Final: Bruins 2, Penguins 1 - B's hold on as Vladar earns 1st NHL win

The Bruins will continue their four-game road trip with another matchup against the Penguins on Tuesday night.  Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Tuesday's game.

WHO: Bruins (14-8-4) vs. Penguins (18-9-1)

WHEN: 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: PPG Paints Arena

TV: NESN, NBCSN

RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com 

LIVE COVERAGE:



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Frederic scores. Boston, at long last, has a 5v5 goal. 2-1 game.

B's back on the PK.

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Dreadful 5 minute power play. Completely fumbling the power play opportunity given to them.

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Seemed like a clean hit — with a brutal result — but Tanev is given a 5-minute major and game misconduct.

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Not a great power play, to say the least.

Frederic draws yet another penalty. Bruins going back on the power play.

Oskar Steen with two shots on goal in 3:34 of ice time. And both led to quality looks against DeSmith.

No dice on the short power play for Boston.

4v4 hockey now.

End First: 1-1 game. Vladar with 14 saves.

Woof, brutal shift from Zboril there leading to the Tanev goal.

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B's kill off the penalty.

Pastrnak heads off for a ... trip?

Oskar Steen gets a good look down low while crashing the net.

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That's a confidence booster for Vladar. What a stop.

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Pastrnak. 1-0.

Now 4v4 hockey. Malkin headings off for a hold.

Puck dropped - and the Bruins are already on the PK. Wooof.

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LINEUPS 

BOSTON

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Nick Ritchie -- Charlie Coyle -- Oskar Steen
Trent Frederic -- Sean Kuraly -- Karson Kuhlman

Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Jakub Zboril -- Connor Clifton
Jarred Tinordi -- Steven Kampfer

Dan Vladar
Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Greg McKegg, Jack Studnicka, Urho Vaakanainen, Anders Bjork
Injured: Zach Senyshyn (upper body), Tuukka Rask (undisclosed),John Moore (lower body), Ondrej Kase (upper body), Brandon Carlo (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (fractured hand), Kevan Miller (knee)

PITTSBURGH

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Evan Rodrigues -- Evgeni Malkin -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Colton Sceviour -- Mark Jankowski -- Anthony Angello

Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- Cody Ceci
Marcus Pettersson -- Chad Ruhwedel

Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Juuso Riikola
Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Jared McCann (upper body), John Marino (upper body)

PREGAME NOTES: 

With Tuukka Rask still sidelined and Jaroslav Halak having just played on Monday, the Bruins will turn to Dan Vladar in net for Tuesday — with the 23-year-old goalie set to make his first career start. Vladar previously appeared up in the NHL ranks during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, making 12 saves on 15 shots in relief of Halak in a 7-1 loss to the Lightning in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals back in August.

Oskar Steen is also set to make his NHL debut, with the winger skating on the third line next to Charlie Coyle and Nick Ritchie. 

Brandon Carlo, Kevan Miller, Jeremy Lauzon, Ondrej Kase, John Moore and Zach Senyshyn all did not make the trip down to Pittsburgh with the team, but Carlo is at least making strides in terms of his recovery from a concussion. "Carlo's been in (COVID) testing every day, feeling better," Bruce Cassidy said. "He is not in that area where he can't leave (his room) or anything. He's been active in coming in, doing some off-ice, getting tested for the COVID protocols. That's a positive. Got to get him on the ice."

David Krejci is one point shy of 700 for his career. He would be the eighth player in Bruins history to reach that mark.

Both Jared McCann and John Marino will be game-time decisions for the Penguins, who are now 12-2-0 at PPG Paints Arena this season.