Defensemen Joe Corvo ended the Bruins’ longest goal scoring drought of the season six minutes into the third period, but it was their only goal of the game and it was not enough.
The Bruins, coming off a shutout loss against the lowly Carolina Hurricanes, were once again offensively challenged in this afternoon’s game, ultimately losing 2-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who got a great goaltending performance from Marc-Andre Fleury.
The streaking Penguins (9-1-0 in their last 10 games) got goals from red hot Evgeni Malkin, a possible MVP candidate, and Bruins’ arch-villian Matt Cooke. Malkin’s goal came late in the first period on the powerplay, when a shot from Chris Kunitz squirted from the crease onto Malkin’s stick, who put it home past goalie Tim Thomas with only 8 seconds left in the period for his 28th of the year.
Matt Cooke is well known to Bruins fans as the cheap shot artist that left B’s center Marc Savard severely concussed after a bli...
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