• Who: Penguins (31-15-13) vs. Bruins (33-21-5) • What: NHL regular season, Game 60 • When: 7:08 p.m. • Where: TD Garden • Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (19-12-6, .891 SV%) vs. Jeremy Swayman (22-13-3, .903 SV%) • Stream: ESPN+(Out of market) • Satellite: SiriusXM 219 • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, NESN (New England) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Bruins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Minute and change.
• Two minutes to go. Forget this one. Boxed out. Like old times.
• OK, getting goalied now. Swayman robs Karlsson right in front. Yikes. 8:28 left.
• Kindel nearly wraps a rebound around Swayman, quickly becoming the evening's star.
• Letang's back on the rink after missing a shift.
• The famous Karlsson deke draws a grab from Mittelstadt. Power play.
• Third period's underway. Here we go.
• That's period. Shots are 23-22 for Boston, but a way better period for the visitors. Only Swayman's kept them from taking the lead.
• Mantha's off for a cross-check. I thought those were legal now.
• Karlsson fell not once but twice on that shift. Appeared to be a bad/loose blade. He's now gone back down the tunnel with the equipment staff.
• Chinakhov's dangerous every shift now. Every single shift.
• Great-looking power play. Really. Just not getting it by Swayman.
• Too many men against the Bruins.
• Power play coming up for Boston. Chinakhov high-sticks Lohrei.
• Karlsson bangs one off the bar. Good threat by the Geno line. Something's happening.
• Better beginning to the second. Not by a bunch.
• That's period. Shots are 12-7 for Boston. Man, do the Penguins not like when opponents pressure them. Main message so far.
• Aspirot hauls down Kindel. Power play.
• Crazy PK for four guys stuck out there for more than two minutes. Skinner was up to it.
• Letang blocks a Hampus Lindholm shot. Hobbled a bit. Bounces up.
• Acciari briefly winds up one-on-one with Swayman but can't get it through.
• Wow, nothing on Geekie. That's legit strange. Power play for Boston.
• Clifton hogties Pastrnak, but then gets blasted from behind by Geekie. Should even it up.
• Chinakhov can't beat Swayman on a breakaway backhander, having been sprung by Geno.
• Stuff's settled a bit, but the Penguins still aren't handling Boston's forecheck -- or pressure, in general -- well at all. Been a while since I've seen this.
• Muse wisely uses his timeout.
• GOAL. Boston again. Mittelstadt bangs home the easiest rebound of his life. Time: 6:00, first period. Bruins, 2-1
• Really disjoined first few minutes to this game. Especially for the visitors. They're a mess.
• GOAL. Eyssimont. Awful shift by Kindel's new line, and a giveaway by Kindel himself. Sniped over Skinner's blocker. Handed the gift right back. Tie, 1-1
• Mantha clean breakaway. Tries backhand. Nope.
• Nope. Only further reaffirming, nobody in this league has any idea what goaltender interference is. Presuming you saw J.T. Miller's last night in Columbus.
• GOAL. Karlsson with a long-range wrister from the right point. Naturally, it's being challenged for goaltender interferenc. You know where this is headed, right?
• Yikes. Scary carom off the end boards, and Khusnutdinov has a great chance right away. Skinner stands square to it.
• FACEOFF: Penguins vs. Bruins, Novak vs. Lindholm, 7:08 p.m.
• Couple tweaks from the skate to now: Acciari's listed as a right winger, but I can tell you he told me himself he'll likely be taking faceoffs. And the second/third-pairing defensemen flipped.
• K-Hayes alone going helmetless. I like it. Bobby Orr, baby.
• Warmups underway. No surprises for the visitors.
• Dan Muse's expected lines and pairings, based on the morning skate today:
THE ASYLUM
Final: Bruins 2, Penguins 1
• Who: Penguins (31-15-13) vs. Bruins (33-21-5)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 60
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: TD Garden
• Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (19-12-6, .891 SV%) vs. Jeremy Swayman (22-13-3, .903 SV%)
• Stream: ESPN+ (Out of market)
• Satellite: SiriusXM 219
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, NESN (New England)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Bruins
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Minute and change.
