The Bruins have lost two straight and now have to travel to Pittsburgh to face Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. The Penguins have had a tough start to their season as they are only 7-7-1 to start the year. We all know they will get it going, and it is way to early in the season to read into that.
Boston is going to have to deal with the loss of David Krejci who has a "mild" concussion. Most likely it will be Bergeron who moves into his spot with Nathan Horton and Milan Lucic on the wings. This is a big deal since the Krejci-Horton-Lucic line combined for 13 goals and 18 assists in 11 games. We always talk about Bergeron's intangibles, and how you won't see how good he is show up on the stat sheet, but until Savard or Krejci is back he is going to need to step up and put some points on the board.
Tim Thomas is 7-0-0 with a 1.05 goals-against average, but he was pulled after allowing three goals in two periods of Boston's 5-3 loss to Washington on Friday. Tuukka Rask is 0-3-1, but he stopped 34 of 35 shots against the Blues. My guess is that we could see Rask in there, since Thomas has had a lot of playing time early in the season.
No matter who is in net the Bruins defense has to play better then they have the last 2 games. Chara has done a hell of a job this year controlling guys like Ovechkin, so one would think he can control Crosby tonight. I wish I could say that I had a good feeling about this game, but the Penguins just have too much fire power tonight for the Bruins to keep up with Savard, Krejci, and Sturm out.
Penguins win 5-3
Player of the Game: Malkin
Game starts at 7pm on NESN.
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