Much to Like About Penguins 3-2 OT Loss to Bruins
As a general rule, Penguins visits to TD Garden go down about as well as a giant gulp of castor oil. Counting last night’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Bruins, our boys haven’t won in their last eight tilts in Beantown (0-7-1).
Still, there were plenty of reasons to feel encouraged by the Pens’ performance. Following a typically sluggish first period (outshot 11-6, trailed 1-0) we got stronger as the game progressed, much like a stud pitcher in baseball. And this against a very good Bruins team. Had it not been for the stellar goaltending of long-time nemesis Tuukka Rask, we would’ve come away with two points. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
The Bruins grabbed the lead at 7:41 of the opening frame on a shorthanded goal by noted fink Brad Marchand, who beat Kris Letang with an inside move and ripped the biscuit past Tristan Jarry.
The Pens nearly knotted the score early in the second period on a rush by the Sidney Crosby line, but Rask stopped Bryan Rust cold. It was a theme that would recur throughout the game…the B’s netminder blunted five shots by the “Rusty Razor”…excellent chances all.