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December 23,2007  (Sunday) in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot BOS 1 0 1 2 PIT 0 3 1 4	Shots 1 2 3 Tot BOS 12 7 11 30 PIT 10 7 8 25	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season BOS 0 / 3 26 / 134 (19.4%) 116 / 149 (77.9%) PIT 1 / 5 33 / 174 (19.0%) 134 / 169 (79.3%)
Start: 3:00pm Attendance: 17,060 Referees: Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh Officials: Derek Amell, Steve Miller	Boston Bruins Game #36 18-16-2 38 Pts Prev Game vs STL Next Game at CAR Pittsburgh Penguins Game #36 18-16-2 38 Pts Prev Game at NYI Next Game at WAS Three Stars: (1) Gary Roberts  (PIT)  (2) Georges Laraque (PIT)  (3) Ty Conklin (PIT)

Goals 1st Period 1. BOS P.J. Axelsson    [6]  [c90]   ( Zdeno Chara [16],  Marc Savard [31] ) 3:48 2nd Period 2. PIT Gary Roberts    [2]  [c433]   ( Georges Laraque [6],  Erik Christensen [4] ) 2:16 3. PIT Evgeni Malkin    [14]  [c47]   (Powerplay)   ( Jordan Staal [6],  Sergei Gonchar [23] ) 13:04 4. PIT Georges Laraque    [2]  [c50]   (GW)   ( Gary Roberts [12],  Erik Christensen [5] ) 13:34 3rd Period 5. BOS Petteri Nokelainen    [4]  [c5]   ( Peter Schaefer [10],  Matt Lashoff [1] ) 19:06 6. PIT Gary Roberts    [3]  [c434]   (Empty Net)   ( Sidney Crosby [32],  Colby Armstrong [10] ) 19:50 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Alex Auld Career BOS L 59 3 24 21 7-9-0 2.78 Ty Conklin Career PIT W 60 2 30 28 2-0-0 3.72

Penalties 1st Period 1. BOS Andrew Ference [1] Holding 2 8:53 2. BOS Dennis Wideman [3] Slashing 2 9:17 3. PIT Sidney Crosby [1] Slashing 2 14:23 2nd Period 4. BOS Chuck Kobasew [1] Charging 2 11:53 5. BOS Mark Stuart [2] Holding 2 16:24 6. PIT Gary Roberts [1] Tripping 2 19:03 3rd Period 7. PIT Evgeni Malkin [5] Tripping 2 1:43 8. BOS Milan Lucic [1] Slashing 2 15:41

Faceoffs
Boston Bruins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Marc Savard 10 10 50.0% 353 356 49.8% Glen Metropolit 6 8 42.9% 261 290 47.4% Phil Kessel 4 3 57.1% 117 152 43.5% Vladimir Sobotka 2 4 33.3% 34 34 50.0% Marco Sturm 2 0 100.0% 3 12 20.0% Chuck Kobasew 2 0 100.0% 17 18 48.6% Petteri Nokelainen 0 1 .0% 60 47 56.1%   26 26 50.0% 995 1098 47.5%	Pittsburgh Penguins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Sidney Crosby 9 11 45.0% 406 371 52.3% Jordan Staal 8 6 57.1% 170 226 42.9% Erik Christensen 5 6 45.5% 119 80 59.8% Jeff Taffe 3 1 75.0% 7 5 58.3% Evgeni Malkin 0 1 .0% 73 122 37.4% Colby Armstrong 0 1 .0% 2 6 25.0% Adam Hall 1 0 100.0% 173 169 50.6%   26 26 50.0% 1015 1057 49.0%

Boston Bruins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Dennis Wideman D 177 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 1 31:47 5:12 2:41 11 P.J. Axelsson LW 683 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 19:21 1:28 3:44 12 Chuck Kobasew RW 256 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 2 19:30 3:01 1:49 13 Glen Metropolit C 216 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 18:01 0:46 2:39 16 Marco Sturm LW 715 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 20:45 3:48 2:55 17 Milan Lucic LW 31 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 2 14:36 2:11 0:00 21 Andrew Ference D 433 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 0 22:06 1:15 3:17 22 Shawn Thornton RW 94 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6:09 0:00 0:00 33 Zdeno Chara D 647 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 29:04 4:45 5:58 45 Mark Stuart D 68 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 18:09 0:00 3:36 48 Matt Hunwick D 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:00 0:19 0:00 49 Matt Lashoff D 15 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9:02 0:29 0:00 53 Jeremy Reich LW 65 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 8:49 0:00 1:20 56 Petteri Nokelainen RW 39 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 9:58 0:00 0:00 60 Vladimir Sobotka C 13 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 10:19 0:00 0:00 72 Peter Schaefer LW 530 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 15:10 1:32 0:00 81 Phil Kessel C 106 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 7:26 0:29 0:00 91 Marc Savard C 621 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 20:42 4:45 0:41   4907 2 4 6 -5 10 30 14 23

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 3 Mark Eaton D 384 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10:55 0:00 0:58 4 Robert Scuderi D 184 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 18:15 0:00 1:51 5 Darryl Sydor D 1127 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 21:35 2:06 3:11 10 Gary Roberts LW 1191 2 1 3 3 2 2 0 1 13:20 2:44 0:00 11 Jordan Staal C 117 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 3 21:30 4:23 4:12 16 Erik Christensen C-W 125 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 12:19 2:06 0:00 17 Petr Sykora C 810 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:23 3:51 0:00 18 Adam Hall RW 364 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 12:12 0:00 4:09 19 Ryan Whitney D 181 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 23:14 2:20 1:51 20 Colby Armstrong RW 157 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 17:07 0:27 1:51 27 Georges Laraque RW 591 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 9:44 0:00 0:00 37 Jarkko Ruutu LW 373 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 11:35 0:00 1:48 38 Jeff Taffe F 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8:30 0:00 0:00 48 Tyler Kennedy C 23 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 12:20 0:00 0:00 55 Sergei Gonchar D 858 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 26:07 4:27 4:09 58 Kristopher Letang D 25 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 17:47 4:15 0:00 71 Evgeni Malkin C 114 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 1 20:36 5:43 0:00 87 Sidney Crosby C 196 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 21:41 5:28 0:00   8105 4 8 12 5 6 25 16 17

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