Boston brings a 4th-ranked profile and a two-game win streak into Pittsburgh, where the Penguins need to halt a three-game skid.
The Bruins visit PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. ET, carrying 23 points to Pittsburgh’s 12. Boston is 11-4-1 and has won two straight, while the Penguins are 5-8-2 and have lost three in a row; the power index ranks the Bruins fourth and Pittsburgh 26th. David Pastrnak leads Boston with 20 points in 15 games, while Pittsburgh’s scoring leader Erik Karlsson has 16 in 15. The key matchup is Boston’s .917 team save percentage against Pittsburgh’s .881, and the Penguins will need to turn their recent scoring into a win to stop the slide.