In a battle of two groups with completely different playoff implications, the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 at PPG Paints Enviornment on Saturday evening.
With the win, Boston strikes to 47-18-15 whereas Pittsburgh strikes to 37-31-12.
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ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
Pittsburgh got here out of the gates just like the workforce with extra desperation of their playoff hunt, outshooting Boston 12-5 to open the sport. The Bruins discovered some early possibilities, although they closely relied on high quality reps in web from Linus Ullmark.
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The second interval flipped a change for the Bruins, discovering the pre-playoff vitality that Boston hoped to ascertain. Jake DeBrusk, Pavel Zacha and Kevin Shattenkirk and Brad Marchand (short-handed) all discovered the again of the online to alter the momentum.
The groups mixed for six targets through the center 20 minutes. Boston stayed forward with a lift from Morgan Geekie and Danton Heinen to shut out the victory with an vital step towards the postseason.
STARS OF THE GAME
— Zacha notched 20 targets for the second straight season with Boston.
— Marchand netted his third short-handed purpose of the season.
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— Charlie Coyle tallied two assists to achieve 60 factors on the season.
UP NEXT
The Bruins head to Washington D.C. for his or her closing common season highway recreation of season to face the Capitals on Monday. Puck drop is ready for 7 p.m. ET. You possibly can catch the sport, plus an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.
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