5 games without a point for Crosby. Now that's awesome! It's always a good day when cry baby Crosby & the Penguins fail.
agreed!! all we can hope now is that someone knocks out Talbotts teeth with a fist ..
Bruins blank depleted Penguins
BOSTON - Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the fifth straight game as the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-0, last night.
Matt Hunwick backhanded a rebound under the crossbar, then had to wait 77 seconds for a whistle so NHL officials could consult a video replay and give Boston the goal.
Mark Recchi had the 900th assist of his career, Daniel Paille had his first goal with the Bruins, and Patrice Bergeron added a shorthanded empty-netter with 3.5 seconds left as Boston won back-to-back games for the first time all season.
Thomas recorded his 14th shutout - passing Andy Moog for 10th on the Bruins' career list - while handing Pittsburgh its second straight shutout.
The Penguins have not scored in 149 minutes, 9 seconds and have lost three straight games - all away from home - after opening the season 7-0 on the road.
Pittsburgh, already without Stanley Cup playoffs MVP Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Sergei Gonchar, and Tyler Kennedy, lost former Boston College defenseman Brooks Orpik in the first period to an unspecified injury.
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 – 0
Boston 0 1 2 – 3
First period: None. Penalties: Sobotka, Bos (tripping), 2:04.
Second period: 1, Boston, Hunwick 4 (Wideman, Begin), 1:36. Penalties: None.
Third period: 2, Boston, Paille 1 (Recchi, Bergeron), 3:34. 3, Boston, Bergeron 6 (Begin, Wideman), 19:56 (en-sh). Penalties: Guerin, Pit (cross-checking), 11:27; Thornton, Bos (cross-checking), 19:39.
Shots on Goal: Pittsburgh 2-13-12–27. Boston 10-7-12–29.
Power-play opportunities: Pittsburgh 0 of 2; Boston 0 of 1.
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Fleury 10-5-0 (28 shots-26 saves). Boston, Thomas 5-6-1 (27-27).
A: 17,565 (17,565). T: 2:18.
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Bill McCreary. Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Mark Pare.
Wild 5, Maple Leafs 2
TORONTO - Mikko Koivu scored one goal and assisted on two others in the second period as Minnesota ended Toronto's two-game winning streak.
Marek Zidlicky broke a 1-1 tie at 5:44 of the period. Then, 26 seconds after Koivu beat Jonas Gustavsson at 17:29, Greg Zanon made it 4-1.
