Penguins Fall To Bruins

BOSTON (AP) — Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh’s Erik Karlsson scored just 42 seconds into the game, but Khusnutdinov tied it at 1-1 when he snapped the puck high inside the far post past Penguins goalie Stuart Skinner at 5:10 of the first. Mittelstadt scored 50 seconds later when gathered in the rebound of Nikita Zadorov’s shot and fired past a diving Skinner. Skinner had 26 saves. Boston’s Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves.