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Bruins travel to Pittsburgh to take on Penguins

The Bruins are in Pittsburgh to face the Penguins tonight at Mellon Arena. This is the second time that these two teams have met this week with the B's shutting out the Pens 3-0 on Tuesday night.

The Bruins have not allowed a goal in their last 2 games and will try for their third consecutive shutout tonight. While the Bruins have played well defensively, they have struggled to score goals as of late. Despite outshooting the Florida Panthers 40-23 on Thursday night and controlling the play for most of the game, the Bruins could not manage to get on the scoreboard and ultimately fell 1-0 in the shootout.

Meanwhile, the Penguins have hit a rough patch and are looking to snap a 4-game losing streak. The Pens could get some help tonight though as Evgeni Malkin (shoulder) is listed as a game-time decision and could return to the lineup tonight.

Know Your Enemy

Pittsburgh Penguins (12-7-0)

Head Coach: "Disco Dan" Bylsma

Leading Scorer:


G A P +/- PIM
2009 - Sidney Crosby 9 8 17 4 33

Goaltending:


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Marc-Andre Fleury 16 927 10 6 39 2.52 407 368 .904 0


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Brent Johnson 4 227 2 1 9 2.38 106 97 .915 0

Injury Report


Boston Bruins Injuries

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Milan Lucic fingers 10/17/2009
Marc Savard foot 10/21/2009


Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

Probable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Evgeni Malkin shoulder 10/29/2009

Questionable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Tyler Kennedy groin 11/14/2009

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Sergei Gonchar wrist 10/21/2009
Kris Letang shoulder 11/10/2009
Brooks Orpik lower Body 11/13/2009
Maxime Talbot shoulder
9/11/2009

 

Notes:

- Tim Thomas has allowed 4 goals in his last 5 games.

- The Bruins have scored 1 goal or less in 8 of their 18 games this season.

- For more on tonight's game from a Pens fan's perspective, check out PensBurgh

- Game starts at 7:30 and can be seen on NESN. Public Skate (open thread) starts at 7:00.

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