10:15 a.m. ET: So far, so good on the week from hell for the Bruins, but they’ll get another big-time test on Tuesday night.
The B’s continue their stretch of five games in seven days with a trip to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins. It marks the second leg of a back-to-back after Boston beat Ottawa 3-2 in a shootout Monday night. The Bruins are now 3-0-0 in the first half of back-to-back games, but they are only 1-1-0 in the back half of those instances so far this season.
As expected, the Penguins are among the NHL’s elite teams this season, entering Tuesday’s game in third place in the Eastern Conference, just one point behind the Bruins. The Pens are also red-hot as of late having won five in a row.
They’re doing it for the most part recently without one of the best players in the world. Evgeni Malkin missed some time recently with a concussion. He returned briefly, but is out again with what’s being called an upper-body injury. Sidney Crosby once again looks like a Hart Trophy...
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Sidney Crosby,
Evgeni Malkin,
Tuukka Rask,
Claude Julien,
Chris Kelly
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins
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