NHL Match-Ups» Florida Panthers http://nhlmatchups.com Pre-Game Notes Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:02:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Struggling Penguins host Bruins http://nhlmatchups.com/index.php/2009/11/struggling-penguins-host-bruins/ http://nhlmatchups.com/index.php/2009/11/struggling-penguins-host-bruins/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:45:03 +0000 Rob Gerein http://nhlmatchups.com/?p=78 The slumping Pittsburgh Penguins will try to stop their longest losing streak of the season when they host the Boston Bruins on Saturday (7:30 pm ET, NESN ,FS-P).

The Stanley Cup champions are mired in a four-game slump amidst a rash of injuries, including Evgeni Malkin.

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Boston, who’ve also been struggling and are missing two top players, are 5-3-0-1 in the past 10 meetings with Pittsburgh. The teams met on Tuesday, when the Bruins shut out the Pens 3-0 as a -140 home favorite.  

Boston was shut out 1-0 by the Florida Panthers on Thursday, as a -185 home favorite. Needless to say, the score went under the total of 5.5.

In their last game, the Penguins lost 4-1 to the red-hot New Jersey Devils on Thursday. The Penguins had been a -130 home favorite, and the score went under the total of 5.5.

Besides Malkin (shoulder), Pittsburgh injuries include All-Star defenseman Sergei Gonchar (broken wrist); forward Tyler Kennedy (groin); defenseman Kris Letang (shoulder); defenseman Brooks Orpik (lower-body injury); and forward Maxime Talbot (shoulder).

Boston is missing two-thirds of its top line. Milan Lucic is out with a broken finger and Marc Savard is out with a broken foot.

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