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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

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Lindholm and Korpisalo lead Bruins to 4-1 victory over Penguins

Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: Game Highlights

Fabian Lysell, Morgan Geekie and Jakub Lauko also scored for the Bruins, who ended the Penguins' three-game home winning streak. David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each had two assists.

Rickard Rakell had the lone goal for Pittsburgh and Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.

The Bruins never trailed after Lindholm put them ahead 1-0 with 3 seconds left in the first period when he deflected a pass from Pastrnak just outside the crease and put his wrister past Jarry.

Lysell and Geekie scored about three minutes apart in the second period to give Boston a three-goal lead.

Rakell cut the Penguins' deficit to 3-1 with 6 seconds left in the second period, but Lauko's empty-netter with 2:30 left sealed it for the Bruins.

Takeaways Bruins: Pastrnak has a career-high, five-game multipoint streak. He joined former teammates Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron as the three players to pull off the feat for the franchise over the last 30 years.

Penguins: Rakell has been a bright spot, setting a career high in goals with 35 to break his previous mark from seven seasons ago when he was an All-Star for Anaheim.

Key moment Lysell, the No. 21 overall pick in 2021, scored his first NHL goal in his 11th game midway through the second period to put the Bruins ahead 2-0.

Key stat Pittsburgh didn’t reach double digits in shots in the first or second periods, leading to a 3-1 deficit entering the third.

Up next Bruins: Host New Jersey on Tuesday night, ending Boston’s first season without a playoff bid since 2016.

Penguins: Host Washington on Tuesday night, closing Pittsburgh’s third straight year without a postseason appearance in its longest drought since 2002-06.

Regular Season Series

BOS wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 19:57 Elias Lindholm Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (61), Henri Jokiharju (7)
Goal 2nd Period 8:52 Fabian Lysell Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Zacha (32), Marat Khusnutdinov (7)
Goal 2nd Period 11:56 Morgan Geekie Goal (32) Slap Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (62), Elias Lindholm (29)
Goal 2nd Period 19:44 Rickard Rakell Goal (35) Wrist Shot, assists: Philip Tomasino (12), Ville Koivunen (5)
Goal 3rd Period 17:30 Jakub Lauko Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Pavel Zacha (33), Nikita Zadorov (16)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/pit.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPIT
9 Blocked Shots 11
15 Hits 27
12 Takeaways 6
32 Shots 24
1 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
33.3 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
26 Faceoffs Won 25
51.0 Faceoff Win Percent 49.0
21 Giveaways 20
4 Total Penalties 4
8 Penalty Minutes 8
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Harrison Brunicke, D Out Dec 9
Blake Lizotte, C Injured Reserve Dec 9
Evgeni Malkin, C Injured Reserve Dec 9
Peyton Kettles, D Out Nov 24
Caleb Jones, D Injured Reserve Oct 25
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Viktor Arvidsson, LW Out Dec 18
Jonathan Aspirot, D Injured Reserve Dec 16
Henri Jokiharju, D Injured Reserve Nov 29
Matej Blumel, RW Injured Reserve Nov 28

Game Information

PPG Paints Arena

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 15,976 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 19 13 41 3
Boston 20 14 40 0
Tampa Bay 18 12 39 3
Florida 18 13 38 2
Montreal 17 12 38 4
Toronto 15 12 35 5
Ottawa 15 13 34 4
Buffalo 14 14 32 4

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 22 9 46 2
NY Islanders 19 12 41 3
Philadelphia 17 9 40 6
Washington 18 11 40 4
New Jersey 19 14 39 1
Pittsburgh 14 9 37 9
NY Rangers 16 15 36 4
Columbus 14 13 34 6
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