each had 2-assists tonight.
- Bergeron, Begin & Wideman each had a 2-point night tonight.
- The Bruins continued their penalty kill success killing off both of the Penguins chances tonight. Boston has killed off 27 of their last 28 penalties.
- Mark Recchi recorded his 900th career assists tonight. "The Recch'ing Ball" recorded his first assist with the Penguins back in 1988.
- Cindy Crosby was held point less for 5th straight game this season (Ovechkin got fined so when will we see Crosby get fined for slew-footing?).
- Boston finishes up their four-game home-stand Thursday against the Panthers @ The Garden.
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