• Two minutes to go. Forget this one. Boxed out. Like old times.
• OK, getting goalied now. Swayman robs Karlsson right in front. Yikes. 8:28 left.
• Kindel nearly wraps a rebound around Swayman, quickly becoming the evening's star.
• Letang's back on the rink after missing a shift.
• The famous Karlsson deke draws a grab from Mittelstadt. Power play.
• Third period's underway. Here we go.
• That's period. Shots are 23-22 for Boston, but a way better period for the visitors. Only Swayman's kept them from taking the lead.
• Mantha's off for a cross-check. I thought those were legal now.
• Karlsson fell not once but twice on that shift. Appeared to be a bad/loose blade. He's now gone back down the tunnel with the equipment staff.
• Chinakhov's dangerous every shift now. Every single shift.
• Great-looking power play. Really. Just not getting it by Swayman.
• Too many men against the Bruins.
• Power play coming up for Boston. Chinakhov high-sticks Lohrei.
• Karlsson bangs one off the bar. Good threat by the Geno line. Something's happening.
• Better beginning to the second. Not by a bunch.
• That's period. Shots are 12-7 for Boston. Man, do the Penguins not like when opponents pressure them. Main message so far.
• Aspirot hauls down Kindel. Power play.
• Crazy PK for four guys stuck out there for more than two minutes. Skinner was up to it.
• Letang blocks a Hampus Lindholm shot. Hobbled a bit. Bounces up.
• Acciari briefly winds up one-on-one with Swayman but can't get it through.
• Wow, nothing on Geekie. That's legit strange. Power play for Boston.
• Clifton hogties Pastrnak, but then gets blasted from behind by Geekie. Should even it up.
• Chinakhov can't beat Swayman on a breakaway backhander, having been sprung by Geno.
• Stuff's settled a bit, but the Penguins still aren't handling Boston's forecheck -- or pressure, in general -- well at all. Been a while since I've seen this.
• Muse wisely uses his timeout.
• GOAL. Boston again. Mittelstadt bangs home the easiest rebound of his life. Time: 6:00, first period. Bruins, 2-1
• Really disjoined first few minutes to this game. Especially for the visitors. They're a mess.
• GOAL. Eyssimont. Awful shift by Kindel's new line, and a giveaway by Kindel himself. Sniped over Skinner's blocker. Handed the gift right back. Tie, 1-1
• Mantha clean breakaway. Tries backhand. Nope.
• Nope. Only further reaffirming, nobody in this league has any idea what goaltender interference is. Presuming you saw J.T. Miller's last night in Columbus.
• GOAL. Karlsson with a long-range wrister from the right point. Naturally, it's being challenged for goaltender interferenc. You know where this is headed, right?
• Yikes. Scary carom off the end boards, and Khusnutdinov has a great chance right away. Skinner stands square to it.
• FACEOFF: Penguins vs. Bruins, Novak vs. Lindholm, 7:08 p.m.
• Couple tweaks from the skate to now: Acciari's listed as a right winger, but I can tell you he told me himself he'll likely be taking faceoffs. And the second/third-pairing defensemen flipped.
• K-Hayes alone going helmetless. I like it. Bobby Orr, baby.
• Warmups underway. No surprises for the visitors.
• Dan Muse's expected lines and pairings, based on the morning skate today:
Egor Chinakhov-Tommy Novak-Evgeni Malkin
Rickard Rakell-Ben Kindel-Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha-Kevin Hayes-Justin Brazeau
Avery Hayes-Connor Dewar-Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Sam Girard-Kris Letang
Ryan Shea-Connor Clifton
• Marco Sturm's expected forward lines and defense pairings tonight, based on the Bruins' full practice yesterday at Warrior Ice Arena:
Marat Khusnutdinov-Elias Lindholm-David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt-Pavel Zacha-Viktor Arvidsson
Mikey Eyssimont-Fraser Minten-Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot-Sean Kuraly-Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot-Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm-Mason Lohrei
Nikita Zadorov-Henri Jokiharju
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