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Having already lost to the Boston Bruins twice this season, including as recently as Thursday, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan had a pretty simple edict for his team in advance of Sunday’s rematch at PPG Paints Arena.
“We’ve got to be quicker in everything that we do,” Sullivan said Sunday morning. “We’ve got to execute better. I don’t think we were at our best when we were there. Give Boston credit. They played well against us, but I don’t think we were at our best. We’ve just got to be quicker in everything we do.”
Frankly, the Penguins did the opposite of that Sunday.
But despite a slow start, the Penguins scored four unanswered goals and staged a furious comeback to claim a 4-3 victory.
Forward Bryan Rust scored the winner with 7 minutes, 25 seconds left. Forward Evgeni Malkin forechecked and pressured defenseman Charlie McAvoy into a turnover behind Boston’s net, then fed a pass to the left circle for Rust, who fired a wrister past Jaroslav Halak’s blocker for his 21st goal. Malkin collected the only assist.
The win allowed the Penguins to avoid a regular-season sweep against the Bruins.
Boston scored first 11 seconds into the game. Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron won the opening faceoff and backhanded the puck back to defenseman Torey Krug, who fed a pass to fellow defenseman Brandon Carlo.
From behind Boston’s blue line, Carlo zipped the puck up the left wing to forward David Patrnak who gained the offensive zone. Off the half wall, Pastrnak centered the puck for forward Brad Marchand inside the left circle. The puck glanced off Marchand and made its way to the right circle, where Bergeron lifted a wrister past goaltender Matt Murray’s glove hand for his 21st goal of the season. Assists went to Marchand and Pastrnak.
Boston made it 2-0 only 1:51 later. Gaining the offensive zone at the center point, Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk fed a pass to forward Charlie Coyle on the right wing. From the half wall, Coyle centered a pass to the high slot for forward Anders Bjork. As Penguins defenseman Juuso Riikola leaned down for a block attempt, Bjork lifted a wrister that beat Murray over his left shoulder for his eighth goal. Coyle and DeBrusk collected assists.
Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson the scored into his own net at the 15:07 mark. Pastrnak took a puck behind the cage and drifted to the right circle on his backhand. Turning to his forehand, he attempted to deal a pass to Marchand to the left of the crease, but Johnson inadvertently directed the puck through Murray’s legs. Pastrnak was credited with his league-leading 37th goal. There was no assist.
The Penguins finally got on the scoreboard at 16:34 of the first. Chipping a puck behind the Boston net, Penguins forward Sidney Crosby spun off a check from Bruins defenseman John Moore and turned to his left, feeding a pass to forward Dominik Simon along the goal line. From an acute angle, Simon leaned down and lifted a wrister past Halak’s glove hand on the near side. It was Simon’s sixth goal of the season. Assists went to Crosby and Hornqvist.
Only 33 seconds into the second period, the Penguins cut it to 3-2. After the completion of a penalty, Penguins forward Teddy Blueger was sprung loose from the penalty box and stole a puck off Marchand at the center red line. Reversing course, Blueger gained the offensive zone on the left wing and centered the puck to the high slot for defenseman Kris Letang, who chipped a shot wide to the left of the net. Crosby claimed the rebound and snapped a backhanded pass through his legs to Blueger low in the left circle. Blueger settled the puck with his left skate and lifted a wrister past Halak’s blocker on the near side. Crosby and Letang collected assists.
Johnson made amends by tying the game with his first career short-handed goal 1:41 into the third period. Lugging the puck from his own zone through the neutral zone, Penguins forward Brandon Tanev gained the offensive zone on the right wing on a two-on-two rush with Blueger against Bergeron and Krug. As Blueger drove the crease and tied up Bergeron, Tanev fed a pass to Johnson trailing on the left wing. From above the left circle, Johnson blasted a shot past Halak’s blocker on the near side for his third goal of the season. The lone assist went to Tanev.
The Penguins next face the Philadelphia Flyers at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday.
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Seth Rorabaugh is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Seth by email at [email protected] or via Twitter .
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