Penguins beat Bruins in overtime 6-5

Boston Bruins Game 40: Boston Bruins @ Pittsburgh Penguins game recap video, on January 7, 2018.

On Sunday the Bruins found themselves down 3-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins after the first period. The Bruins would take a 5-3 lead in the second period, but the Penguins would make it 5-4 before the end of the second period. The game would go into overtime where Evgeni Malkin scored the game-winning goal for the Penguins.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:51, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 4th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 3:53, Penguins Jamie Oleksiak scored, tying the game 1-1. At 11:04, Penguins Phil Kessel scored a power-play goal giving the Penguins a 2-1 lead. At 13:27, Penguins Kris Letang scored, giving the Penguins a 3-1 lead.

In the second period, at 7:18, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 17th goal of the season, cutting the Penguins lead to 3-2. At 8:18, Bruins Noel Acciari scored his 6th goal of the season, tying the game 3-3. At 12:14, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 17th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 4-3 lead. At 17:08, Bruins David Backes scored his 8th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 5-3 lead. At 19:56, Penguins Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal, cutting the Bruins lead to 5-4.

In the third period, at 2:54, Penguins Riley Sheahan scored, tying the game 5-5.

In overtime, at 2:51, Penguins Evgeni Malkin scored, winning the game 6-5 for the Penguins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 29 saves on 35 shots. Rask is now 14-8-4 with a 2.23 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage. The Penguins led the game in shots 35-25, hits 36-28 and blocked shots 18-15. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Penguins went 2-for-3.

David Backes and Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Sean Kuraly and Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 5 hits each. Riley Nash and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.

Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin
2) Penguins forward Sidney Crosby
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 23-10-7 with 53 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-0-2 in their last ten games and their road record is now 9-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they visit the Montreal Canadiens, at 7pm ET.