In Pittsburgh, the Boston Bruins started Dan Vladar in his first NHL start and he made 34 saves in a 2-1 win over the Penguins on Tuesday night.
David Pastrnak had a goal for the Boston Bruins
“I’m just the happiest kid in the world right now,” Vladar said. “It was always my dream to play in the NHL. Got an opportunity, and I won.”
Brandon Tanev‘s goal was the only blemish on Vladar’s record for the night.
Trent Frederic scored the game-winner for Boston in the third period.
“It’s almost like a four-point swing at all times when you’re playing,” Frederic said. “Pittsburgh’s ahead of us [in the MassMutual East Division]. So it’s a huge two points, two points they can’t get in a game. I just think as a group, the way the last couple games have been going, hopefully we can build off of that.”
Evgeni Malkin. left the game in the first period with an apparent injury.
“Nobody likes to see that,” Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby said. “We don’t know if it’s going to be the rest of the game or a couple shifts. You’re trying to push and make sure that whoever is out there sets up the next line for a good shift. I think you never like seeing any teammate get hurt and leave the game.”
David Pastrnak also scored for the Bruins.
The Penguins had their six-game win streak snapped in the loss.
“We’re going to do the best we can with what we have,” Pens head coach Mike Sullivan said. “That’s what we did tonight. We had a short bench for quite a long time tonight. We moved people around to try to keep everybody involved.
“When your bench gets that short for that long a duration of the game, we’re trying to spread the workload as best we can. I thought the players played extremely hard tonight.”
Casey DeSmith made 31 saves, in the loss.
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