Bruins drop 4th straight, lose 3-2 to Penguins

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 20: Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins watches the jumbo tron video prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the TD Garden on April 20, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

The Penguins were without Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and James Neal but they were still able to beat the Bruins 3-2 on Saturday, sending the Bruins to their 4th straight loss. The Bruins players held a players chat in the last few days and played much better today with some passion.

The Bruins had two fights in the first period which has been rare recently as Adam McQuaid took on Tanner Glass and Nathan Horton fought Jarome Iginla. Horton looked to hurt his hand or wrist in the fight and did not return to the game.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 17th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 1-0 Bruins.

In the second period, Penguins Jussi Jokinen scored, tying the game 1-1.

In the third period, Penguins Jarome Iginla scored a power-play goal, making it 2-1 Penguins. Later, Penguins Kris Letang scored a power-play goal, making it 3-1 Penguins. Bruins Tyler Seguin scored his 16th goal of the season with 3 seconds left in the game, making it 3-2.

Penguins Matt Cooke on his knees looking like he's about to cry and maybe he crapped his pants too (Photo via Getty Images)

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 21 saves on 24 shots. Rask is now 17-9-4 with a 2.02 GAA and a .927 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 40-24, hits 35-30 and faceoff wins 43-29. The Penguins led the game in blocked shots 16-6. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Penguins went 2-for-6.

Tyler Seguin led the Bruins with 8 shots. Nathan Horton, Shawn Thornton and Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 4 hits apiece. Dennis Seidenberg and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots apiece.

Player notes
Bruins Milan Lucic was a healthy scratch and Carl Soderberg made his NHL debut. Soderberg wore #34 and had 16:10 of time, 0 shots, 2 PIMs and 1 giveaway.

Adam McQuaid took a low cheapshot hit from who else but Matt Cooke, and missed some of the game but came back later.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 26-12-5 with 57 points and in 2nd place in the Northeast Division (2 points behind Montreal who have played 2 more games than Boston). The next game for the Bruins is on Sunday when they host the Florida Panthers at 12:30pm ET.