Jim Feist
(51) PIT Penguins
(52) BOS Bruins
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The Boston Bruins have opened the season with a 2-1-1 record and five points. The Bruins have the second worst penalty killing unit thus far coming in at just 70.6%. The Penguins are 3-2-1 this year with seven points. The Bruins play their first home game of the season, coming off a 4-2 win at Ottawa on Saturday. Marc Savard leads the team with five goals, four assists and nine points. The win over Ottawa was the team's best performance of the season. .5?All around, we had a solid game,.5? defenseman Dennis Wideman said. .5?Whenever someone made a mistake, someone else was always right there to back him up. As a team. I thought we stuck to our game plan and played really well..5? Manny Fernandez and Tim Thomas have split the first four games between the pipes with both putting up similar numbers. Fernandez has a 3.02 gaa while Thomas is 3.38. The Penguins are coming off a win at home against Toronto on Saturday night, 4-1. Evgeni Malkin leads the team with two goals and eight assists for 10 points. Center Sidney Crosby, arguably the best player in the league, is second with eight points. Crosby is seeing much more ice time this season, about 23:54 per game, about four minutes more than any of his previous seasons. "Just as long as you keep shifts short, not anything crazy," he said. "Sometimes, you get caught out there for a really long shift, and it can affect your next one or maybe the one after. But just consistently keeping shifts pretty normal length. I'd say that's about it," Crosby said about his extended time. Marc-Andre Fluery has played every game in goal and has a nice 2.42 gaa in six games. Anytime we can get the Penguins as a dog you have good value and we'll take it today on the road at Boston.