• Who: Penguins (21-13-9) vs. Bruins (24-19-2) • What: NHL regular season, Game 44 • When: 5:10 p.m. • Where: TD Garden • Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (14-11-4, .892 SV%) vs. Joonas Korpisalo (7-8, .888 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP360(local),ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Bruins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins lose, 1-0. Second loss in a row.
• Down to 25 seconds.
• Final minute.
• Penguins go for the extra attacker.
• Two minutes.
• The Penguins have had 10 games where they take 2-plus more penalties than they draw. But they've also had 10 games where they draw 2-plus more penalties than they take.
• Four minutes left.
• Connor Clifton has a third of the Penguins' 15 hits. Standard for him.
• Brett Kulak has three giveaways.
• Back to full strength.
• The Bruins' power play is immediately negated. Casey Mittelstadt gets called for hooking. It'll be 4-on-4 for 1:26, followed by a 34-second Penguins power play.
• Justin Brazeau is called for interference with 18:12 left.
• Third period is underway.
• End of the second, it's still 1-0 Bruins. Shots are 20-14 Penguins.
• Joonas Korpisalo just robbed Sidney Crosby twice on two backhand opportunities.
• And now Parker Wotherspoon is back out there.
• Parker Wotherspoon took a puck to the ... pants, I think. Knee maybe? He was in the fetal position on the ice for a but then gets up and goes to the bench. Looks like he's staying in.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Penguins gert a power play. Mark Kastelic gets two for goaltender interference, he ran into Stuart Skinner. He was freaking out afterward, throwing his hands in the air mocking Skinner like he sold it.
• The fourth-line guys all have significantly more PK time than even-strength time. That line's been good for them as of late but they can't get any time together when the Penguins are spending half the game in the box.
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Penguins are back on the PK with 11:25 left. Brett Kulak put the puck over the glass, delay of game.
• It's a good thing Charlie McAvoy is wearing a bubble, because Brett Kulak just fired a puck and it hit his head. He went down but got up smiling.
• The Bruins finally get their first shot of the period, almost six minutes in.
• Mark Kastelic gets a breakaway and is held by Brett Kulak in the process. Penguins go back on the PK with 15:35 left in the second.
• Penguins kill the rest of the Evgeni Malkin penalty.
• Second period is underway.
• Some general notes on the Penguins and penalties: They average 3.27 penalties per 60 minutes, the 27th-most in the league. Only five teams average fewer. Their penalties for vs. against differential is minus-5, which ranks 21st. For context, the Bruins are a minus-38 in penalties, the Rangers and Blackhawks are minus-20.
• Reminder that because the specific broadcast you are watching doesn't show every moment on the bench doesn't mean Dan Muse doesn't go at officials after calls. Literally sat here and watched him yell at the officials after they watched the replay. Bruins feed even showed it up close, could read Muse's lips and see that he was yelling about how that specific thing "happens all the time." He's regularly vocal after things like this.
• End of the first, and Penguins trail 1-0. Shots are 10-10. They'll have 23 seconds to kill on the Evgeni Malkin penalty to open the second.
• Yeah, that was an iffy call. Evgeni Malkin's stick got wedged between two guys, when it got free the momentum made it swing behind him and it clipped Nikita Zadorov. I mean, intent doesn't matter with the rule, you're expected to control your stick at all times. But still, that's tough.
• Penguins take their third penalty of the period. Evgeni Malkin gets two for high-sticking with 1:37 left in the first.
• Let me know if anything happens in the bottom-right corner, the sight lines aren't the best here, lol.
• GOAL: Bruins put one in with a stick and not a hand this time. Viktor Arvidsson backhands in a loose puck after a rebound, it just trickled in. Bruins 1, Penguins 0
• Penguins kill that penalty.
• Penguins are back on the PK with 13:58 left. Justin Brazeau gets two for a hook.
• Sean Kuraly scored but it's immediately waved off for a hand pass. Rickard Rakell called for that immediately. Clear-cut, he punched it in.
• Back to full strength.
• There's a horde of children in the box to the right of the press box that go feral when Rickard Rakell is on the ice because he wears 67.
• Penguins to the PK with 17:39 left in the first. Tommy Novak gets two for hooking.
• This is underway.
• Bruins' lines/pairings:
Marat Khusnutdinov - Elias Lindholm - David Pastrnak Casey Mittelstadt - Pavel Zacha - Viktor Arvidsson Alex Steeves - Fraser Minten - Mikey Eyssimont Tanner Jeannot - Sean Kuraly - Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot - Charlie McAvoy Nikita Zadorov - Henri Jokiharju Mason Lohrei - Andrew Peeke
• Little ceremony for linesman Matt MacPherson's 1,000th game. His family is on the ice, his baby is in an official's jersey.
• Kevin Hayes has a ton of family here for his 800th NHL game.
• Some shuffling to the forward lines, plus the aforementioned swap at D:
Anthony Mantha - Sidney Crosby - Rickard Rakell Evgeni Malkin - Kevin Hayes - Egor Chinakhov Tommy Novak - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Brett Kulak - Kris Letang Ryan Shea - Connor Clifton
• Connor Clifton is on the ice for warmups (in no helmet, he's feeling it). Jack St. Ivany is not out there.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Bruins 1, Penguins 0
• Who: Penguins (21-13-9) vs. Bruins (24-19-2)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 44
• When: 5:10 p.m.
