Final: Penguins 4, Bruins 1 - B's struggle down both ends of ice

The Bruins will continue their seven-game homestand with a matchup against the Penguins on Thursday. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Thursday's game.

WHO: Bruins (18-9-5) vs. Penguins (23-11-2)

WHEN: 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: TD Garden

TV: NESN

RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com 

LIVE COVERAGE:



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4-1 Penguins.

Empty net for Boston.

BRUTAL turnover from Pastrnak there.

3-1 Penguins.

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Grzelcyk is back on the ice after taking a puck to the side of the head. That was scary.

Marchand and Letang both head to the box.

Bruins to the PK. Lauzon to the box for interference.

McAvoy out there for the third.

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That's just dreadful.

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Jeremy Lauzon is back on the ice.

Aston-Reese opens the scoring for Pittsburgh.

Vladar denies McCann. Vladar under siege early again.

Bruins announce that Brandon Carlo will not return to the game. Upper-body injury.

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First-period thoughts?

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Zucker can't bury a breakaway.

No dice on the power play.

Bruins heading to the power play. Pastrnak hit with a cross-check.

Lauzon to the room.

Matt Grzelcyk lands the Bruins' first shot on goal with 12:20 left in the first.

Bruins really laboring to get the puck out in the early going of this one.

Cassidy called out a number of younger skaters like Frederic, Senyshyn, Clifton, Zboril and more for not impacting the game enough on Tuesday. Senyshyn finishing a couple of heavy checks in the opening minutes of this one.

Puck is dropped.

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LINEUPS 

BOSTON

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie — David Krejci — Craig Smith
Anders Bjork — Charlie Coyle — Zach Senyshyn
Anton Blidh — Trent Frederic — Karson Kuhlman

Jeremy Lauzon — Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk — Brandon Carlo
Jakub Zboril — Connor Clifton

Dan Vladar
Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Greg McKegg, Jack Studnicka, Chris Wagner, Steven Kampfer, Jarred Tinordi, Sean Kuraly
Injured: Kevan Miller (lower body), Ondrej Kase (upper body), Tuukka Rask upper body
COVID-19 protocol: Jake DeBrusk

PITTSBURGH

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Jared McCann -- Evan Rodrigues
Zach Aston-Reese -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Sam Lafferty
Colton Sceviour -- Mark Jankowski -- Anthony Angello

Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- Cody Ceci
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino

Casey DeSmith
Maxime Lagace

Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Yannick Weber, Juuso Riikola, Radim Zohorna
Injured: Tristan Jarry (upper body), Brandon Tanev (upper body), Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Kasperi Kapanen (lower body), Teddy Blueger (upper body), Mark Friedman (upper body)

PREGAME NOTES

Other than Dan Vladar getting the start in net, there will be no additional lineup changes for the Bruins on Thursday. Sean Kuraly was removed from the NHL's COVID-19 Protocol list on Wednesday, but given how much time he's been off the ice, the fourth-line forward is going to need a few more practices before getting cleared for game action. Jake DeBrusk is the lone Bruin remaining on the COVID-19 Protocol list, but the winger did get clearance to skate on Thursday at Warrior.

The Penguins are looking to snap a 10-game winless streak in Boston (0-8-2) dating back to Dec. 16, 2015. Pittsburgh is 16-3-1 at PPG Paints Arena to lead the NHL in home wins, but the Pens are 7-8-1 on the road, where they play their next six games and eight of nine.

Pittsburgh is currently rolling off of a four-game win streak, but the Pens are shorthanded down the middle — as Evgeni Malkin has not played since suffering a lower-body injury against the Bruins on March 16. Netminder Tristan Jarry is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Casey DeSmith will get the start against the B's on Thursday night.

David Krejci is one assist shy of his 500th career assist.