{"id":132723,"date":"2026-03-08T09:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132723\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:32:16","slug":"pittsburgh-takes-losing-streak-into-matchup-with-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132723\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh takes losing streak into matchup with Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Bruins (35-22-5, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (31-17-14, in the Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh; Sunday, 4:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Penguins -125, Bruins +105; over\/under is 6.5<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to stop their three-game losing streak when they take on the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh has a 31-17-14 record overall and a 15-9-8 record on its home ice. The Penguins have gone 31-4-7 when scoring at least three goals.<\/p>\n<p>Boston has a 35-22-5 record overall and an 11-14-4 record in road games. The Bruins have a +14 scoring differential, with 206 total goals scored and 192 given up.<\/p>\n<p>The teams square off Sunday for the third time this season. The Bruins won the previous matchup 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Erik Karlsson has six goals and 34 assists for the Penguins. Benjamin Kindel has four goals and two assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>David Pastrnak has 22 goals and 51 assists for the Bruins. Viktor Arvidsson has scored six goals and added one assist over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Penguins: 4-3-3, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.4 assists, four penalties and 10 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Bruins: 5-2-3, averaging 3.4 goals, six assists, five penalties and 10.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Penguins: None listed.<\/p>\n<p>Bruins: None listed.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins (35-22-5, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (31-17-14, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Sunday, 4:30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61436,23034,15359,3840,61435,27188,10369,4843,1484,40,28,73,75,74,1067,33762,726,61437],"class_list":{"0":"post-132723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-benjamin-kindel","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-bruins","11":"tag-data-skrive","12":"tag-david-pastrnak","13":"tag-erik-karlsson","14":"tag-massachusetts","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-hockey","17":"tag-pa-state-wire","18":"tag-pennsylvania","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","21":"tag-pittsburgh-news","22":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","23":"tag-rhode-island","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-viktor-arvidsson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132723","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=132723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}