The Boston Penguins gave up the Boston Bruins 1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0).
Trent Frederick in the 49th second of the match and Erik Haula after the game 121 seconds put the home team in the lead with 2: 0.
The guests managed to regain only one goal when Denton Hainen scored in the 26th minute after Bluger’s pass. The Latvian attacker flew into the area with a puck, leaving it to Hainen, who was punctual.
At the goal of the Pittsburgh unit, Casey Desmit knocked out 27 shots, but in the opposite goal, Jeremy Weymen handled the 23 shots.
Bluger spent 15 minutes and 44 seconds on the ice in the duel, two minutes and 34 seconds of them in the minority. The Latvian striker scored three times, lost the puck once, won 33% of the throw-in and scored +/-.
He has scored nine goals and 16 assists in 60 games this season, as well as +/- +10.
The Penguins have already secured a place in the Stanley Cup for 16 years in a row, the longest running series in North American professional sports and the seventh longest NHL ever since 1967.
“Penguins” with 97 points in 77 games are in the seventh Eastern Conference, where Zemgus Girgenson’s Buffalo “Sabers” with 65 points in 76 battles is in 12th place. In San Jose “Sharks” represented by Rudolf Balcer, 69 points in 73 matches gives the 13th place in the Western Conference.
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