The game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins will take place at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday, April 1 at 3:00 PM ET.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins will welcome the Boston Bruins to PPG Paints Arena for an NHL game on Saturday. The Pittsburgh Penguins won 2-0 in their last game over the Predators. Tristan Jarry typically speaks in a monotone, symbolic of a goaltender who when he’s at his best takes a boring, almost zen-like approach to his job.
It was telling earlier this week, however, when the two-time All-Star for the Pittsburgh Penguins took exception when asked if he was worried he has become injury prone after three months of health issues and erratic play. Jarry’s terse reply — that he has been durable most of his four full seasons in the NHL — was a little out of character. It also, however, revealed an edge that lies just underneath the surface. It’s an edge the Penguins need down the stretch. It’s one he provided in a 2-0 victory over Nashville on Thursday night that preserved Pittsburgh’s tenuous grasp on the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Steady at the start and stoic at the finish, Jarry turned aside all 27 shots he faced while posting his 13th career shutout as the Penguins remained one point in front of Florida for the final playoff berth in the East. Pittsburgh has seven games remaining. The Panthers have six. Jarry pointed to a week on the bench facilitated by a minor lower-body injury and solid play by backup Case DeSmith as a chance to hit the reset button and focus on his craft. “Any time you can get away from it a little bit, it takes a little stress off you and you’re able to just prepare your game and kind of work on the things you need to in practice,” Jarry said.
The Boston Bruins on the other hand won 2-1 against the Blue Jackets in their last game. David Pastrnak scored his 53rd goal of the season 41 seconds into overtime and the Boston Bruins wrapped up the Presidents’ Trophy with their franchise-record 58th victory, 2-1 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Hampus Lindholm sent a pass to Pastrnak for the backhand winner.
The Presidents’ Trophy goes to the NHL regular-season points leader. Boston broke a tie with the 1970-71 team for the franchise victory mark and moved four away from tying the NHL record of 62 set by Detroit in 1995-96 and matched by Tampa Bay in 2018-19. “It’s been a magical season so far,” Bruins’ first-year coach Jim Montgomery said. “We know the hardest part is ahead of us and we’re looking forward to that grind.”
Tyler Bertuzzi had a tying power-play goal in the second period and Linus Ullmark made 25 saves to help the Bruins win for the eighth time in nine games. “It’s been great and obviously the guys are awesome,” said Bertuzzi, picked up at the trade deadline. “Winning is fun. We come to the rink everyday and we have one goal in mind and we keep pushing towards it.”
Brian Dumoulin – Jake Guentzel – Kris Letang
Evgeni Malkin – Rickard Rakell – Jason Zucker
Josh Archibald – Jeff Carter – Sidney Crosby
Mark Friedman – Mikael Granlund
Danton Heinen – Tristan Jarry
Pierre-Olivier Joseph – Drew O’Connor
Jeff Petry – Ryan Poehling
Chad Ruhwedel
Bryan Rust
Tyler Bertuzzi – Hampus Lindholm – Charlie McAvoy
Tomáš Nosek – David Pastrňák – Pavel Zacha
Patrice Bergeron – Brandon Carlo – Connor Clifton
Charlie Coyle – Jake DeBrusk
Trent Frederic – Garnet Hathaway
David Krejčí – Jakub Lauko
Brad Marchand – Dmitry Orlov
Linus Ullmark
Jakub Zboril
Pittsburgh Penguins: Jan Rutta, Marcus Pettersson, Nick Bonino, Dmitry Kulikov
Boston Bruins: Matt Filipe, Nick Foligno, Taylor Hall, Derek Forbort
The game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins will take place at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday, April 1 at 3:00 PM ET.
The match between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins will be telecast live on ESPN+, ABC.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ESPN+, ABC. | April 1 (3:00 PM ET) |
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