\u201cHe\u2019s Sway again,\u201d Marco Sturm said after the game. \u201cLike, just exactly the guy we had all year long.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the reason why we won this game today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeremy Swayman<\/a> made 34 saves on Tuesday, with 28 of them coming in the final 40 minutes. Eight of the 34 were high-danger saves. The Penguins scored<\/a> on their first shot, but Swayman closed the door for the rest of the night.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one shot at a time,\u201d Swayman said about maintaining focus after the early goal. \u201cNo matter, you know, if that goal goes in any time of the game, it\u2019s a next shot mentality. I think that the guys give me a ton of confidence. I know that nothing wavers on the bench. They play hard, and I want to do the same for them and just give them that confidence every single shift.\u201d<\/p>\n The guys in front of him responded quickly.<\/p>\n Marat Khusnutdinov<\/a> tied the game 4:28 later. He used a Fraser Minten<\/a> screen and picked his corner<\/a> with the shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, 50 seconds after the tying goal, Casey Mittelstadt<\/a> buried his 13th of the season<\/a>. He had a wide-open net, which caught him by surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, but it kind of surprised me, to be honest,\u201d Mittelstadt said about the open-net. \u201cI lost the puck, and all of a sudden it was right there. So thankfully, I didn\u2019t have too much time to think.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Image courtesy of NaturalStatTrick<\/a><\/p>\n In the second and third periods, the game shifted in Pittsburgh\u2019s favor. The Penguins generated 41 attempts to the Bruins\u2019 28 at 5-on-5, and held a 28-16 advantage in shots in the last two periods.<\/p>\n Entering this game, the Penguins had the third-best power play in the NHL (26.8%). The Bruins\u2019 penalty kill ranked 27th (76.7%).\u00a0<\/p>\n The Penguins had four power play opportunities on Tuesday night, but could not convert on one. They were without Sidney Crosby<\/a>, who has a team-leading 10 power play goals this season. For a Bruins\u2019 penalty kill that struggled since the New Year<\/a>, whatever changes the team made are showing early signs of success.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Shot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20252026-20959-cfdiff-5v5.png\")
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