The Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Friday at TD Garden, powered by a tie-breaking goal in the third period from Philip Tomasino.
Boston struck early in the opening period. Charlie Coyle opened the scoring just 1:24 into the game, beating the Pittsburgh netminder with a wrist shot off assists from Trent Frederic and Tyler Johnson. The Bruins maintained that 1-0 advantage through nearly two full periods of play.
Pittsburgh leveled the contest in the closing moments of the second frame. With one second left on the clock, Rickard Rakell scored his ninth goal of the season on a snap shot, assisted by Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson. Tomasino then gave the Penguins the lead at 7:26 of the third period with his first goal of the season, scoring on a wrist shot set up by Evgeni Malkin.
Goaltender Tristan Jarry earned the win for Pittsburgh, stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced. Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 34 of 36 shots in the loss. Neither team found success on the man advantage, as the Penguins finished 0-for-2 on the power play and the Bruins went 0-for-3.
With the victory, Pittsburgh improved its regular-season record to 9-12-4 and extended its winning streak to two straight games. Boston dropped to 11-11-3 on the season.
