Penguins hand Bruins 4-1 loss

In Pittsburgh, the Penguins’ Tristan Jarry made 42 saves in a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night.

Evan Rodrigues was the only striker for the Bruins.

“[We] generated enough to win the hockey game,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “You have to finish. I know that, so stating the obvious here. But I’m more concerned when you don’t generate. Obviously, it means you’re not doing the right things to get the opportunities, so you continue to generate. I believe there’s enough talent there to get enough goals.”

Sidney Crosby had a goal to give the Pens a 2-1 lead late in the first period period.

Evgeni Malkin scored in the middle frame for a 3-1 lead.

“I think [Malkin] is a guy that I think relies so heavily on his confidence level, and he puts a lot of pressure on himself to produce offensively for our team,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. “He’s playing a strong game right now. Obviously, he’s a dominant player for us. You just notice him every time he’s on the ice. It feels like the puck follows him around. That’s when you know he’s on his game.”

Matt Grzelcyk also scored for the Pens.

“I feel pretty confident. I think my legs are there,” Grzelcyk said.

“I’m a much better player when I’m able to skate. I’m just trying to make quick plays, get it up to our forwards and let them go to work down low. I think we got a nice start there of having more of an attack mentality. That’s encouraging to see, for sure.”

Jake Guentzel  popped in an empty-net goal to ice the Bruins out.

“I just want to make sure I’m ready for every shot,” Jarry said. “That’s a big thing, just making sure I’m prepared and doing the right things for when they do shoot it. I think it’s making sure I’m staying in the right position and giving myself the best chance.”

Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves in the loss.

“In a game like tonight, we had almost 50 shots, 45 shots? It does feel like every mistake is going in our net,” the Bruins’ Brad Marchand said. “But we had a much better effort tonight. If we play like that again tomorrow, then hopefully we have a much better result.”