FINAL: Bruins 6 , Penguins 4 - Goals by Marchand and Geekie put Boston a point ahead of Florida

The Bruins defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Saturday night to retake a one point lead over the Florida Panthers in the Atlantic Division. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Linus Ullmark did a good job tonight keeping Boston in the game at times finsihing the game with 28 saves.
• Jake DeBrusk scored his first goal in nine games tonight. Bruins going to need a lot more from him in the playoffs. 

• Brad Marchand added on to the Boston lead with a short-handed goal. 

• Bruins power play continues to struggle, and also got exposed tonight giving up a short-handed goal. 
• Morgan Geekie came through with a big insurance goal tonight. 

The Bruins will be back in action on Monday nigh in Washington DC to face the Capitals at 7 p.m. 

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WHO: Bruins (46-18-15) at Pittsburgh Penguins (37-30-12)
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh. 
TV: ABC
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE
ROSTERS

Boston
 Marchand –  Coyle –  DeBrusk
 Heinen –  Zacha –  Pastrnak
 Beecher –  Geekie –  Frederic
 Lauko –  Boqvist –  Maroon
 Lindholm –  McAvoy
 Grzelcyk –  Carlo
 Shattenkirk –  Peeke
Ullmark
 Swayman

Penguins 
O'Connor-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Rakell
Smith-Eller-Puustinen
Zohorna-Carter-Bemstrom
Joseph-Letang
Pettersson-Karlsson
Shea-St. Ivany
Nedeljkovic
Jarry

PREGAME NOTES

• Pat Maroon will make his Bruins debut tonight after coming over from Minnesota at the trade deadline. 
• I’m excited,”  Maroon told reproters.“I’m really excited, actually. I’m really pumped to get going here. It’s gonna be a good test for myself, too. This is a team that’s fighting for a playoff spot. It’s a great game to get into. Get me prepared and ready for the real stuff," Maroon continued. 
• Florida has a one point lead over Boston in the Atlantic Division after beating Buffalo in OT this afternoon. Although, the Bruins have two games in hand. 
• With the Rangers shootout win over the Islanders this afternoon, Boston is now 5 points behind the Rangers in the Eastern Conference standings. Even though Boston has two games in hand, they would have to win their last three games of the season and hope the Rangers lose their last game. 
• Pittsburgh sits in the last playoff spot one point ahead of Washington, Detroit and Philadelphia for the last Eastern Conference Wild Card spot. 
• Sidney Crosby has been the leading force for the Pittsburgh surge as of late with points in nine of his last 10 games. Crosby also has 72 points in 58 career games against Boston. No active player in the NHL has more points versus Boston than Crosby does. 
• Erik Karlsson will play in his 1,000th career NHL game when he takes the ice tongiht versus the Bruins.