Getting to know the Bruins<\/p>\n
Marat Khusnutdinov – Elias Lindholm – David Pastrnak<\/p>\n
Casey Mittelstadt – Pavel Zacha – Viktor Arvidsson<\/p>\n
Michael Eyssimont – Fraser Minten – Morgan Geekie<\/p>\n
Tanner Jeannot – Sean Kuraly – Mark Kastelic<\/p>\n
Jonathan Aspirot \/ Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n
Hampus Lindholm \/ Mason Lohrei<\/p>\n
Nikita Zadorov \/ Henri Jokirharju<\/p>\n
Goalies: Jeremy Swayman, Joonas Korpisalo<\/p>\n
Potential scratches: Alex Steeves, Andrew Peeke, Jordan Harris<\/p>\n
Injured Reserve: Dans Locmelis<\/p>\n
The Bruins were riding an eight-game point streak, dating back to before the Olympic break, before dropping a 3-1 decision to the Flyers on Saturday in Philadelphia.Elias Lindholm and Pavel Zacha, both sidelined ahead of the Olympic break with upper-body injuries, are back to anchor the Bruins\u2019 top two lines. Egor Chinakhov – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin<\/p>\n Avery Hayes – Rickard Rakell – Bryan Rust<\/p>\n Anthony Mantha – Ben Kindel – Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Noel Acciari<\/p>\n Parker Wotherspoon \/ Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n Ryan Shea \/ Connor Clifton<\/p>\n Goalies: Arturs Silovs, Stuart Skinner played yesterday<\/p>\n Potential Scratches: Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves, Ilya Solovyov<\/p>\n IR: Sidney Crosby, Filip Hallander, Jack St. Ivany<\/p>\n Not much news from Monday. As of Monday, Evgeni Malkin was set to have a talk with Penguins management about a potential extension \u201cin the next day or two,\u201d per The Athletic\u2019s Josh Yohe<\/a>.A few milestones potentially on the table tonight: Rickard Rakell is three assists short of 300, Sam Girard is two assists shy of 200 and Kris Letang is one point back from No. 800.Per Pens PR: Only the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights have more 20-goal scorers than in Pittsburgh, where Sidney Crosby, Anthony Mantha and Bryan Rust have each reached the threshold this season.Another fun fact from Pens PR: the Pens\u2019 fourth line of Noel Acciari, Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte has been on the ice for seven 5v5 goals against, the fewest of any forward line that has been together for at least 250 minutes at even strength this season.The Pens\u2019 Sunday win over the Vegas Golden Knights boosted their MoneyPuck<\/a> playoff odds to 89.4 percent heading into Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (31-15-13, 75 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) @ Boston Bruins (33-21-5, 71 points, 5th place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1446,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-128357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-general","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-02-at-7.12.13\u202fPM.png\"\/)
<\/a>Morgan Geekie just tied a career high with 33 goals, and he\u2019s done it in just 58 games this season.The Bruins\u2019 top defenseman, Charlie McAvoy, is riding a nine-game point streak dating all the way back to Jan. 22.The penalty kill has been a weakness this season for the Bruins, who are heading into this matchup ranked 27th in the NHL with a 76.7 percent PK rate. The team reportedly made some significant changes to the unit after the Olympic break, per The Athletic\u2019s Fluto Shinzawa<\/a>. Since then\u2014 albeit in a small sample size\u2014 the Bruins PK has been perfect, going 1-for-1 against the Blue Jackets and 3-for-3 against the Flyers last week.The Bruins are in the market for a \u201ctop-six forward and a right-shot defenseman\u201d at the trade deadline, according to a recent report from The Fourth Period\u2019s David Pagnotta<\/a>. They\u2019re reportedly dangling AHL forward Matthew Poitras as a potential trade piece, per Pagnotta.Here\u2019s a look at the Eastern Conference playoff race as of Monday night, per NHL.com<\/a>. The Bruins are just two points up on the race for the final Wild Card spot in the East, although they have three games in hand on the Washington Capitals for the spot.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-03-at-2.01.27\u202fAM.png\"\/)
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