The Boston Bruins stopped the proverbial bleeding in a needed win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon. They encountered a pair of self-inflicted Blues before earning their second straight win Tuesday night in St. Louis.
Some of Boston’s troubling trends continued with the slumping power play extending its skid to 28 straight attempts without a goal. Then came another tally in the final minute of a period on Robert Thomas’ tip-in equalizer with 2.4 ticks left in the middle stanza.
The Bruins also had to overcome an early 1-0 deficit on Pavel Buchnevich’s power-play marker at 11:48 of the opening frame.