• Where: TD Garden
• Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (14-11-4, .892 SV%) vs. Joonas Korpisalo (7-8, .888 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Bruins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins lose, 1-0. Second loss in a row.
• Down to 25 seconds.
• Final minute.
• Penguins go for the extra attacker.
• Two minutes.
• The Penguins have had 10 games where they take 2-plus more penalties than they draw. But they've also had 10 games where they draw 2-plus more penalties than they take.
• Four minutes left.
• Connor Clifton has a third of the Penguins' 15 hits. Standard for him.
• Brett Kulak has three giveaways.
• Back to full strength.
• The Bruins' power play is immediately negated. Casey Mittelstadt gets called for hooking. It'll be 4-on-4 for 1:26, followed by a 34-second Penguins power play.
• Justin Brazeau is called for interference with 18:12 left.
• Third period is underway.
• End of the second, it's still 1-0 Bruins. Shots are 20-14 Penguins.
• Joonas Korpisalo just robbed Sidney Crosby twice on two backhand opportunities.
• And now Parker Wotherspoon is back out there.
• Parker Wotherspoon took a puck to the ... pants, I think. Knee maybe? He was in the fetal position on the ice for a but then gets up and goes to the bench. Looks like he's staying in.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Penguins gert a power play. Mark Kastelic gets two for goaltender interference, he ran into Stuart Skinner. He was freaking out afterward, throwing his hands in the air mocking Skinner like he sold it.
• The fourth-line guys all have significantly more PK time than even-strength time. That line's been good for them as of late but they can't get any time together when the Penguins are spending half the game in the box.
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Penguins are back on the PK with 11:25 left. Brett Kulak put the puck over the glass, delay of game.
• It's a good thing Charlie McAvoy is wearing a bubble, because Brett Kulak just fired a puck and it hit his head. He went down but got up smiling.
• The Bruins finally get their first shot of the period, almost six minutes in.
• Mark Kastelic gets a breakaway and is held by Brett Kulak in the process. Penguins go back on the PK with 15:35 left in the second.
• Penguins kill the rest of the Evgeni Malkin penalty.
• Second period is underway.
• Some general notes on the Penguins and penalties: They average 3.27 penalties per 60 minutes, the 27th-most in the league. Only five teams average fewer. Their penalties for vs. against differential is minus-5, which ranks 21st. For context, the Bruins are a minus-38 in penalties, the Rangers and Blackhawks are minus-20.
• Reminder that because the specific broadcast you are watching doesn't show every moment on the bench doesn't mean Dan Muse doesn't go at officials after calls. Literally sat here and watched him yell at the officials after they watched the replay. Bruins feed even showed it up close, could read Muse's lips and see that he was yelling about how that specific thing "happens all the time." He's regularly vocal after things like this.
• End of the first, and Penguins trail 1-0. Shots are 10-10. They'll have 23 seconds to kill on the Evgeni Malkin penalty to open the second.
• Yeah, that was an iffy call. Evgeni Malkin's stick got wedged between two guys, when it got free the momentum made it swing behind him and it clipped Nikita Zadorov. I mean, intent doesn't matter with the rule, you're expected to control your stick at all times. But still, that's tough.
• Penguins take their third penalty of the period. Evgeni Malkin gets two for high-sticking with 1:37 left in the first.
• Let me know if anything happens in the bottom-right corner, the sight lines aren't the best here, lol.
• GOAL: Bruins put one in with a stick and not a hand this time. Viktor Arvidsson backhands in a loose puck after a rebound, it just trickled in. Bruins 1, Penguins 0
• Penguins kill that penalty.
• Penguins are back on the PK with 13:58 left. Justin Brazeau gets two for a hook.
• Sean Kuraly scored but it's immediately waved off for a hand pass. Rickard Rakell called for that immediately. Clear-cut, he punched it in.
• Back to full strength.
• There's a horde of children in the box to the right of the press box that go feral when Rickard Rakell is on the ice because he wears 67.
• Penguins to the PK with 17:39 left in the first. Tommy Novak gets two for hooking.
• This is underway.
• Bruins' lines/pairings:
Marat Khusnutdinov - Elias Lindholm - David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt - Pavel Zacha - Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Steeves - Fraser Minten - Mikey Eyssimont
Tanner Jeannot - Sean Kuraly - Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot - Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov - Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei - Andrew Peeke
• Little ceremony for linesman Matt MacPherson's 1,000th game. His family is on the ice, his baby is in an official's jersey.
• Kevin Hayes has a ton of family here for his 800th NHL game.
• Some shuffling to the forward lines, plus the aforementioned swap at D:
Anthony Mantha - Sidney Crosby - Rickard Rakell
Evgeni Malkin - Kevin Hayes - Egor Chinakhov
Tommy Novak - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak - Kris Letang
Ryan Shea - Connor Clifton
• Connor Clifton is on the ice for warmups (in no helmet, he's feeling it). Jack St. Ivany is not out there.
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