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The Boston Bruins (25-19-2) battled hard and found a way to grind out a pivotal, playoff-race swinging contest 1-0 over the Pittsburgh Penguins (21-14-9) on Sunday night inside TD Garden.
Joonas Korpisalo made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and the eighth of his career, Viktor Arvidsson scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 on Sunday.
BOSTON -- Joonas Korpisalo made 27 saves, and the Boston Bruins extended their winning streak to three games with a 1-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at TD Garden on Sunday. It was Korpisalo’s first shutout this season and his eighth in the NHL.
Backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo backed the win with his first shutout this season, turning back 27 shots and improving his record this season to 8-8-0.
The Bruins look to carry the momentum from Saturday’s 10-2 throttling of the New York Rangers, but they will need to do it without at least one of their top forwards.
Former Bruins Justin Brazeau has 20 points (12 goals, eight assists) through 29 games with the Penguins this season. The 27-year-old forward was traded from Boston to Minnesota in March and signed as a free agent with Pittsburgh in July. Brazeau has been skating on the third line with Kevin Hayes and Anthony Mantha.
Two teams coming off differing results on Saturday get set for a Sunday evening matchup, as the Pittsburgh Penguins pay a visit to the Boston Bruins. The Penguins and the Bruins could not have had more varying results than they did just over 24 hours ago.
Boston signed the defenseman to a two-year contract extension Sunday with an annual cap hit of $887,500. Aspirot was summoned from the AHL in October to help give the Bruins depth on defense after Hampus Lindholm was placed on injured reserve.
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